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NHMRC
updates
NHMRC Annual Progress Reports – Due 31 March 2009 (OSR deadline 27 March)
In accordance with the NHMRC Deed
of Agreement, Annual Progress Reports must be submitted to the NHMRC
by 31 March of each year.
Annual Progress Reports (for activities in 2008) are due 31 March 2009 for
the following schemes:
- Project Grants
- Development Grants
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Special Program Grants
- Program Grants
- Program in Medical Genomics Grant and
Strategic Awards
OSR Submission requirements
All original Annual Reports are
due at the OSR by 5pm Friday 27 March 2009 for
signing by the RAO and forwarding to the NHMRC.
All NHMRC Annual Reports should use the NHMRC Annual Report proforma. In addition to the hard copy application the NHMRC
require an electronic copy of each Progress Report. Please email electronic
the electronic version to RAO.NHMRC@anu.edu.au. Please enter the name
of the type of research grant and application ID # in the subject field of
the email.
Either MS Word or PDF electronic document formats are acceptable, but
please note that Progress Reports that have been scanned and then
converted to PDF documents will not be accepted by the NHMRC.
As with all NHMRC and ARC reports, please ensure that the report is
uploaded into ARIES and a copy placed on the SPF file.
For further information about NHMRC Annual Reports please contact Melody Ellis on x55869 or visit http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/funded/manage/policy/progreport.htm
Other news
AusAID – Asia Public Sector Linkages Program (PSLP) – Due 27 March 2009 (OSR
deadline 20 March)
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 36 months in duration. Activities should be long enough to transfer
capacity building skills and build sustainable development-focused linkages.
Please note that applications must be ranked by the university and submitted
centrally.
For further information about this grant please visit http://www.ausaid.gov.au/business/other_opps/pslp.cfm or contact Anne Goldwater on x59515
ANU Linkage Pilot 2008 Round 2 : Acceptances
A reminder that awardees of the
ANU Linkage Pilot (Round 2) scheme are required to complete the Acceptance of Offer form which
should nominate the R-account to which funds are to be transferred.
Acceptance of Offer forms should be submitted to the College Research
Office for signatures and then forwarded to the Office of Sponsored Research.
For details of Award requirements, please see the Linkage Pilot website: http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/OSR/Funding/funding_ANU_linkage_pilot.php
OTHER
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
2009 AINSE Postdoctoral Research
Fellowships
Applications are now open for the
2009 series of the AINSE (Australian Institute for Nuclear Science and
Engineering) Research Fellowships.
AINSE Research Fellowships are tenable at any AINSE member university.
Applicants are required to discuss, in the first instance, their research
program with a chosen institution and provide an outline of the program
agreed with the sponsoring university/institution. This year we have
broadened the areas in which applications are encouraged, to include:
·
neutron scattering;
·
radiopharmaceuticals;
·
high-resolution climate records using nuclear techniques; and
·
materials engineering
AINSE Research Fellowships are offered at academic level B for outstanding
and enthusiastic scientists with 3–8 years postdoctoral experience to
undertake research in areas of science and technology requiring use of the
OPAL research reactor other facilities at ANSTO. Fellows will be expected to
build a research group in one of the AINSE member universities and be
attached to ANSTO for experiments on the new, state of the art facilities on
OPAL. AINSE Research Fellows receive substantial allowances for research
expenses, paid through their university, as well as the travel and
subsistence costs associated with visits to ANSTO, conferences and Australian
universities.
The fellowships
are open nationally and internationally but the recipients must be qualified
for entry to the ANSTO site.
To maximise the
number of scholarships the host University will contribute an amount
representing 50% of the employment costs for the fellow (salary,
superannuation etc).
Applications close on 31 May 2009
Further information including the application form and guidelines are
available at
http://www.ainse.edu.au/ainse/for_academic_researchers/ainse_awards2.html
Cancer Institute Research Grants
The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government agency dedicated to the
control and cure of cancer through prevention, detection, innovation,
research and information.
The Cancer Institute NSW Research Program develops cancer research
capacity in NSW by increasing the number, quality and international
competitiveness of cancer researchers in NSW. Applicants may be engaged in
any discipline of research relevant to cancer, including, but not limited to:
Behavioural; Biomedical; Clinical; Epidemiological; Health Economics;
Psychosocial and Health Services.
The Cancer Institute NSW is currently calling for applications to the
following schemes:
Research Infrastructure Grants:
Providing substantial funding for key research platforms, core
equipment and capacities to enhance the cancer research effort in NSW.
Research Scholar Awards:
Providing funding opportunities to develop and support outstanding students
enrolled in a higher degree who have the potential to develop highly
significant careers in cancer research. Valued at a total of $25,000 per
annum, for up to three years.
Applications close 3 April 2009.
Guidelines and application forms available from http://www.cancerinstitute.org.au/cancer_inst/grants/
Strategic
Japanese-Australian Cooperative Program on Marine Science – Call for
Proposals
Australia
and Japan have recently
committed to jointly fund and administer a Marine Science program under the
auspices of Australia's
International Science Linkages (ISL) Program and Japan's Strategic International
Cooperative Program (SICP).
The
coordinating agencies responsible for this collaborative effort will be the Department
of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) on behalf of the
Australian Government and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) on
behalf of the Government of Japan.
DIISR
and JST will jointly choose a maximum of three collaborative projects before
the end of June 2009. Total funding for the Australian partner of up to
AUD70,000 (GST exclusive) per project is available
for two years, 2009/10 and 2010/11 (AUD35,000 per year).
A
call for proposals has been released by JST for submission by 19 March 2009. Please note that applications
must be sent to JST and not DIISR.
The
definition of "Marine Science" for the purpose of these
collaborative projects is that the research is expected to be done near the
coast (including coral reefs, mud flats and seaweed beds and excluding the
deep sea) or in Antarctic waters. Example areas of research include
Biodiversity, Bioinformatics (e.g. drug discovery, creation of enzymes, etc),
Environmental Pollution / Biological Concentration, Water Quality & Ecosystem
Health, Climate Change Impacts, and Understanding Marine Microbes and
Symbioses.
For
further information please visit http://www.jst.go.jp/sicp/Guideline_au1.pdf
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