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News and Notices
Research in Bionic Vision Science and Technology
In
2009, the Australian Research Council (ARC) will fund a new collaborative
research initiative to develop a functional bionic eye through funding to be
administered under the ARC’s Special Research Initiatives (SRI) scheme.
Through its response to the 2020 Summit, the Australian Government has
committed funding of $50 million over four years.
For further information about this
scheme please visit http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/sri/bionic_eye.htm
Applications for funding close on Wednesday 29 July 2009, OSR deadline to be
advised.
ARC
Final Reports
A Final Report is due within six
months of the final expenditure of an ARC funded grant. For grants that were
completed at 31 December 2008 this will mean that they are due 30 June 2009.
Final Report forms for all
programs have been prepared and uploaded to GAMS for projects on which ARC
funding has been completed. Please note that forms have been prepared for
some projects which have approved carry-overs of funding, but the completion
date for the project is not affected by the availability of the form.
First-named Participants
(Chief Investigators or Fellows) have responsibility for completing the form
which will be available to them when they enter GAMS as an “APPLICANT”. Other
Participants, including Industry Partners, can view and contribute to the
form. As much as possible, data fields are pre-filled from ARC databases.
Only the first-named Participant can VALIDATE the form.
The Research Office GAMS
Contact should SUBMIT the form. The submission is the University’s sign-off
on the grant and the Final Report. No paper copy is required by the ARC.
Final Reports for Discovery
(FF, DP, D-IRD) and Linkage programs (LP, LX, LAPDC, LIEF) and earlier
programs (LRG, RF, IRD, SPIRT, IREX, RIEF) are completed and submitted
through GAMS.
For
further information about submission of a Final Report please visit http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/OSR/Post_Award/postaward_end.php
NHMRC
Development Grants & RGMS
A reminder that applications for NHMRC Development Grants will close
at 6pm (AEST) 7 July 2009. The OSR deadline for applications completed in
RGMS is 1 July 2009.
As you are already aware the NHMRC is currently implementing a new Research
Grants Management System (RGMS) which will replace the INFORMED filler
system. Development Grants will be the first scheme to be submitted
through RGMS.
For more information
about submission of Development Grants and to download the form for your
login please visit http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/apply/development/index.htm
For any
further information about Development Grants please contact Ann Goldwater on
6125 9515 ann.goldwater@anu.edu.au
OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The International Centre
of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM) – Sustainable Water
Resource Management Student Grants
Funded
through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. This
project provides a mechanism to share best practice between Australian and
the European Union (EU) universities, and to improve global understanding of
the importance of sustainable water resources management. Long-term outcomes
arising from this project could include joint Masters and/or PhD programmes,
and joint Training and Professional Development Programmes between
participating universities as well as joint research programmes.
Travel and subsistence
grants are available for eligible students to undertake five months (one
semester) study overseas. Australian students studying in the EU receive:
$1,000 travel grant and $1500 per month as a subsistence grant. EU students
studying in Australia receive: €1000 travel grant and €700 per month as a
subsistence grant. Students must be currently enrolled in water-relevant
study at a participating university. Australian students must be currently
enrolled in water-relevant study with one of ICE WaRM's partner universities.
EU students must be currently enrolled in water-relevant study with one of
the participating EU universities. During the exchange, students can choose
to either take classes in water resources management, or undertake a period
of water-relevant research. All courses will be presented in English in all
participating universities.
Closing date: Ongoing.
For further information please visit http://www.icewarm.com.au/index.php
Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited - Clive and Vera Ramaciotti
Foundations General Awards
The purpose of these grants is to honour groups or individuals in
universities, public hospitals or institutes undertaking biomedical research.
Applications are invited for two types of Grant, Establishment Grants and
Equipment Grants. Applications are accepted from groups or individuals
undertaking biomedical research within Universities, Public Hospitals, Medical Research Institutes or other institutions approved by the Trustee.
Applicants can apply for up to $50,000.
Applications close: 24 June 2009
For further information
please visit http://www.perpetual.com.au/campaigns/ramaciotti_ramaciotti_home.aspx
.Kidney Health Australia
- Seeding Grants
The purpose of these grants is to assist with the development of new research
ideas, to form solid preliminary data to the point where they can be
submitted to the NHMRC (or other) funding body for full funding. The purpose
of Seeding Grants is to provide support for the Investigator to achieve
ongoing substantive funding from organisation such as NHMRC. Funding of the
second year is conditional upon evidence being received of an application for
ongoing future funding of the same project. The application should be for a
genuinely new research idea. It is not appropriate to provide seeding grants
to existing projects, which have already received support from Kidney Health Australia or other granting bodies, or as part funding of a longer ongoing project.
Preferred ranking will be given to applicants in the early stages of their
research career applying for the first time as Chief Investigator.
Applications close: 30
June 2009
For further information
please visit http://www.kidney.org.au/HealthProfessionals/MedicalResearchFundingProgram/tabid/633/Default.aspx
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