Research Branch Bulletin

The National Health & Medical Research Council is inviting interested people to attend an update on Harmonisation of Multi-centre Ethical Review (HoMER) project. Please see the attached flyer for further information and registration details.

The Ethics Centre of South Australia, in collaboration with the University of Adelaide, University of South Australia and Flinders University, invites all HDR students who have commenced their program of study in the last 12 months to attend the following workshop: 'Ethics and Integrity in Research with Humans'

This interactive workshop aims to give participants:

• an understanding of the ethical issues that may arise in research involving human participants (across the full spectrum from biological samples to whole populations) applied during discipline specific workshops;
• tools to analyse and address these issues;
• an understanding of what constitutes good practice in research; and
• assistance in the preparation of Human Research Ethics Committee applications.

This workshop will run on Monday 30th of November (9am – 4pm) and Tuesday 1st of December 2009 (9am – 1pm) at City East Campus, University of South Australia. A map will be forwarded to all registrants. Refreshments, including lunch, will be provided.

Current HDR students who have research projects which require Human Ethics Approval are strongly encouraged to attend this workshop. To register, please complete the attached registration form and forward to Amy Baker amy.baker@unisa.edu.au by Friday 20th of November.

The NHMRC has undertaken a review of the NHMRC-European Union (EU) Collaborative Research Grants scheme.  The scheme helps Australian researchers participate in projects with international researchers under the European Commission’s (EC) Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).  

The revised NHMRC-EU scheme Funding Policy, approved by Research Committee in May this year, and the revised application form, are now available on the updated webpage of the NHMRC website located at: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/types/granttype/strategic/austeu.htm.  

Information about the recently published FP7 calls is available on the EC website at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html.

The MBF Foundation seeks submissions via Expressions of Interest process for the funding of new initiatives that provide clear benefit to the Australian community in one or more of the following key strategic areas:

• Keeping healthcare affordable; and
• Promoting wellness and/or tackling obesity.
• Healthy ageing;

The Foundation's activities must fall within the charitable objectives set out in its constitution and charter, which are to promote:

• Health research (including research into health outcomes, health information, health policy and health financing and ageing;
• Health education; and
• Development of programs for leading healthy lives for the broader community.

The Foundation looks to fund initiatives from $100,000 to $500,000 for up to three (3) years with potential outcomes of national significance and takes a partnership approach to all investments. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://mbf.com.au/AboutMBF/TheMBFFoundation/Grants

The AER Foundation invites submissions for innovative projects in 2010.

Submissions are invited from organisations seeking funding for projects which introduce distinctly new initiatives to the sector. Projects must have the potential, if successful, of continuing into the future, with funding and the full commitment of the organisation.

The maximum grant value is $20,000 plus GST. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.aerf.com.au/community/about.aspx

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. Grants, capped at $5,000 per conference, with a maximum of two persons per organisation receiving assistance.

The maximum grant value is $5,000 plus GST.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.aerf.com.au/community/about.aspx

The Commonwealth Fisheries Research Advisory Body (ComFRAB) assesses applications for funding of research for Commonwealth fisheries. In the 2009 research funding round, ComFRAB is making a second call for research relating to Commonwealth fisheries. Researchers are invited to develop full proposals against the projects listed below:

• Evaluating the impact of fishing on marine turtles relative to other impacts
• Incorporating economics into harvest strategies without bioeconomic models
• Quantitatively defining proxies for limit and target reference points in data poor fisheries
• Development of a User friendly desktop tool based on Atlantis existing runs
• Development of seabird mitigation devices for the Commonwealth Trawl Sector
• Empowering industry through improved understanding of stock assessments and harvest strategies
• Spatial stock assessment and MSE for setting TACs in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF)
• Investigating handling practices to reduce chondrichthyan mortalities
• Assessing and auditing bycatch mitigation; a case study Northern Prawn Fishery

Applicants should use the project scopes as a guide when developing their proposals to meet ComFRAB's identified need for the project. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.afma.gov.au/research/calls/default

Dairy Innovation Australia Limited is calling for applications from researchers for its Processes and Products Grants for research and innovation. Proposed projects should be targeted to provide research solutions in line with DIAL strategic objectives and current priorities. Dairy Innovation Australia invests in and manages research projects that are in line with its strategic objectives and priorities.

Large and small project applications are welcome, especially those addressing industry technical problems, enhancing industry sustainability or potentially transforming industry practice and potential. A minimum of $200,000 in funding is available in each year of this program.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dairyinnovation.com.au/grants.html

The Field Naturalists Society of South Australia Inc. (FNSSA) established the Lirabenda Endowment Fund with the intention of making available research grants to encourage and promote research into the biota and natural environment of South Australia. 

The Lirabenda Research Grants Committee considers all applications for grants from the Lirabenda Endowment Fund with this intention in mind. It promotes the conservation of natural features and habitat and the preservation of native flora, fauna and fungi of Australia and, in particular, South Australia.

Applications are encouraged from research institutions for supervised project funding at the Honours Degree, Masters Degree and PhD levels and for projects conducted by researchers at South Australian Research Institutes. 

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/involved/field_naturalists.html

An environmental organisation, the Norman Wettenhall Foundation’s objective is to support projects that enhance or maintain the vitality and diversity of the Australian natural living environment. The objectives of the grants are:

• to build capacity in local communities to effect long-term beneficial change in the natural environment
• to support and encourage research, monitoring and knowledge sharing relating to all aspects of Australia's natural environment

Please note that pre-approval must be obtained before submitting a full application.

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

AIATSIS is a national funding body for research in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies. The Research Grants Program supports research into areas such as:

• history (including family and community history)
• politics, law, and public policy
• health (social, cultural and environmental aspects) and biological sciences
• education and cultural transmission
• Indigenous knowledge systems
• linguistics
• social anthropology
• archaeology and
• the arts

Within these categories, AIATSIS places special emphasis on applications dealing with:

• relations with Government
• knowledge about and caring for Country
• Indigenous knowledge systems

Note: Please note that these grants are open for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/grants/grants.html

Research Branch Contact: Dr.Don McMaster(#33347)

The Ian Potter Foundation is one of Australia's leading private philanthropic organisations. The Foundation has a track record of funding projects led by far sighted individuals and organisations that improve the Australian community's ability to respond creatively to social, environmental, science and health issues, and that develop our capacity as a nation through the arts and education.

Applications in this round will be accepted for the following program areas:

• Arts
• Education
• Community Wellbeing
• Community Wellbeing International Travel Grants
• Healthy Communities
• Medical Research

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://foundation.ianpotter.org.au/how_to_apply.html

Applications are now open for Round 1 of the Australian Space Research Program. 

Potential applicants should read the program guidelines and frequently asked questions (available at http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Space/Pages/AustralianSpaceResearchProgram-Applyingforagrant.aspx) before deciding to submit an application in Round 1 of the program. 

Applicants must submit their application on the Australian Space Research Program application form. A project budget and curriculum vitae (CVs) of key people should be included as attachments to the application form.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Space/Pages/AustralianSpaceResearchProgram-Applyingforagrant.aspx

Relevant Research Branch contact: Dr Tim Anson (#35175)

JDRF fosters the development and productivity of the best and the brightest established independent researchers who will bridge the gap between the bench and bedside. The primary purpose of the Career Development Award is to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF research emphasis areas.

In the five-year term of the award, awardees will focus their research efforts on a subject directly related to JDRF mission goals and research priorities, and position themselves to work at the leading edge of type 1 diabetes research. These awards are designed to assist exceptionally promising investigators. Although JDRF is especially interested in fostering careers in clinical investigation, Career Development Awards may emphasize either basic or clinical topics.

The Career Development Award is intended for individuals in a relatively early stage of their career. Ordinarily, their first degree (MD, PhD, DMD, DVM, or equivalent) will have been received at least three but not more than seven years before the award. The applicant must hold an academic faculty level position (including assistant professor or equivalent) at the time of the application, at a university, health science center, or comparable institution with strong, well-established research and training programs for the chosen area of interest.

There are no citizenship requirements for this program. Career Development Award research may be conducted at foreign and domestic, for-profit and non-profit, and public and private organizations—such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local governments, and eligible agencies of the federal government. The award is up to USD 150,000 per year, including indirect costs.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207

The JDRF Early Career Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Award will provide crucial support to investigators who plan to pursue a career in diabetes-related clinical investigation. These prestigious awards are made in the later stages of training and include the ability for recipients to transition to independent faculty or research appointments. The award has a five-year term.

The successful candidate will have an MD or MD-PhD, hold an appointment or joint appointment in a subspecialty of clinical medicine, and conduct human clinical research. In exceptional circumstances, non-MD candidates will be considered if their work is likely to contribute significantly to a clinical outcome. The candidate must hold an appointment or joint appointment in a clinical department.

For the purposes of this award, clinical research is defined as research conducted with human subjects for which the investigator directly interacts with the subjects. Areas of relevant research can include (but are not limited to):
1) mechanisms of human disease;
2) therapeutic interventions;
3) clinical trials;
4) the development of new technologies.

There are no citizenship requirements for this program. Research may be conducted at foreign and domestic, for-profit and non-profit, and public and private organizations-such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local governments, and eligible agencies of the federal government. Awards are in the amount of up to USD 150,000 total costs per year, including indirect costs.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207

Research Grants support hypothesis-driven research at the genetic, molecular, cellular, systems or behavioral levels that may, directly or indirectly, lead to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of dystonia or to new therapies for dystonia. Research Grants are funded up to $65,000 per year for one or two years, at the Foundation's sole discretion.

The applicant seeking Foundation funding must be employed at a for-profit or non-profit organization or institution (each referred to as a “Grantee Institution”) within the United States, Canada, or those foreign countries where supervision of grant administration is possible.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dystonia-foundation.org/pages/funding_opportunities/142.php

The Individual Grants Program was founded on the understanding that effective treatments for acute and chronic spinal cord injury will involve carefully orchestrated multi-disciplinary interventions, each tailored to the individual patient. For this reason, the Individual Grants Program, the largest and most comprehensive of the Reeve Foundation research initiatives, supports investigator-initiated research on a variety of fronts, including axon growth and guidance, remyelination, cellular replacement, rehabilitation and neuroprotection.

Applications will be accepted only from those with a PhD, MD, or other equivalent professional degree, employed at a qualifying research institution. Two-year awards are available for senior scientists and young investigators with a maximum funding level of US$75,000 per year.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4434995/k.C2EC/
Individual_Research_Grants__SCI_investigatorinitiated_research.htm

The International Research Grants Program (IRGP) is designed to promote innovative research that has a high potential to significantly advance the knowledge of Parkinson’s disease (PD) but little likelihood of securing funding through more traditional sources. By supporting novel, “high risk/high reward” research, the goal of the IRGP is to enable investigators to demonstrate the feasibility of their ideas while generating preliminary data necessary for the support of future funding.

IRGP awards will now reach a maximum of $75,000 per year for two years (compared to the previous maximum of $50,000 for only one year of research), subject to review of first year progress. The IRGP is open to applicants both nationally and internationally and basic, translational and clinical research proposals are eligible for support. All applicants must possess a Ph.D. or a M.D. (or equivalent).  Preference will be given to scientists who are at an early stage in their professional careers.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.pdf.org/en/grant_funding_irg

The purpose of this program is to provide new investigators with funding that will allow them to develop preliminary or pilot data, to test procedures and to develop hypotheses. The intent is to support early-career development that will lay the groundwork for future research grant applications to the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and other funding agencies and groups, including future proposals to the Alzheimer's Association.

The Alzheimer’s Association recognizes the need to increase the number of scientists from underrepresented groups in the research enterprise. Young scientists from these groups are encouraged to apply. The Association anticipates funding 45 awards under this competition. Each total award is limited to $100,000 (direct and indirect costs) for up to two years. Requests in any given year may not exceed $60,000 (direct and indirect costs).

Eligibility to apply for this grant competition is restricted to investigators who have less than 10 years of research experience after receipt of their terminal degree.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.alz.org/professionals_and_researchers_research_programs.asp

The Harvard Australian Studies Committee encourages applications for grants of up to US$40,000 to support academic conferences / symposia organised jointly by Australian scholars and Harvard faculty. The committee will consider support for conferences involving approx 20-40 participants drawn from Australian academic institutions, Harvard University, and elsewhere, meeting for a day or more to present and discuss current research. Proposals should identify the Australian institution(s) that will co-sponsor the planned conference. The committee will consider applications for funding to cover 50% of the estimated costs of the conference. Conferences may be held at Harvard University or at a co-sponsoring Australian institution. Proposals are not limited by academic field, but are expected to focus on issues of critical importance to current research involving both Australian and Harvard scholars.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~harvaus/index.cgi?page=conference

Sciences

Project AWARE Foundation provides grants to a variety of non-profit organizations, institutions and individuals involved in activities directly related to the conservation of underwater environments - both marine and freshwater. The Foundation's mission is to accomplish work through support of programs in selected focus areas including: 

• Coral reef conservation 
• Shark protection 
• Sustainable fisheries 
• Ecotourism (as related to underwater environments) 
• Aquatic education with a special interest in children 
• Direct activities to conserve underwater resources such as shoreline and underwater cleanups, mooring buoy installations and maintenance. 

Funding requests will be accepted up to a maximum of AU $2,500. Project AWARE Foundation funding is limited and very competitive.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.projectaware.org/grants/index.php

Applications for a PhD Scholarship, commencing in 2010, researching Melanoma are being called for by Australian Rotary Health. The value of the PhD Scholarship is $28,000 per year for a maximum of 3 years. The funds will be provided through the Australian Rotary Health Funding Partners Program and the Rotary Club of Wollundry-Wagga Wagga.

Applicants must be eligible to undertake study at an appropriate University or Research Institute in Australia.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au/getdoc/b95f7ec6-5e80-46da-b95f-488e746c8a0f/RESEARCH%20GRANTS%20AND%20SCHOLARSHIPS%20OPEN%20NOW.aspx

Applications must be relevant to the field of Spinal Cord Injury Research. It is intended that Australian Rotary Health/Rotary Club of Parkes Scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for a postgraduate student who is undertaking full-time research in an area of research relevant to Spinal Cord Injury.

The annual value of the Australian Rotary Health/Rotary Club of Parkes Scholarship is $25,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years (total) upon receipt of satisfactory annual progress reports. Only applicants about to commence, or already those engaged in their first year of a PhD are eligible to apply for the Scholarship.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au/getdoc/b95f7ec6-5e80-46da-b95f-488e746c8a0f/RESEARCH%20GRANTS%20AND%20SCHOLARSHIPS%20OPEN%20NOW.aspx

Fellowships are designed to assist post-doctoral fellows establish careers in research relevant to dystonia. Fellowships are funded at up to $50,000 per year for a period of two years, at the Foundation’s sole discretion.

The applicant seeking Foundation funding must be employed at a for-profit or non-profit organization or institution (each referred to as a “Grantee Institution”) within the United States, Canada, or those foreign countries where supervision of grant administration is possible.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dystonia-foundation.org/pages/funding_opportunities/142.php

Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded, without regard to nationality, to qualified persons doing advanced creative work or scholarly research in the following disciplines:

• Archaeology
• Dance
• Landscape Architecture
• Philosophy
• Architecture
• Film/Video
• Literature
• Theatre
• Classics
• History
• Music
• Visual Arts

Applicants for Fellowships are expected to demonstrate significant achievement in their disciplines, commensurate with their age and experience. Fellowships usually have a duration of one month.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.bfny.org/english/fellowships.cfm

Postdoctoral fellowships provide two years of funding to support ambitious, synthetic research on any aspect of evolutionary biology and relevant disciplines. Annual stipends will be $39,000 with $5,000 in research expenses, plus medical and dental coverage. Proposals can include any type of synthetic project, but fellows should plan on mainly working on-site, to add to our intellectual community.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.nescent.org/science/postdoctoral.php

Postdoctoral fellowships provide two years of funding to support ambitious, synthetic research on any aspect of evolutionary biology and relevant disciplines. Annual stipends will be $39,000 with $5,000 in research expenses, plus medical and dental coverage. Proposals can include any type of synthetic project, but fellows should plan on mainly working on-site, to add to our intellectual community.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.nescent.org/science/postdoctoral.php

CSIRO has several Honours and Postgraduate Scholarships available commencing in 2010. The Honours and Postgraduate Scholarship Program provides exciting opportunities in science and engineering for outstanding graduates who enrol each year at Australian tertiary institutions.

Honours students will be jointly supervised by a university and a CSIRO supervisor where university regulations permit joint external supervision. In most cases the primary supervisor will be the university supervisor. PhD students at CSIRO are co-supervised by a university, allowing students to maintain and develop their university connections while being exposed to research in a working environment. CSIRO are currently offering Honours and Postgraduate Scholarships in the research areas:

• Adaptive and responsive advanced materials
• Astrophysics and Space Science
• Carbon capture and storage
• Climate predictions via new Ocean Observing System Technology
• Human impacts on marine ecosystems
• Metabolomics
• Modelling of droplet-droplet coalescence
• Plant development
• Renewable energy technologies
• Sensor and sensor networks

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.csiro.au/resources/Postgrad-Scholarships.html

Since its inception The Churchill Trust has awarded Churchill Fellowships to over 3,300 Australians who, like Churchill, are innovative, filled with a spirit of determination and possess a strong desire to benefit their community.

A Churchill Fellowship is the provision of financial support to enable ordinary Australians from all walks of life to undertake a period of overseas study, or an investigative project, that cannot be readily undertaken in Australia. Churchill Fellowships allow you to design your own research project, travel the world and further your knowledge in your chosen field, before returning to make a real contribution to Australian society.

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

The Society's Foundation Travel Grant sponsors Australian Microbiologists, especially those in the formative stages of their careers, to undertake professional development in appropriate laboratories in Australia or New Zealand.

The Foundation Travel Grant normally provides from several hundred to a maximum of $2,000 per scholarship. Applicants who have secured significant support (ca. 50%) from other sources will be assessed more favourably than those who have not.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.theasm.org.au/awards/national

NCCARF is an initiative of the Federal Government, based at Griffith University's Gold Coast Campus. The key roles of NCCARF include establishing and maintaining adaptation research networks to assist in information transfer to end users and linking together researchers across Australia who have interests in climate change adaptation research. The student funding described here are available from the NCCARF - Terrestrial Biodiversity Network (hosted at James Cook University) and are to encourage research that will facilitate adaptation to a changing climate that will help protect Australia's terrestrial biodiversity.

The funds will be offered to a total of 10 PhD students each year to facilitate travel to other national or international research groups and organisations and will increase the skills base of applicant.  Research must be supervised by members of the NCCARF network and anyone can join by contacting the network coordinator listed below. These grants will be made available again in 2010. Applications up to a maximum of $3000 are welcome.

Please download the application form.

Multidisciplinary

Cotutelle students are PhD students who have their doctoral studies supervised jointly by academics from an Australian University and a French University. If successful, the student will be awarded a joint doctoral degree by the two institutions, stating that the award was made as a consequence of a Cotutelle agreement with the partner institution.

Cotutelle is possible in all French universities, under French national regulations, with any foreign country. Cotutelle is at present possible only in certain Australian universities, each university having its own regulations. Some universities have accepted the principle of Cotutelle with all foreign countries but other only with France. A Cotutelle PhD implies a project in cooperation between two institutions. In consequence, all grants relative to research projects are possible supports for the Cotutelle. All grants for post-graduate or PhD students can also be used. (Some restrictions on participation in the programme may apply to recipients of Australian Commonwealth Government funded scholarships).

The Embassy of France offers each year a number of travel grants (up to A$ 2500 per grant) for Australian or French students registered in a cotutelle program. For this 2010 Cotutelle Call for proposals, the French Embassy will provide up to 10 grants-in aid of up to $2,500 per student towards international travel between France and Australia. Priority will be given to complete applications (with signed agreements) and to Australian students.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.ambafrance-au.org/france_australie/spip.php?article3621

Nominations for The Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Scientific Research 2010 are now open. The award will be presented for scientific research in the following category:

Category II: Human Health or Medical Sciences (Human) Genetics, Immunology, Human Physiology, Human Anatomy, Pathology, Necrology, Epidemiology, Endocrinology, Radiology, Microbiology, Medical Parasitology, Nuclear Medicine, and related human sciences

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.sciencevictoria.org.au/

Multidisciplinary

The Dan David Prize is a joint international enterprise, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University. The Dan David Prize recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms. It aims to foster universal values of excellence, creativity, justice, democracy and progress and to promote the scientific, technological and humanistic achievements that advance and improve our world.

The Dan David Prize covers three time dimensions (Past, Present and Future) that represent realms of human achievement. Each year the International Board
chooses one field within each time dimension. Following a review process by independent Review Committees comprised of renowned scholars and professionals, the International Board then chooses the laureates for each field.

Three prizes of one million US dollars each are granted annually in the fields chosen for the three time dimensions. The prizes are granted to individuals or
institutions with proven, exceptional, distinct excellence in the sciences, arts, and humanities that have made an outstanding contribution to humanity.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dandavidprize.org/

Eli Lilly Australia is committed to supporting projects which improve patient care, disease state awareness, provide educational information to the medical community or support initiatives in the local community. The following are examples of grants that Lilly will consider for funding:

• Healthcare professional education
• Patient education programs concerning disease state awareness or general health issues
• Local health, charitable and philanthropic activities

Research funding will only be awarded to projects carried out in Australia. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
https://www.lilly.com.au/ela/display/pagecontent.cfm?object_id=480&menu_id=520

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 awarded in the 2010/2011 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

Multidisciplinary

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), in association with the Australia-India Council, has launched a new programme to optimise the skills of Australian and Indian leading early career researchers through the Australia India Science and Technology Research Award. The ‘Australia India Science & Technology Research Award’ will facilitate a two-way exchange between Australian and Indian young scientists (under 40 years of age) and will fund one Australian to visit India and one Indian to travel to Australia to enable both to complete a three-month research placement during the first half of 2010.

The Award aims to promote strong research collaboration links between Australia and India; recognise excellence in SET for early career Australian and Indian researchers, assist in the development of international links while enhancing Australia-India joint research projects by information and skill sharing.  The focus topic for the 2010 Award is Energy generation in a low carbon future. Scientists with an interest in Energy are encouraged to apply.

Applications will be assessed on the scientific value of the research proposed, career achievements, relevance of the proposed work, impact on Australia/India science and technology and access to global leading-edge science and technology. Successful applicants will receive a grant of A$15,000 to cover a 12-week visit and provide reports on their work under the Award.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=1344

Sciences

The Ralph Brown Expedition Award is a single annual award worth £12,500, offered to the leader of an expedition involving the study of inland or coastal wetlands, rivers or shallow (less than 200m) marine environments. The award is open to applicants from any nation.

Note: Applicants must be fellows or members of the Society.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Grants/Research/Ralph+Brown+Expedition+Award.htm

Sciences

The SeaWorld Bush Gardens Conservation Fund mission is to work with purpose and passion on behalf of wildlife and habitats worldwide, encouraging sustainable solutions through support of species research, animal rescue and rehabilitation and conservation education. Grant applications are accepted year round by organisations and individuals worldwide.

The Fund has no set minimum or maximum grant amount. In the past, however, the Fund has supported projects ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 for a one-year term.

Note: Only applications submitted via the online application form will be accepted.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.swbg-conservationfund.org/grantInfo.htm

The International Collaborative Research Grant (ICRG) supports international research collaborations between two or more qualified scholars, where the principal investigators bring different and complementary perspectives, knowledge, and/or skills to the project. Supplemental funds are also available to provide essential training for academic research participants in ICRG-funded projects (co-applicants, students, as well as other professional colleagues). By encouraging international collaborations, the grant contributes to the development of an international anthropology that values and incorporates different national perspectives and resources. By providing training funds, the grant helps to build capacity in countries were anthropology may be under-resourced.

The grants are for a maximum of $30,000 for the research project. Proposals which include the optional training element can have an increased funding request up to a maximum of $35,000, of which no more than $10,000 can be for essential training purposes. Under special circumstances grants can be renewed to support longer-term research projects. Principal Investigators must hold a doctorate or equivalent in anthropology or a related discipline.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368683&attrib_id=13233