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Research Office Newsletter
25 July 2007
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Research Office - Office of Sponsored Research - Office of Research Integrity - Office of Commercialisation	From the Director of the RO More info >>	For more information on upcoming dates see the RO Calendar.
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	From the Director of the RO The University’s Research Committee meets five times a year with the next meeting on Thursday 26 July. Committee membership includes a representative from each College as well as research student, general staff, and senior and early career researcher representatives. The Committee enables Colleges to have input into research issues at the University-level as well as serving as an important source of information for Colleges. Topics to be discussed at the next meeting include Principles in Establishing and Administering Centres, Draft Principles for a Policy on Commercialisation, Common Research Infrastructure Services, and Research Infrastructure Access Policy as well as the Reports of the Animal and Human Ethics Committees. Information on the Committee and its deliberations can be found at http://info.anu.edu.au/OVC/Committees/060PP_Research/index.asp and from your College representative. I am pleased to advise that Karen Burke has been confirmed as the Director of the Office of Sponsored Research. I am sure you will all join with me in congratulating Karen on her appointment. Karen will continue to work closely with College research management staff involved in grants and research contracts. The August Research Development Forum will focus on research contracts with the Legal Office leading a discussion on issues arising from reviewing contracts. For staff who review research contracts, this will be your opportunity to discuss with the Legal Office the difficult issues that you have come across.
From the Office of Sponsored Research University Research Planning Day The scheduled date for the University Research Planning Day (to be held at Old Parliament House) is 9 October 2007. Please keep this date free. Further details will be circulated shortly. Next RDF - Research Development Forum We look forward to seeing our ANU research administration colleagues at the next Research Development Forum on Wednesday 15th August, 10.30am – 12noon. College of Business and Economics, Ardnt Faculty Suite, Level 1-HW Ardnt Building 25A. This forum will focus on Contracts with our guest speaker coming from the ANU Legal Office. We look forward to seeing you there and welcome your input of any matter you wish to raise for discussion. Please email items to OSR Staff members. NHMRC Development Grants, Second round - applications opened: 20^th July. The NHMRC Development Grants Scheme aims to support the development of health or medical research that has commercial potential and which has the potential to benefit the Australian community. Development Grants provide funding for research commercialisation at the early proof-of-concept stage. Detailed information regarding this grant will be sent out to the Colleges as it becomes available. The steps to be followed and documentation to apply for a Development Grant can be found at: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/apply/granttype/development/index.htm DVC Grants in Aid to attend the FUSION Conference (ARMS) in Adelaide in September The DVC has approved the recommendations for the Grants in Aid to attend the ARMS conference in Adelaide this year. Colleges will be notified of the outcomes under separate cover today. ARC – Access to view DP08 Assessments and Rejoinders. Due to GAMS issues the ARC closed the view access for DP08 assessments and rejoinders (for copying/printing) following the deadline of rejoinders closing. The view access will be re-opened on GAMS from Monday 23^rd July and will remain available until late September. Lunchtime Seminar. The next Lunchtime Seminar will be held on the 7 August, 12:30 – 1:30 at the Ross Hohnen Room Chancelry Tower Building 10A. The topic is “Using ARIES Publications Module”. There have been some changes to the schedule, an ‘Updated July 2007’ list is available at: http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/info/seminars.php JDRF - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The JDRF is calling on Australian medical institutions and researchers for expressions of interest in a research grant funding program as part of the JDRF Islet Transplantation Program (ITP) in Australia. JDRF Australia will direct up to AUD$2.2 million over two years to fund Pilot and Feasibility Studies and Collaborative Research Grants addressing the basic science surrounding pre-clinical approaches to improve current state-of-the-art islet transplantation techniques. This Request for Application (RFA) was developed as a component of the JDRF Islet Transplantation Program (ITP) in Australia. The ITP was established by the JDRF with funding from the Department of Health and Ageing, and is designed to help take islet transplantation from being an experimental procedure to one broadly available for people with diabetes. The JDRF has opened expressions of Interest / applications for Islet Transplantation Program in Australia. Initial and brief Expressions of Interest (max 4 pg) are due by September 14th 2007, with final applications due December 14th 2007. More information is available at: (http://www.jdrf.org.au/research/newsitem.asp?newsid=250). Application information is available at: http://www.jdrf.org.au/research/260607_Aus_ITP_RFA_2007.pdf FEAST - Forum for European Australian Science and Technology. Seminar: ‘Research Collaboration with Europe’ Date: 9:30am–12:30pm, Wednesday 15^th August 2007 Location: Finkel Theatre, John Curtin School of Medical Research International collaboration is an important aspect of the research environment and can form an important component of academic career development. The FEAST Secretariat and the Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand are holding a series of joint seminars throughout Australia in order to increase understanding of European-Australian cooperation. Schemes such as FP7, COST (European Co-operation in Scientific and Technical Research), and opportunities to collaborate with researchers and industry in individual EU Member States will also be covered, including examples of researcher exchange and mobility. The seminar is free and open to all academic and general staff, targeting early career and senior researchers from public and private organisations, research development staff and policy managers. More information is available at: www.feast.org/seminars/2007
From the Office of Research Integrity. Stay tuned for the next issue.
PLEASE CONTACT JENNY TAYLOR IN THE OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH (ext 51455 or jenny.taylor@anu.edu.au) FOR ANYTHING FURTHER