Research Branch Bulletin

The ethics application submission deadline dates for the last two meetings of the HREC for 2010 are:

• Wednesday 1 September, and
• Wednesday 10 November.

Please refer to the Human Research Ethics Committee website:  http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ethics/human/deadlines/
Ethics application forms can be downloaded from:  http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ethics/human/guidelines/applications/

 

17-19 June 2011
Changchun, China

CSIE 2011 intends to be a global forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss recent advances and new techniques in computer science and information engineering. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, data mining & data engineering, intelligent systems, software engineering, computer applications, communications & networking, computer hardware, VLSI, & embedded systems, multimedia & signal processing, computer control, robotics, and automation.

Important Dates:

• Paper Submission Deadline: 20 September 2010
• Review Notification: 15 November 2010
• Final Paper and Author Registration Deadline: 6 January 2011
  
  

For more information please visit:
http://world-research-institute.org/conferences/CSIE/2011

or email enquiries to CSIE2011@cust.edu.cn

The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Investment Plan provides an opportunity for prospective research partners to work with the GRDC to ensure that Australian grain growers are provided with technologies and practices enabling them to effectively compete in global grain markets.

The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Investment Plan (Open and Multi-stage Tenders) outlines some of the Corporation's new investment priorities for 2011-12. The Investment Plan (Open and Multi-stage Tenders) 2011-12 will contain all investments and projects that are subject to open tender and multi-stage tender as well as a list of Direct and Limited Negotiation investments.

The Investment Plan (Open and Multi-stage Tenders) 2011-12 is now available.
Tender responses, together with the standard University application coversheet, are due in Research Branch by Tuesday the 21st of September 2010

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.grdc.com.au/director/events/latestnews?item_id=6A2F171EFD42AC48E1AAF0BE48EDEABC

Researchers intending to submit ARC Linkage Projects applications in the up-coming round need to complete a Notification of Intent form and return it to the Research Branch by Monday 6 September.

This form can be found on the Research Branch's ARC webpage at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/, along with due dates and other important information.

The NHMRC have advised that they will invite applications for Centres for Research Excellence in Regenerative Medicine, encouraging leading medical researchers to undertake stem cell research with clinical applications. Funding will commence in 2011 and be offered for five years. The applications for these initiatives are normally highly competitive and complex, and will require coordination between School, Faculty and central areas.
The NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence scheme has been delayed and applications are yet to open. Details of application closing dates will be published in the Research Branch Bulletin as soon as they become available.

Samara Mitchell has recently commenced as the Research Information Officer for Research Branch. Prior to her role as Assistant Grants Officer within the Health Sciences team, Samara worked as a freelance writer and educator, and has coordinated a number of research collaborations in the arts, sciences and new media.

For inquiries related to funding opportunities, or submission requests to the weekly Research Branch Bulletin,
please contact Samara on (08) 8303 6939 or samara.mitchell@adelaide.edu.au

Health Sciences

1. Innovative Project Grants
The Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation Ltd (AER) invites submissions for Innovative Projects (capped at $20,000 per grant) from organisations introducing distinctly new initiatives to the sector. AER will pursue the following strategies for the next three years:

• To build strategic partnerships, collaboratively, with others for alcohol policies that will promote attitudinal and behavioural change to alcohol and licit-substance abuse.
• To enhance the capacity of the Alcohol and Other Drugs sector to reduce the social and health harms caused by alcohol and licit substance abuse such as petrol, glue and paint sniffing.
• To leverage AER's extensive intellectual property and research in promoting changes in the way we drink.

2. Conference Attendance Grants
Applications are invited from organisations seeking to enhance the professional expertise of their staff for financial assistance to attend conferences during 2010 and 2011. The projects proposed must meet the AER Foundation’s objectives, which are to:

• Prevent alcohol and other licit substance abuse, including petrol sniffing, particularly among vulnerable population groups such as indigenous Australians and youth;
• Support evidence-based alcohol and other licit substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation, research and prevention programs; and
• Promote community education encouraging responsible consumption of alcohol and highlighting the dangers of licit substances abuse.

Conference Attendance grants are available for organisations that pursue best-practice goals by developing the knowledge and expertise of staff that work in the alcohol and other drug sector. Organisations need to demonstrate the benefits that staff will gain through attendance at professional conferences, seminars and workshops in Australia.Conference Attendance grants will be a maximum of $5,000 per conference, with a maximum of two persons per organisation receiving assistance, for conferences within Australia.

AER DOES NOT FUND OVERSEAS CONFERENCES.

For further information and application instructions, please visit: http://www.aerf.com.au/home.aspx

Health Sciences

The Applied Research Program is the Department's formal research program with a budget of approximately $2 million per annum and commissions research that contributes to the development of improved models for health care and service delivery, and/or enables the Department to better identify the health and well-being needs of the veteran community.

Funding under the Program is not by way of a grant but is provided under a Services Agreement between DVA and the researcher for research commissioned by DVA.

The current DVA Research Priorities are:

• Younger veterans and transition (including specific deployments, multiple deployments, recent war service, peacekeeper issues and transition from military to civilian occupation)
• Veterans physical and mental health needs: a wellness approach (including early intervention, resilience, rehabilitation, compensation, veterans’ families, and women’s health)
• Ageing issues for veterans and war widows (including WWII, Korean and Vietnam veterans, war widows, social isolation, dementia and other aged care issues);
• Promoting the use of DVA data (including health and welfare status data, comparative data, technology and linkages with third party research)

Please refer to the application form and guidelines.
For further information please contact research@dva.gov.au.

Health Sciences

The charter of the Rebecca L.Cooper Medical Research Foundation is to advance, promote and encourage medical research into all fields of the medical sciences throughout Australia.

The Foundation invites applications for its 2011 Research Grant funding round within the following fields:

• Brain Sciences
• Diabetes
• Geriatrics
• Lung Disease (other than cancer)
• Rheumatology
• Vision Sciences and
• the medical application of Genetic Research

The value of the individual grants is between $8,000 and $22,000 and is primarily for equipment related to research projects.
Please note that for this funding round grants will only be awarded in the fields listed. Researchers are required to nominate under which category they will be applying.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.cooperfoundation.org.au/application.html

The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute’s (APHCRI) mission is to provide national leadership in improving the quality and effectiveness of primary health care through the conduct of high quality, priority-driven research and the support and promotion of best practice.

The APHCRI Centres of Excellence in Primary Health Care Research will provide support for teams of researchers to pursue collaborative research and develop research capacity in primary health care services. The scheme provides funding for innovative, high quality primary health care research. It is aimed at established investigators with a strong track record in a domain of primary health care research who will collaborate with emerging researchers who are developing their track record in the area.

The aims of the APHCRI Centres of Excellence in Primary Health Care Research proposal are closely aligned with the National Primary Health Care Strategy and the health care reform agenda. This proposal aims to support the overall reform agenda by providing evidence for reform and key directions for change in primary health care. The key directions for change are identified as:

• Improving access and reducing inequality
• Better management of chronic conditions, including increasing the focus on prevention
• Improving quality, safety, performance and accountability

The building blocks as listed in the National Primary Health Care Strategy are: regional integration; information technology including eHealth; skilled workforce; infrastructure and financing and system performance. To support these directions, the aims of the proposed Centres are to:

• Generate quality primary health care research which informs policy and practice and leads to improved primary health care services and health outcomes for the Australian community.
• Enhance knowledge exchange between the APHCRI Network and the wider primary health care sector (including but not limited to State and Commonwealth Governments) which will enable effective translation of research outcomes into policy and practice.
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary collaboration across the Australian primary health care research community.
• Build Australian primary health care research capacity through enhanced career development of research leaders and new researchers.
• Develop positive impacts for the Closing the Gap initiative to improve the health and well being of Indigenous Australians.
• Develop internationally renowned Centres of Excellence in primary health care research.

The APHCRI network considers that a key aim of each of the Centres is to build on established excellence by developing research capacity which would enable alternative funding through grants to be sought in future years. The funding structure is designed to support this core principle. Each of the three successful applications will receive the following:

Year 1 – 2011: $500,000
Year 2 – 2012: $750,000
Year 3 – 2013: $750,000
Year 4 – 2014: $500,000

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.anu.edu.au/aphcri/Spokes_Research_Program/2010_COE.php

Through the National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program (NVETRE), NCVER, on behalf of the Australian Government and state and territory governments, seeks the services of high quality researchers to provide a three-year program of research aligned to five new national research priorities for the tertiary education and training sector.

The priorities for 2011 – 2013 are:

• Skills and productivity
• Structures in the tertiary education and training system
• The contribution to education and training to social inclusion
• Learning and teaching
  
• The place and role of VET

Established research centres, or consortia formed in response to this request, are eligible to apply. A total budget in the order of AUD $2.75 million is available.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.ncver.edu.au/newsevents/tenders.html

The Cotton Research & Development Corporation (CRDC) is calling for new research investment proposals. Investments by industry address three strategic areas.

• Cotton Industry value chain
• Cotton, irrigation farming systems
• Human capacity, social research

CRDC invests in a wide range of research and development projects aimed at enhancing the environmental, economic and social performance of the Australian cotton industry.

Preliminary research proposals are now being accepted for R&D investment support from CRDC beginning 2011/12
Projects may relate to any field of cotton related research and development but are not limited to CRDC's three strategic R&D programs as above.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.crdc.com.au/index.cfm?pageID=53&displayNewsID2=19

Applications for an Award from the Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund are welcomed from all current financial members of the Australian Systematic Botany Society. The project must contribute to Australian systematic botany (including cryptogams); must be carried out within Australia; and the applicant must be attached to an Australian research institute (in the broadest sense)

The maximum grant awarded will be $2000. Large capital items will not be considered. Students, recent graduates and newly-established botanists will be given preference. Applications will be assessed on the quality of the applicant and the proposed project. The project should be clearly defined in scope and preferably result in a publication.

Submissions already received may be resubmitted if so desired.
For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/asbs/hesrfund.html

The object of the Yitpi Foundation is to encourage and promote research and education in the fields of crop science, especially related to the wheat industry in southern Australia; and social science related to the understanding and education in Australian languages and culture of the Australian Aborigines, especially in respect of land use in southern Australia.

Requests for less than $10,000 will have a greater chance of success but larger grants will be considered. Further, applications which have a high probability of having an impact on the relevant community in the short term will be given more favourable consideration.

Applications funded in the previous round included grants for overseas and interstate travel, particularly for cultural and linguistic studies, and for support of research of immediate interest to growers in the cereal areas. The Foundation welcomes all applications, but particularly those for agricultural studies proposals at the interface between secondary schools and universities, and to support student's further education soon after graduation.

Please refer to the funding guidelines for further information and application instructions.

The Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) National Taxonomy Research Grant Program provides grants for taxonomic research.
Grants are awarded for research projects where the primary aim is to undertake taxonomic research on the Australian biota or to develop products that aid in the dissemination of taxonomic information. The program also supports projects that build Australian taxonomic capacity.

All Research Grants have a co-funding requirement. That is, applicants must have obtained a commitment for the applicable amount of co-funding for their application to be considered. ABRS will place no restrictions on the source of this contribution, but applicants will need to be aware of the rules of other granting agencies, which may limit how funds contributed by them may be used.

All Research Grants awarded in the 2011–2012 grants round will be of three years duration.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/funding-and-research/research-grants/index.html

The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation invests in the knowledge needs of three portfolio areas:

• New rural industries;
• Specific established rural industries; and
• Cross-sectoral national rural issues

RIRDC invites researchers to submit preliminary proposals for R&D funding that will meet the specific objectives, or a number of objectives, as outlined in the current research priorities.

In planning and submitting proposals for RIRDC-funded projects prospective researchers need to familiarise themselves with the application procedure, the Corporation's over-arching goals and strategies, the goals and strategies of the relevant R&D programs and the specific priorities for R&D for the year for which the proposal is being submitted. For further information on this process, please refer to the booklet: Doing Business With RIRDC

Preliminary research proposals should be submitted online using web-based project management system called Clarity.

To set up a secure account before submitting a proposal, please contact the RIRDC helpdesk for a username and password.
Email: helpdesk@rirdc.gov.au or Ph: 02 6271 4100

Click here for a sample of the Preliminary Research Proposal and Budget sections to be completed when applying for research funding. Please note that this section is to be completed online in Clarity. Detailed user guides and telephone support are also available.

Clarity Entry Point - http://research.rirdc.gov.au/ 

The Foundation for Children is dedicated to raising funds for the health, well-being and welfare of children. The Foundation aims to provide financial support for a wide range of projects designed to improve children's health and welfare, with a particular interest in supporting projects which have difficulty obtaining funds from other sources.

The Foundation has an Expressions of Interest (EOI) process whereby participants can submit a two page summary which then goes to the Grants Committee for review. Selected individuals will then be invited to complete a full application. 

Applicants should outline the specific aims, significance and hypothesis of the project, why it warrants support and how it relates to the Foundation’s aim to assist in the health and welfare of children in Australia.

The Foundation generally awards grants of around $50,000 - $80,000 per year, and for either one or two years. A maximum amount of $100,000 for one year will be awarded, with no more than a total of $160,000 awarded for a two year project. Occasional exceptions are made to these general guidelines.

For further information and EOI instructions, please visit: http://www.foundationforchildren.com.au

The CSIRO National Research Flagships program brings together large multidisciplinary teams to focus on Australia's major challenges and opportunities. Flagship Clusters help solve specific science problems whilst also building capability and fostering collaboration between CSIRO, universities and other publicly-funded research agencies.

Flagship Clusters will be funded for three years at ~A$1 million per annum. Co-investment from partner organisations is expected and Clusters are listed on the Australian Competitive Grants Register.

Applications for clusters will be accepted from:

• eligible Australian and overseas higher education institutions
• cooperative Research Centres & not for profit research institutions
• other Australian and international publicly funded research agencies

Each cluster must include at least one Australian university. Intending applicants should advise jim.deed@adelaide.edu.au  as soon as possible

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.csiro.au/org/Flagship-Cluster-Applications.html

Health Sciences

The Australian Academy of Science receives funding from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) to deliver the project Australian participation in European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST).

The project is supported by the International Science Linkages (ISL) program. The ISL program supports Australian professional scientists, from both the public and private sectors, to collaborate with international partners on leading edge science and technology in order to contribute to Australia's economic, social and environmental wellbeing.

Funding of $195,000 is available to support visits in FY 2010-2011 for Australian researchers to participate in COST Actions. Australian researchers need to be official members of a COST Action to be eligible for funding. Priority areas of interest to Australia in COST Actions fall under the six broad themes:

• medical and health research
• agriculture, biotechnology and food
• nanotechnology
• information and communications technology
• environment and climate change
• social sciences and humanities

Applications are processed in order of receipt on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Please forward a copy of the application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.science.org.au/internat/europe/cost.html

Health Sciences

This FOA, issued by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, encourages Research Project Grant (R01 and R21) applications from institutions/organizations to support research leading to accessible and affordable hearing health care (HHC). The overarching emphasis is on the acquisition of knowledge that can be rapidly translated into new or enhanced approaches for access, assessment or interventions with a goal to delivering better hearing health care outcomes. Applications should seek quality approaches that are effective, affordable and deliverable to those who need them as well as implementable and sustainable in settings beyond the research environment. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the R01 grant mechanism and runs in parallel with a FOA of identical scientific scope, PA-10-254, that encourages applications under the R21 mechanism.

Please forward a copy of the application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-253.html

Health Sciences

 The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites applications to support research on the treatment of individuals with co-occurring alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder.   The scope of interest includes innovative pharmacological and behavioural treatments based on biological, psychological, behavioural, and social/cultural models of etiology and treatment of comorbid alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety.  In addition, this FOA accepts Comparative and Effectiveness Research applications which compare two or more different existing treatments in this comorbid population. This FOA is limited to depression and anxiety because of the high prevalence of these psychiatric disorders in individuals with alcohol use disorders.  

This FOA will utilize the R01 and R21 award mechanisms. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary.

Please forward a copy of the Letter of Intent along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-251.html

Multidisciplinary

The sponsors invite applications proposing exceptionally innovative research on novel hypotheses or difficult problems, solutions to which would have an extremely high impact on biomedical or biobehavioral research that is germane to the mission of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes. This FOA is for support of new projects, not continuation of projects that have already been initiated. It does not support pilot projects, i.e., projects of limited scope that are designed primarily to generate data that will enable the PD/PI to seek other funding. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. <S2S>

Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. Although the financial plans of the IC(s) provide support for this program, awards pursuant to this funding opportunity are contingent upon the availability of funds.

Please forward a copy of the Letter of Intent in along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-11-003.html

Multidisciplinary

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network (OppNet) solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions and organizations that propose to investigate the mechanistic pathways linking psychosocial stressors and behavior. This research will facilitate investigation of multiple and potentially bidirectional pathways underlying the link between psychosocial stressors and behaviors that may ultimately impact biological function, health, and disease.

Applicants are encouraged to use model systems and longitudinal approaches to design innovative and integrative studies to elucidate how psychological factors, social factors, and environments impact the processes by which stressors are coupled with and influenced by various behaviors. Applications examining moderating factors such as individual demographic (age, gender/sex, ethnicity) and psychological (vulnerabilities, resilience) differences, risk factors, early exposure, and environments (including toxicants) are desirable. This research will provide a deeper understanding of the psychological, environmental, and social processes that ultimately connect psychosocial stress to behaviors, physiological processes, health, and disease. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the R01 award mechanism.

Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. OppNet intends to commit approximately US$1,325,000 million in total costs (Direct plus Facilities and Administrative [F&A] costs) in FY 2011 to fund 2-3 new grants in response to this FOA, pending the number and quality of applications and availability of funds.

Please forward a copy of the Letter of Intent in along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-11-033.html#SectionIII

Multidisciplinary

The SoCS program seeks to capitalize upon the collaborative knowledge and research methods of investigators in the computational and human sciences, recognizing that researchers in computer science and related disciplines often focus on the limits and capabilities of computation in isolation from the people that use computation, while researchers in the social sciences often focus on the use of technology or the capabilities of people with limited impact on how such knowledge can influence the design of new technologies.

Proposals that reflect collaborative efforts spanning computational and human centered approaches and perspectives are specifically encouraged.
Please forward a copy of the application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503406

Multidisciplinary

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 6 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level, in any discipline, and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies.

Grant proposals are being accepted online until 2 November 2010 on the following topics:

• The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Ways to Accelerate, Sustain and Monitor Eradication
• Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
• Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
  
• Create New Technologies to improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns
• Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Global Health Diseases

Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million. The Foundation would like innovative ideas from around the world and from all disciplines.

Please forward a copy of the application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
:http://www.grandchallenges.org/Pages/default.aspx

Multidisciplinary

The Max Weber Programme is Europe’s largest postdoctoral programme offering 1 and 2-year fellowships in the social sciences and humanities. It is funded by the European Commission (DG Education and Culture) and hosted by the European University Institute in Florence where the research community of professors, researchers and fellows provides an excellent environment for the Programme.

The Programme, open to all nationalities, is designed for junior post-docs who have received a doctorate in economics, law, history, social and political sciences, or a related field, within the last 5 years, and who want to advance in their research and academic training, in an active multidisciplinary environment before entering the international job market, or in the early stages of their academic careers.

Please forward a copy of the application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/MaxWeberFellowships/Index.aspx

Multidisciplinary

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is being issued by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This FOA encourages research applications to examine the differential risk factors of populations that lead to or are associated with increased vulnerability to exposures, diseases and other adverse health outcomes related to climate change.

Applications may involve either applied research studies that address specific hypotheses about risk factors or population characteristics associated with increased vulnerability, or research projects to develop general models or methods for identifying and characterizing population vulnerability to climate change. The ultimate goal of this research program is to help inform climate change adaptation and public health interventions to reduce current and future vulnerability of various populations to the health effects of climate change.

Applications are anticipated to involve a multidisciplinary research team, including experts in health sciences and climatology as well as geography, modeling, statistics, demography, and social and behavioural sciences as appropriate.

In addition, partnerships with community-based or advocacy organizations, public health officials, urban planners and others are encouraged. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) award mechanism.

Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.

Please forward a copy of the Application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-235.html

The Group of Eight (Go8) has opened applications for its 2011 European Fellowships. The University of Adelaide is offering one Fellowship for 2011 to an early career researcher from Europe.

The Fellowships are open to citizens of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Croatia. The purpose of the scheme is to facilitate further research collaboration between Australia and Europe with the intention that Fellows will continue to collaborate with their Australian research partners when they return to their home institutions. The fellowship, with a total value of AUD$20,000, is to support travel and living costs to allow the Fellow to work at a Go8 university for a period of not less than 16 weeks, and up to a maximum of 6 months.

Budget:

• $2,000 will be provided to the host School/Faculty/Department to meet incidental expenses; and
• $18,000 will be provided directly to the fellow for travel, including travel within Australia, and living expenses.

It is expected that the Fellow will continue to receive a salary from their employer in their home country.


To be eligible, applicants must:

• have completed a PhD less than five years prior to the application closing date;
• be under 40 years of age at the application closing date;
•  be a citizen of one of the designated countries listed above;
• reside in one of the designated countries listed above (it need not be the same country as their citizenship);
• have been employed (minimum half-time appointment) for at least six months prior to the application closing date by a university or research organisation (public or private) in one of the designated countries;
• have sufficient competency in English to be able to adequately communicate with researchers in the host university; and
• be eligible to obtain an Australian Visiting Academic Visa (subclass 419) or equivalent Australian visa.
  

Applicants must only submit one application (ie. an application to one Go8 university) per year and must be submitted along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.go8.edu.au/university-staff/international-collaboration/83-go8-european-fellowships

Multidisciplinary

The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) supports novel, innovative and interdisciplinary basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living organisms; with topics ranging from molecular and cellular approaches to systems and cognitive neuroscience. A clear emphasis is placed on novel collaborations that bring biologists together with scientists from fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science and engineering to focus on problems at the frontier of the life sciences.

The HFSP is currently offering two fellowship schemes:

Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships:
Cross-Disciplinary fellowships are intended for postdoctoral fellows with a Ph.D. degree in the physical sciences, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and computer sciences who wish to receive training in biology. The conditions are the same as for the Long-Term Fellowships.

Career Development Awards:
Long-Term Fellows and Cross-Disciplinary Fellows who return to their home country at the end of the fellowship are eligible to apply for the Career Development Award. This award provides $300,000 over 3 years. Eligible HFSP Fellows will receive information in good time to apply for the Award.

Please forward copies of application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au at the Research Branch

For further details and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.hfsp.org/about/AboutProg.php

The Australian Biological Resources Study provides grants to Honours, Masters and PhD students for taxonomic research. The 2011-12 round for ABRS and Bush Blitz Capacity-Building Grant applications, is now open. (Researchers should note that applications for Research Grants are also being sought).

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/funding-and-research/grants/index.html
http://www.bushblitz.org.au/taxonomy.php

Multidisciplinary

The Foundation's competitive early career travel grants program is distinctive in Australian philanthropy. The travel grants enable outstanding individuals, with promising careers and potentially important contributions to make to the Australian community, to exchange knowledge with their peers through participation in professional development opportunities, for example attending an international conference in their field of growing expertise.

The grants made are small, generally between $2,000 and $3,000, and are paid to the individuals employing organisation.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://foundation.ianpotter.org.au/travel

H&SS

Betty Trask left a bequest to the Society of Authors in 1983 to fund a prize for first novels written by authors under the age of 35 in a romantic or traditional, but not experimental, style.

The prize money, which totals £20,000, (Approx.$34, 791 AUD) must be used for foreign travel. The prize is open to published and unpublished novels.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.societyofauthors.org/betty-trask

Multidisciplinary

The annual Kistler Prize recognises original contributions to the understanding of the connection between the human genome and human society. The prize consists of a US$100,000 (Approx. AUD$112, 350) cash award and a specially designed gold medallion seated in a leaded glass sculpture. It is named for Walter P. Kistler, originator of the award program and benefactor of the Foundation For the Future.

The Prize is awarded annually to a scientist or research institution that has made original, substantive, and innovative contributions in the study of the connections between the human genome and human society.

For mor information about the nomination process, please visit:
http://www.futurefoundation.org/awards/kpr_process.htm

Professions

 In 2009 CPA Australia launched a premier research grants program to encourage and support research that has the potential to benefit our members, the profession and business community as a whole.

Through the Global Research Perspectives Program, the CPA will  consider any project that has merit, demonstrates strategic leadership and makes a significant contribution to key research themes including, but not limited to:

• Global economic challenges, and the profession
• Climate change / carbon reduction
• Tax systems and reform
• Standard business reporting and XBRL
• Reporting and assurance issues (including GRI)
• Governance

Please forward a copy of the application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch

For further details and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/cpa-site/hs.xsl/about-research-apply-form.html

The HWK announces the launch of a focus program in the area of European studies in 2010. The HWK-Europe-Fellowships are dedicated to foster the studies of European history, politics, culture and societies and to broaden the knowledge about Europe in the world.

The Fellowships are intended for scholars of social sciences and neighbouring disciplines (such as economics, legal studies, history, ethnology, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, etc.) who want to pursue a project on Europe and whose research will benefit from the possibility to study Europe from within. The HWK strongly encourages the application of researchers who plan to set up a temporary study group on their topic at the HWK.

The HWK allows for different financial solutions regarding reimbursement of fellows, such as direct compensation or reimbursement of the home institution. Applicants should at least hold a PhD or equivalent qualification. A Fellowship is to last between 3 and up to 10 months, the fellowship can be split into two or more stays at the institute.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.h-w-k.de/wie-wird-man-fellow1.html?&L=1#c3752

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) and Roche Products Pty Limited are proud to announce the Roche Research Grant into Safety and Quality of Medicines Use in Hospitals.

The grant of $10,000 is available to members of SHPA with 12 months current membership and student members with three months membership. Applications for funding will not be considered if the research has commenced or concluded at the time of the grant closing date.

The focus of the grant will be safety and quality of medicines use in hospitals and the research is to be undertaken in 2010-2011.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.shpa.org.au/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=SHPA/ccms.r?PageId=30

The Hospira-DBL Development Fund will provide $40,000 in professional assistance in 2010. Grants are available to fund:

• attendance at national and international conferences
• completion of national and international study tours
• purchase of textbooks and other resource material used for professional development
• research projects

Applicants must have a minimum of 12 months current membership with SHPA or 3 months for student members.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.shpa.org.au/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=SHPA/ccms.r?PageId=30

Sciences

The WH Gladstones Population and Environment Fund offers support for empirical research into how the size, distribution, material aspirations and other characteristics of Australia's population are likely to affect our environment not only our land and landscape, but also social cohesion, health, the economy and defence. Population pressures in other countries which may have an impact on Australia could also be part of the research.

Research to be supported should aim to quantify various aspects of the human footprint, and to model likely ecological and other consequences. The grant in 2011 will be $12,000. The renewed grant of $12,000 for 2012 will depend on the Academy of Science receiving a satisfactory progress report at the end of the first year. Applicants should have completed a PhD not more than 10 years ago. Persons engaged in research for a PhD may also be considered if their thesis topics are judged to be highly significant.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.science.org.au/awards/awards/gladstone.html

Multidisciplinary

The Matsumae International Foundation is offering another round of fellowships, founded as a result of Dr Shigeyoshi Matsumae's call. The Foundation hopes to accept researchers from as many nations as possible, but first priority will be given to the fields of natural science, engineering and medicine.

Applicants must be of non-Japanese nationality and meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Hold a PhD
• Not of the age of 40 when submitting an application
• At least basic conversational ability in English or Japanese
• Not travelled to Japan previously
• Substantial/honarary position at the University
• Have not been invited to attend this program previously
• Sound health

Funding is up to 240,000 yen monthly and 100,00 yen on arrival, plus airfare and insurance. Fellowships are for 3 - 6 months in duration.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~mif/

Sciences

The Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience invites grant applications for basic studies in the field of glycoscience.

Applicants must (a) have a doctor's degree or its equivalent, (b) have a documented capability of performing independent studies and (c) be a member of a research institute where he or she can carry out the proposed project.

As much as 7,000,000 yen may be requested. In principle, a grant will be approved for one year, however, if desired, the period can be extended up to one year with the approval of the foundation.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://mizutanifdn.or.jp/e_invite.html

H&SS

Project Fellowship grants support artists to develop significant creative and/or developmental projects. Up to three Project Fellowships will be awarded in 2010.

Individuals, groups and organisations can apply to the Australia Council for funding. Individuals must be Australian citizens or have permanent resident status in Australia. Proof of citizenship or residency may be required. Applications may be accepted from non-Australian individuals or organisations for projects that meet the purpose of the category and mainly involve artists or arts workers who are Australian citizens or permanent residents.

Applications will be selected that best demonstrate:

• Artistic merit , the quality of the artist and their suitability to the project
• The potential of the proposal to contribute to both the artist’s professional development and music practice in Australia
• Good planning and effective use of resources.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/project_fellowships_-_music

Health Sciences

The F. & E. Bauer Foundation donate $20,000.00, to be awarded annually to assist in the funding of a particular research project for up to one year. This grant is known as the F. & E. Bauer Research Grant. This grant is available to an institution or an individual.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dermcoll.asn.au/public/for_medical_professionals-grants.asp#FREDBAUERREASEARCHGRANT

Multidisciplinary

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Research Grant Program funds research on a wide variety of topics related to the mission of LSAC. Specifically included in the program's scope are projects investigating precursors to legal training, selection into law schools, legal education, and the legal profession.

To be eligible for funding, a research project must inform either the process of selecting law students or legal education itself in a demonstrable way. The program welcomes proposals for research proceeding from any of a variety of methodologies, a potentially broad range of topics, and varying time frames. Proposals will be judged on the importance of the questions addressed, their relevance to the mission of LSAC, the quality of the research designs, and the capacity of the researchers to carry out the project. LSAC's membership includes law schools in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Comparative proposals about topics outside the United States, Canada, and Australia are welcome, but they must include some explicit connection to legal education or the legal profession within those countries.

Applicants may use methodologies derived from many disciplines, including anthropology, criminology, demography, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. Projects may be qualitative or quantitative, cross-sectional or longitudinal. They may involve any of a variety of research techniques such as surveys, experiments, correlational methods, systematic observations, and ethnography. The program, however, requires that any project that is funded be planned and conducted in accordance with the best social scientific standards that are applicable to the type of research in question.

Possible topics can address a broad range of issues. Although the program welcomes research on a variety of topics, three requests for proposals have been issued in the following areas:

• Research on Pipeline Issues and Access to Law Schools for Minority Populations
• Research on Access to Law School for Students With Disabilities
• Research on Law School Academic Assistance Programs

Projects will be funded for amounts up to $200,000. The program is open to applicants from all countries. Eligible principal investigators need not be members of law school faculties; proposals are welcome from social, behavioural, and educational researchers of all kinds. Proposals from interdisciplinary teams of law faculty and researchers from outside law schools are strongly encouraged.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.lsac.org/LsacResources/Grants/lsac-legal-education-grant-program.asp

Multidisciplinary

A program of prestigious awards initiated in 1998 to recognise outstanding achievements in collaboration between business and tertiary education in the fields of Research & Development and Education & Training. The objective of the program is to highlight at a national level the benefits of such collaboration, and enhance links between industry and universities.

The award is made to a program or project involving a collaborative partnership between business and tertiary education. Therefore, the collaborating organisations nominated for the award must come from business and from tertiary education.

This year’s Awards are for:

• Best Research & Development Collaboration
• Best Higher Education & Training Collaboration
• Best Vocational Education & Training Collaboration
• Best Community Engagement Collaboration
• Outstanding Collaboration with a Regional Focus – R&D or E&T

Applications may be submitted for an Award in one or more categories, however, an application may only win one Award.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.bhert.com/

Multidisciplinary

Valued at up to $A45,000, Fulbright scholarships are open to Australian citizens to undertake research or study in the United States for 3 – 12 months. Scholarships can be started between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.

As the largest and one of the most prestigious educational scholarship programs in the world, Fulbright provides unique opportunities for Australians to build long term research collaboration and linkages with U.S. universities.

Applications are open to Postgraduates (to do research related to their Australian PhD., or enrol in a U.S. degree); Postdoctoral, Professional and Senior Scholars from any field of study. Applicants from every state and the Northern Territory are also encouraged to consider the state/territory specific Fulbright Scholarships that have now been established.

For further information and application forms see www.fulbright.com.au  Applications close externally on 31 August 2010.

Australian universities are also encouraged to actively seek applications from Americans to be Fulbright Scholars in Australia in 2011. This supports American academics and postgraduates to undertake research with Australian universities for 4 - 12 months.

Multidisciplinary

This FOA issued by the Basic behavioural and Social Sciences Research Opportunity Network (OppNet), National Institutes of Health, solicits Research Project Grant (R21 and R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to investigate the reciprocal interactions of the processes of sleep and circadian regulation and function with behavioural and social environment processes. Sleep is a complex biological phenomenon that is essential to normal behavioural and social functioning, as well as optimal health. In spite of its vital nature, the mechanisms by which social environment factors affect sleep behavior patterns have not been studied systematically, especially within the context of individual vulnerabilities and resilience. There is a need for greater understanding of the dynamic relationships between behavioural and social environment factors on the one hand and the basic mechanisms of sleep-wake and circadian regulation and function on the other. This FOA is not intended to support research on or development of treatments or interventions for disorders of sleep or circadian rhythms. Mechanism of Support.

This FOA will utilize the R21 award mechanism and runs in parallel with a FOA of identical scientific scope, RFA-HD-11-101, that encourages applications under the R01 award mechanism.OppNet intends to commit up to $1 million in FY 2011 to fund 5-6 applications submitted in response to this FOA, pending the number and quality of applications and availability of funds.

Please forward a copy of the Letter of Intent along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-11-102.html#SectionIII

Health Sciences

 The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites applications to support research on the treatment of individuals with co-occurring alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder.   The scope of interest includes innovative pharmacological and behavioural treatments based on biological, psychological, behavioural, and social/cultural models of etiology and treatment of comorbid alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety.  In addition, this FOA accepts Comparative and Effectiveness Research applications which compare two or more different existing treatments in this comorbid population. This FOA is limited to depression and anxiety because of the high prevalence of these psychiatric disorders in individuals with alcohol use disorders.  

This FOA will utilize the R01 and R21 award mechanisms. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary.

Please forward a copy of the Letter Of Intent along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au in the Research Branch

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-251.html