Research Branch Bulletin

The NHMRC's Research Grants Management System (RGMS) will soon be operational for the Profile and CV component of Project Grant and Fellowship applications.

At present access to the RGMS is limited to existing users only. However, it is anticipated that open access to RGMS will be granted sometime in November 2009 following the implementation of 'Identity Lifecycle Management'(ILM). Key features include:

• new users being able to register for RGMS accounts online, allowing a 'head-start' on completing Profile/CV information in RGMS prior to preparing applications;
• allowing existing users to retrieve their username or password (if misplaced or forgotten) via an automated process.

To assist with creating new users of RGMS in a timely manner NHMRC will export, from its present system, the names and contact details of all current NHMRC Grant holders and 2009 peer review participants and import them into RGMS. Once this occurs, these potential users will receive an email advising that they have access and as such will be able to start completing their Profile/CV.

Please regularly check the website for further updates over the coming weeks.

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 aim of the RM Gibson Research Fund is to support beginning researchers further their careers in gerontological research. There are up to three grants of
approximately $5-6000 each, to a total of $15,000, which will be made to members of the Association for the purpose of medical scientific research.

Applicants must be members of the Australian Association of Gerontology at the time of applying for a grant. Intending applicants who are not members should
apply for membership immediately. The grants are intended to support new researchers at the beginning or in the first five years of their careers, but there is no age limit.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.aag.asn.au/rm_gibson.php

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

Australian Orchid Foundation requests applications that support:

• Studies to research orchids in their habitat and management practices to protect those orchids and their habitats
• Studies of wild populations of orchids, their biology, distribution, conservation and taxonomy
• Cultivation and propagation of orchids
• Education of the public
• Education of young people in particular in the sciences relevant to orchids
• Publications

Work must be performed in Australia and/or must relate to orchids in Australasia. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianorchidfoundation.org.au/grants.html

Each calendar year the Society donates approximately $150,000 to maintain its programme of sponsorship of Australian adventurers, scientific and environmental research, and community projects. Over the years it has spent more than $8,000,000 supporting Australian endeavour in all these fields.

Australian scientists, community organisations and individuals developing projects in Australia and abroad are welcome to apply for Society sponsorship. In 2010 there are three types of sponsorships available through the Australian Geographic Society:

• Seed Grants (up to $3000)
• Project Sponsorships ($5,000 to $15,000)
• Nancy Bird Walton Sponsorship for Female Adventurers (one grant of $5,000)

In 2010 the total amount of funds allocated in each funding round for Seed Grants will be a maximum of $20,000 and for Project Sponsorship a maximum of $15,000.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/AG-Society-sponsorship-applications.htm

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

The Indo-Australian Fund for Scientific and Technological Cooperation (Indo-Australian S&T Fund) is jointly managed by the Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST). The call for Indo-Australian S&T Fund applications (Round 4) opened on Monday 16 November 2009.

The Indo-Australian S&T Fund provides support on a competitive basis for collaborative research activities and workshops. Projects may range from short international visits to more complex projects spanning up to 3 years. The maximum amount of funding that can be awarded to a successful project by the Australian Government has been capped at $300,000 (GST exclusive). For Round Four, the Governments of Australia and India have agreed to introduce a higher cap of $400,000 (GST exclusive) for projects that can demonstrate at least one active ‘end user’ partner. Applications will only be accepted in the bilaterally agreed areas of:

• Agricultural research;
• Astronomy and Astrophysics;
• Environment sciences;
• Micro-electronics devices and materials;
• Nanotechnology;
• Renewable energy;
• Marine sciences;
• Earth Systems Science; and
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
https://grants.innovation.gov.au/AISRF/Pages/STFund.aspx

Applications for funding in 2010 are now open. They are seeking applications for the following purposes or in the following regions:

• Aid and support for people with disabilities
• Blind and vision impaired people
• Animal welfare and the preservation of animal wildlife
• Care, welfare and education of children
• Education, early intervention and rehabilitation of
• Disadvantaged young people
• Medical research and advancement of medical science
• Assistance for the homeless and families living in poverty
• Support for the aged
• Social and educational advancement of Tibetan Buddhism
• Organisations working within the Jewish Community
• Myeloproliferative disease
• Lupus
• Parkinson's disease

If you are interested in applying for funding, Perpetual is holding Grant Seeker Workshops in all major capital cities. Funding is generally provided for a one year period. Multi-year funding will only be considered by invitation of Perpetual, and can not be applied for without invitation. As a guide, gifts generally range between $10,000 and $100,000.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.perpetual.com.au/philanthropy/5290.htm

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

The Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting research to advance the understanding and treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), announces the availability of funds to support innovative research relevant to PWS. FPWR is particularly interested in supporting projects that will lead to new interventions to alleviate the symptoms associated with PWS.

Priority will be given to the following areas of research, although alternative areas of high scientific merit will also be considered:

• Molecular basis of the PWS phenotype
• Regulation of appetite and energy homeostasis in individuals with PWS; development and evaluation of therapeutic interventions to regulate appetite in PWS
• Understanding the basis of behavioral and psychiatric disorders in PWS; development and evaluation of therapeutic interventions
• Etiology of medical complications in PWS; development and evaluation of therapeutic interventions
• Development of novel therapeutic interventions using mouse models of PWS

A more complete list of research priorities may be found on their FPWR website.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://fpwr.org/prader-willi-syndrome-research

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):

• mechanisms of human disease;
• therapeutic interventions;
• clinical trials;
• 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 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

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

They are intended for those who are already leaders or have the potential to assume leadership roles that can influence social and economic policy reform and development outcomes.

The Australian Leadership Awards program comprises of Scholarships and Fellowships. ALA Fellowships are for short term study, research and professional attachment programs in Australia delivered by Australian organisations.

ALA Fellowships complement the longer term ALA Scholarships providing opportunities to senior officials and mid-career professional who cannot leave their positions for extended periods. The ALA Fellowships is a highly flexible program that offers Australian organisations opportunities to provide short term study, research and professional development activities in Australia for leaders of mid-career professionals from eligible countries.

Applications addressing the priority areas of disability and development, economic growth, education, environment, food security, gender, governance, health, human rights, infrastructure, regional stability, rural development and water and sanitation are particularly encouraged.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://ausaid.gov.au/scholar/alafellow.cfm

The Australian Academy of Science, in association with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), invites applications from Australian researchers to undertake Postdoctoral and Invitational Fellowships in Japan. Postdoctoral Fellowships are for a period of twelve to twenty-four months; Invitational Fellowships are either short term, for fourteen to sixty days, or long term, for two to ten months.

Researchers in any field of natural sciences, including technology, engineering and medicine may apply.

Note: Applications in the humanities and social sciences are also accepted but ONLY for the Postdoctoral Fellowships. Medical doctors without a doctorate are not eligible to apply for the Postdoctoral Fellowship.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
Postdoctoral Fellowships: http://www.science.org.au/internat/jspspd.htm
Invitational Fellowships (short term): http://www.science.org.au/internat/jspsfst.htm
Invitational Fellowships (long term): http://www.science.org.au/internat/jspsflt.htm 

The ACU Titular Fellowships provide opportunities for nominees of member universities to spend periods of time in other member universities or relevant institutions outside their own country. The purpose is to enable the universities of the Commonwealth to develop the human resources of their institutions and countries through the interchange of people, knowledge, skills and technologies. Fellowships are NOT intended for degree courses, or for immediately postdoctoral programmes; they cannot be held in the country in which the applicant currently works and they cannot be held concurrently with other awards.

Preference will be given to workers in the following priority subject areas: agriculture, forestry and food sciences, biotechnology, development strategies, earth and marine sciences, engineering, health and related social sciences, information technology, management for change, professional education and training, social and cultural development and university development and management. The value is up to £5,000 according to the actual programme, and intended to cover international return air fare; in-country ground travel; medical insurance; board and lodging; fees (where the approved programme includes a formal training programme).

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.acu.ac.uk/member_services/fellowships_mobility/acu_titular_fellowships

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

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/

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

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 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

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

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)