Research Branch Bulletin

The NHMRC have advised that they will be implementing a range of improvements to RGMS, including upgrades and performance enhancements to software, hardware and databases, and processes to ensure that the final product is fully stress tested before it goes into production. They will be installing and testing upgrades during September and will be upgrading the RGMS production environment during October. RGMS will not be available to users during this time.

If you experience an RGMS error, the NHMRC Research Help Centre would like to hear about it.
Please email details including your RGMS username, application ID, and a screen snapshot of the error message to help@nhmrc.gov.au

 

1-8 November 2010
Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto, Canada

This is the second Austrade-conducted Australian universities mission to Canada, focusing on collaborative research linkages with Canadian universities and organisations. The six-day mission addresses research collaboration in the fields of the aged, neurosciences, cancer, and Aboriginal health. 

The delegation will comprise Australian researchers and research organisations for whom meetings will be organised with leading Canadian institutions, industry and funding bodies. Networking events and site visits, including a stop at the Health Achieve show in Toronto will form part of the suite of activities.

The cut-off date for applications is the 10th of September, 2010.

For more information, and application details, please visit:
www.austrade.gov.au/UniRD2010

In order to install a mentoring scheme for Australian graduates, PhD students and young researchers who would like to study and research in Germany, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is calling German professors, lecturers and researchers at Australian universities and research institutions - long term or short term - to identify themselves to the DAAD representative, Andreas Jaeger at the Information Centre Sydney, daad.australia@gmail.com.

The DAAD would like to establish a network of German academics, senior Australian DAAD alumni and Humboldt fellows volunteering to give young people valuable advice and incentive beyond the usual range of the actual supervisor. DAAD in return offers information meetings and mentoring instructions, the opportunity to link with colleagues all over the world and much more.
A first information weekend for interested participants is scheduled for April 2011 in Sydney.

For more information, please visit:
www.daad.de/ausland/lehren-im-ausland/deutsche_lehrkraefte/10436.de.html.

 

Wednesday 1 December – Friday 3 December
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE)
Lucas Heights, NSW, AUSTRALIA

The topics of AANSS 2010 include:

• Condensed Matter Physics
• Biological Sciences
• Soft Condensed Matter
• Instrument Concepts/Techniques/Developments
• Chemistry/Earth Sciences
• Engineered and Applied Materials
• Medical and Imagery
• Software

Key dates
Abstract deadline: Friday 17th of September 2010
Registration and payments: Friday 12th of November 2010

For more information, please refer to the Registration Brochure or visit the AINSE website:
http://www.ainse.edu.au

 

Wednesday 15th September, Channel 9 (Kevin Crease Studio)
202 Tynte St, North Adelaide
10.30am to 11.30am.

An open invitation is extended to attend the Channel 9 Young Achiever's Awards. This official launch is free and morning tea will be served upon arrival at 10.30am.
The Awards applaud high achievement, leadership, innovation, initiative and commitment to the pursuit of excellence whilst highlighting the efforts and successes of young people making meaningful contributions in their field of endeavour.

Category winners will each receive $1,000 from HomeStart Finance and a trophy. The ultimate winner, The Premier’s/Channel 9 Young Achiever of the Year, will receive an additional $1,000 from HomeStart Finance, a trophy and a holiday for two in Australia provided by Hilton Hotels (conditions apply).

If you would like to attend, please email the RSVP form to sa@awardsaustralia.com 

For more information regarding award categories and nominations, please visit:
www.awardsaustralia.com/YAA_sa.html

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
  

All enquiries may be emailed to CSIE2011@cust.edu.cn

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

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.

Health Sciences

The Australian Podiatry Education and Research Foundation (APERF) was established in 1990 to advance research into the causes, prevention and treatment of foot problems.  With the help of generous donations from the podiatry community – podiatrists, medical suppliers and grateful patients – APERF has supported more than 25 projects in the past 20 years.  The Foundation offers financial support for projects that are focused on the causes, assessment, diagnosis, outcomes and management of foot and related problems.  Both experienced and novice researchers are entitled to apply. 

Information, guidelines and application forms will be available on the Australasian Podiatry Council (APodC) website from 1 September 2010.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:  http://www.apodc.com.au/aperf

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.

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 objectives of the Norman Wettenhall grants are to build capacity in local communities to effect long-term beneficial change in the natural environment. The Foundation also seeks to support and encourage research, monitoring and knowledge sharing, relating to all aspects of Australia's natural environment

Wherever possible, funded projects will:

• be innovative and serve as a model for future projects
• show collaboration with other groups, particularly community groups
• result in long term improvement of the natural environment
• indicate clearly, and thoughtfully, how advice of the project's outcomes will be shared

 

Please note
Before submitting an application, researchers must email a SMALL summary to the Executive Officer, for pre-approval.
Please email summaries to Elizabeth (Beth) Mellick: beth@nwf.org.au

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

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

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/ 

Health Sciences

Komen provide up to US$180,000 (approx $202, 830 AUD) over 3 years to expand the skills and expertise of breast cancer researchers and position trainees for independent careers in breast cancer research.

The Fellowships seek to:

• attract scientists into careers addressing important research questions about breast cancer
• expand the skills and expertise of breast cancer researchers in training, and
• position trainees for independent careers conducting breast cancer research that will directly affect breast cancer patients.

Komen is committed to training across the research continuum and therefore has developed four types of PDF training grants: Basic Research; Translational Research; Clinical Research; and—new this year—a fourth category specifically focused on Disparities in Breast Cancer Outcomes Research.

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.komengrantsaccess.org/RFAs_and_Templates/index.cfm?prg=KGC&prg_fy=2011

Health Sciences

The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, to spend up to 12 months in the United States conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts.

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://www.commonwealthfund.org/Fellowships/Harkness-Fellowships.aspx

H&SS

The Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII) in cooperation with the Australia Council for the Arts has developed a new program of assistance for arts and cultural programs between Australia and Indonesia. Under this new program, the AII intends to make five to ten grants per year of up to $20,000 to assist Australian and Indonesian arts organisations and individuals to further develop existing links and experience to produce new cultural programs and events.

The program aims to encourage Indonesian organisations to include Australian product in their programs, and for Australians to similarly seek Indonesian partners for longer-term projects. The emphasis is on projects taking place in Indonesia; however, projects in Australia involving Indonesian partners and/or content are also eligible for consideration.

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.dfat.gov.au/aii/scholarship_program/saraswati_arts_prog.html

Multidisciplinary

Through its Jean Monnet Fellowship Programme the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) offers one or two year fellowships to post-docs in an early stage of their academic career.

Priority will be given to proposals that fit well with one or more of the following Centre's core research themes:

• EU Institutions, Governance, and Democracy
• Migration
• Economic and Monetary Policy
• Development Policy
• Competition Policy and Market Regulation
• Energy and Climate Policy
• International and Transnational Relations
• Global 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 more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/JeanMonnetFellowships/Index.aspx

Multidisciplinary

The Australia India Institute invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) for funding projects which support the Institute's key priority areas (listed below) to strengthen research cooperation, professional links and cultural understanding between Australia and India.

The Institute is interested in supporting a range of activities, for example:

• workshops
• seminars
• visiting fellowships
• scholarships (including top-up scholarships)
• research project expenses
• cultural events
• exchanges

Institute grants will not usually exceed $50,000, and will generally be for a period of 12 months.

Please forward a copy of the EOI 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.aii.unimelb.edu.au/pages/grants

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

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 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

Applications are invited from students in the final years of their courses to undertake research projects on neuromuscular function or disorders and/or their social implications. Payment of $200 pw (for 6 to 8 weeks) is available for Vacation Scholarships and up to $5000 pa for Honours Scholarships Applications, submitted via potential project supervisors.

For more information and an application outline please visit:
www.mdasa.org.au

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

Sciences

The RIRDC provides funds to support travel to conferences and workshops that benefit RIRDC industries. Applications will be accepted throughout the year but must be received by the Corporation at least three months prior to the planned travel date.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.rirdc.gov.au/researchers/researchers_home.cfm

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

Multidisciplinary

Valued at up to $45,000 AUD, 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.

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.

For further information and application forms see www.fulbright.com.au 

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

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

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

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

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

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.