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2 October
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From the Director of the Research Office
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From the
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From the
Office of Sponsored Research
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From the Director of the
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As we near the end of the year no
doubt everyone is waiting for the ARC and NHMRC announcements of the results
of their 2009 funding rounds followed by the opening of the 2010 funding
rounds. The months leading up to
Christmas will be a busy and important time for research managers. The ARC/NHMRC Research Seminar is
taking place on 6-7 November in Canberra ( http://www.arc.gov.au/general/research_seminar.htm ) and will include ARC sessions
on 'Avoiding major pitfalls in submitting proposals', 'the Assessment
Process', the new ARC Research Management System and ERA as well as NHMRC
sessions on Ethics and NHMRC grants. Hopefully all research management staff
involved in ARC and NHMRC will be attending. Professor Penny Sackett from RSAA has been appointed The Australian Association for Institutional Research (AAIR) is
holding its annual Conference from 19-21 November 2008. The AAIR is an
Association interested in higher education research. While its members are primarily staff from
the Planning and Statistical areas of Universities and academics engaged in
higher education research, for their 2008 Conference AAIR will have a stream
focused on institutional research focused on research issues, eg. research benchmarking, RQF, DIISR reporting, ABS
reporting, measuring research performance etc. Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation,
Industry, Science and Research, and Leanne Harvey from the ARC are keynote
speakers. Details can be found at http://www.leishman-associates.com.au/aair2008/ |
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From the Research Office
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ANU Early Career Researchers Seminar Topic: Building a Successful
Research Career Presenter: Professor
Mandy Thomas, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) Date: Wednesday, 15th
October 2008 Time: 2.00pm-3.30pm
Venue: Finkel Theatre, JCSMR Lunchtime Seminar Series Date: Tuesday, 7 October 2008 Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm Venue: Ross Hohnen Room,
Chancelry (Bldg 10b) Experienced in ARC
Linkage Projects partnerships, our Speakers will discuss considerations for
building and managing the relationships between University and Industry
partners. Time will be allocated for questions. Academic and
administrative staff of the University are warmly invited to attend, and to
share a light lunch, juice, tea and coffee Research Development Forum Date: 15 October 2008 Speaker: Belinda Barbour, Administrator, ARC
Research Network ARNAM Time: 10.30am – 12.00pm Venue: McDonald Room, Menzies Library A full Agenda
will be sent out before the Forum. |
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From the Office of
Sponsored Research
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News
& Notices ARC Schemes Eligibility Exemption Requests (Round 2): due close of business Monday,
6 October 2008. Applications (Round 2): due close of business Friday, 14 November 2008 NHMRC updates 2009 NHMRC anticipates
that the tasks performed by the Academy will, over a year, amount to approximately
four weeks of full-time commitment.
NHMRC will offer each member of the Academy (through their employing
institution) a supplementary grant payment of up to $10,000 to allow their
research activities to be supported during this period. Applications
should include a brief statement from applicants addressing the Member
Characteristics, and a full CV. OSR deadline 31
October 2008. Other AusAID: The Invitation to Submit Activity
Concepts for PSLP 2008-09 Round One The Asia Public Sector Linkages
Program aims to improve public sector capacity for governance and management
for nationally determined development outcomes in selected partner Asian
countries. PSLP offers departments and agencies of Australian federal, state
and territory governments, as well as Australian public universities, the
opportunity to compete for grant funding that will: ·
transfer capacity building skills
and expertise to their public sector counterpart institutions in partner
countries ·
support strengthening of sustainable
development-focused public sector bilateral and regional linkages. Grants are generally, but not
necessarily, between $50,000 and $250,000. Proposed Activities generally will
be self-contained and be from 3 to 24 months in duration. Activities should
be long enough to transfer capacity building skills and build sustainable
development-focused linkages. In 2008/09 there will be two
rounds which are scheduled for October 2008 and March 2009. Documentation necessary for
participation in PSLP 2008-09 Round One is available
at http://www.ausaid.gov.au/business/other_opps/pslp.cfm. PLEASE NOTE: All submissions from
ANU must be submitted together, and multiple applications for the same
country/region must be ranked by ANU. Failure to submit applications together
may mean disqualification. Accordingly all ANU submissions must be sent to
your College Contact: http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/OSR/OSR_contacts.php for processing by cob on Friday
24 October 2008 at the latest – it would be appreciated if advice could
be provided earlier that you may submit and in which country/topic. OTHER RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Dear Researchers: please note the first point of contact for research
management related matters is your College Australian Rotary Health Research
Fund Applications for PhD Scholarships valued at $25,000 pa for a maximum
of three years are being offered in the following areas.
Applicants must be eligible to undertake study at an appropriate
University or Research Institute in Contact: Kelly Anne Martinez 02 8837 1900 Closing date: Friday 12 December, 2008 Masters & Doctorate in
Clinical Psychology Scholarship Scheme 2009 The Australian Psychological Society is calling for scholarship applications
in the areas of regional, rural, Indigenous, culturally and linguistically
diverse backgrounds and/or a demonstrated commitment to work within these
areas. Scholarship amount awarded
$15,000 pa full-time equivalent Application period closes 31 October, 2008. For further information please visit www.psychology.org.au or telephone 1800 703 883 |
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From
the Office of Commercialisation
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Engaging Research - A one-day
interactive commercialisation workshop The Office of Commercialisation
and ATP Innovations are planning to run Engaging Research, a
commercialisation workshop for postgraduate and early career researchers. The workshop will cover issues
related to:
Date: Tuesday 18th November Time: 9am – 5pm Contact: Tom Hammond |
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Please contact Research Office (ext 50099) for
further information.
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