Research Branch Bulletin

Frequently asked questions (FAQs) for CRC Program selection round 14 are now available on the CRC Program website. Current FAQs relate to Priority Areas, Participants, Funding, Contributions and Time Commitments.

FAQs are at: https://www.crc.gov.au/Information/ShowInformation.aspx?Doc=14th_Selection_rounds&key=bulletin-board-selection-rounds_14&Heading=14th%20CRC%20Selection%20Round#14thFurtherInformation

If you have any questions regarding this issue or the selection round, please contact the CRC Help Line on (02) 6213 7177 or email crc.program@innovation.gov.au.

Discovery Projects 2012: FAQs Updated 4 Mar 2011
The ARC Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2012 (DP12) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) have been updated again as of 4 March, available at:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/ (under Discovery Projects 2012)
Updates are listed in Part 8 of the DP12 FAQs.

 

ARC Discovery Program: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2012
The Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2012 are now available on the ARC website at http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/decra/fundingrules.htm

The internal closing date: Friday 29 April 2011.
The Research Branch will provide further notification when the scheme opens and the RMS Proposal Form and other relevant documentation become available. Further information regarding the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award scheme is available at: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/decra.htm 

For more information, please contact the ARC Grants Team:
arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au

 

ARC Discovery Program: Future Fellowships 2011
The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Future Fellowships for funding commencing in 2011 have now been added to the ARC website:
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/futurefel/ft_instructions.htm

Further information regarding the Future Fellowships scheme is available at: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/futurefel/future_default.htm.
If you have any questions regarding the Future Fellowships scheme, please email ARC-FutureFellowships@arc.gov.au or phone +61 2 6287 6600.

 

ARC Discovery Projects 2012: Updates to Section-by-Section Guide and Salary Spreadsheet
The Research Branch’s Section-by-Section Guide and Salary Spreadsheet for ARC Budgets have recently been updated and are available on the Research branch website:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/ (under Discovery Projects 2012)

Proposal deadlines are:

• Full Review - by 25 Feb 2011
• Eligibility Check-by 7 Mar 2011
• Submission Only (no guarantee of review)- after 7 Mar 2011

NHRMC Research Grants Management System (RGMS)
RGMS has been coping well since it re-opened.   If you are applying for a Project Grant, the minimum data requirements should now be complete in RGMS.

Project Grant Deadlines

Tuesday, 15 March: Internal deadline for full review
A hard copy of your application must be received at Research Branch.

Friday, 25 March: Internal deadline for eligibility review A hard copy of your application must be received at Research Branch. Unfortunately, due to the large number of applications we are expecting for this round, all applications submitted to Research Branch after this date cannot be guaranteed a review.

Note:
When submitting your application to Research Branch, please remember to include a signed application coversheet AND written agreement from each CI that they agree to be named on the application and that the final application can be certified.  If you are applying to Heart Foundation, Cancer Australia and/or Cancer Council SA; these supplementary/additional questions must also be submitted to Research Branch to form part of your complete application.
Please see the Research Branch website for submission requirements:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/nhmrc/projectgrants.html

 
2011 Funding Calendar
The following funding initiatives are now open in RGMS:

• Project Grants *Deadline extended*
• TRIP Fellowships *Deadline extended*
• Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) *Deadline extended*
• Career Development Fellowships *Deadline extended*
• Partnership Projects
• Early Career Fellowships

For a list of internal closing dates and information on how to apply for NHMRC grants through Research Branch, visit: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/nhmrc/.

New ruling:
NHMRC Fellowship applicants can no longer apply for an ARC Future Fellowship under the new Future Fellowship funding rules.  See http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/ for more information.

European Union Collaborative Research Grants
Researchers who have recently submitted an application under the EC’s FP7 Cooperation programme are no longer required to submit their application to NHMRC within two weeks of applying.  Instead, Australian Chief Investigators must submit their applications on RGMS after they have received notification from the EC that the application has been favourably evaluated for funding.
Contact the Health Sciences Team on 8303 5137 or raohealth@adelaide.edu.au to obtain further information on how to apply.

NHMRC Research Help Centre hours:
·       8am to 7pm AEDST Monday to Friday
·       10am to 4pm AEDST Saturday
Contact Research Help Centre – 1800 500 983 or help@nhmrc.gov.au

The Australian Competitive Grants Regsister (ACGR) has been updated on the Research Branch website, with added links to new and revised funding schemes for 2011:
https://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/Find/Major/acgr11.html

The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) allocates Research Block Grants (RGB) according to performance based formulae, which includes income received by the University of Adelaide from Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR). The RGB allocation supports research and research training within the University.

The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2012 Ranked Outlet lists are now available for public consultation.  Ranked Outlets form an integral part of ERA evaluations and the University encourages anyone interested in the development of the ERA 2012 lists to participate in this process.

Submissions in response to the ERA 2012 Ranked Outlets are to be made via the Australian Research Council’s Ranked Outlets Consultation website:
https://roci.arc.gov.au/

The consultation provides an opportunity to request the deletion and/or addition of new journal and conference outlets, as well as provide feedback regarding outlet rank, Fields of Research (FoR) codes, eligibility and bibliographic metadata, and peak body and academic group nomination (to review your feedback).

New outlet submissions close 08:00AM AEDT Monday 21 March 2011. 
The University suggests submissions for new journals and conferences be lodged with the ARC before close of business Friday 18 March 2011.

Public consultation closes 08:00AM AEST Monday 4 April 2011.
The University suggests submissions in relation to journal and conference FoR codes, ranks, outlet metadata and peak body nominations be lodged with the ARC before close of business Friday 1 April 2011.

Prior to submitting feedback, please liaise with your Executive Dean(s) to consider a unified approach for your area.  For further information visit the ARC’s ERA website or contact the University’s Research Branch (ERA Team).

 

FRESH SCIENCE - NATIONAL EVENT
Monday 6 - Thursday 9 June
Melbourne Museum

Fresh Science is a national event, which brings together scientists, the media and the public. It is designed to:

• enhance reporting of Australian science
• highlight and encourage debate on the role of science in Australian society
• provide role models for the next generation of Australian scientists.

Previous Fresh Scientists have attracted national and international interest resulting in hundreds of media stories, including national television news.

NOMINATIONS
Due date: 30 March 2011

The Fresh Science organisers are looking for early-career researchers who have a discovery that has not received any publicity.

The state finalists will:

• participate in a one-day media and communication training course
• swap ideas with other participants
• participate in an evening event following the course
• be encouraged to participate in State-based activities such as Science Week.

National finalists will also:

• receive advanced/additional media and communication training
• present their research to a range of audiences in the course of the four day ‘boot camp’ including a pub event, dinner, school talks
• issue a media release about their discovery
• have the opportunity to, and be expected to, participate in talks in their home state in the months following Fresh Science (including Science Week).

Fresh Science will provide accommodation and meet agreed travel expenses.

For more about selection criteria and how to nominate, please visit:
http://freshscience.org.au/?page_id=671

Health Sciences

 

Applications are invited for 2012 diabetes research projects. Along with basic scientific and clinical research, applications relating to research into diabetes within remote and rural, culturally diverse and Indigenous communities, diabetes self management education and support, translation into practice and behavioural research are also invited.

The following schemes are currently available:

The Millennium Type 1
Funding: up to $150,000 (over 2 yrs)

This award is made available for research into Type 1 Diabetes including the following priority areas:

• Modulation of the immune system
• Beta cell replacement / islet transplantation;
• Genetic engineering / gene therapy;
• Hypoglycemia; and
• Complications (Retinopathy, Neuropathy, Nephropathy)

 

The Millennium Underworks Type 2
Funding: up to $150,000 (over 2 yrs)

This award is made available for research into Type 2 Diabetes including the following priority areas:

• Insulin secretion and action
• Insulin resistance
• Complications (Retinopathy, Neuropathy, Nephropathy)

 

One-year DART Research Grants
Funding: up to $60,000 (over 1 yr)

• DART Research Grants are intended to provide for basic, clinical or applied research within the following areas:
  
  Biochemistry, physiology and pathology
• Nutrition
• Epidemiology
• Psychology
  
• Education research
• Health care and delivery
• Complications, retinopathy, neuropathy, foot care
  .

Please refer to the "Fellowships/Scholarships" section of the Bulletin for more opportunities from this sponsor.

 

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
www.diabetesaustralia.com.au

The foundation will support projects both in Performing and Visual Arts. Preference will be given to projects that are innovative and challenging.
Individuals wishing to make an application for a grant from the foundation are required to make submissions in partnership with a not-for-profit organisation. The organisation will then recommend the project to the foundation.

Funding is available, in addition to the types of grants listed under general support, for acquisitions, catalogues, commissions, exhibitions, publications and symposia. Grants up to $10,000 will be given. Applicants requesting larger amounts are encouraged to discuss their request with the Executive Officer before submitting.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.besenfoundation.org.au/

 

The Inter-Arts Office supports the Synapse Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant program, which supports longer-term partnerships between artists and scientists in academic research settings.

Synapse ARC Linkage Grants is a funding program that aims to:

• foster new collaborations and creative partnerships between artists and scientists
• develop partnerships with key players in the arts, science and technology sectors, nationally and internationally
• develop sustainable support for long-term collaboration between the arts and sciences.

The Australia Council for the Arts has allocated funds to provide partner organisation support for collaborative arts/science research applications submitted to the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Linkage program.

 

Proposals for Synapse ARC Linkage Grants are assessed in two stages:

1. prior to the each of the ARC’s closing dates, the Australia Council, through the Inter-Arts Office, assesses whether proposals meet the aims of the Synapse initiative and can be offered Australia Council partner organisation support.
   
   
2. proposals supported by the Council are then submitted as applications to the ARC’s Linkage-Projects grant category.
   
   

Funding offered through Synapse ARC Linkage Grants will only be released if the subsequent grant application to the ARC is successful.

Note
Please submit applications directly to the sponsor and forward a copy to the Research Branch by emailing arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au

 

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/synapse_-_inter-arts

 

This grant aims to assist honours and post-graduate level student research into aspects of conservation biology.

Funds are available for research aimed at:

• Improving understanding of the conservation status of species or ecological communities
• Providing recommendations for improvement of some aspect of biodiversity conservation
• Understanding the ecology of species or communities
• Understanding threats to biodiversity and management of those threats

Students are encouraged to apply for supervised project funding at the Honours Degree, Graduate Diploma, Masters Degree and PhD levels. Support from your research institution is required.

For more information and application instructions please visit:
http://www.ncssa.asn.au/

Sciences

 

The Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation is a non-profit organisation that seeks to promote research into marine life, and assist in the rescue of sick, injured and stranded marine animals. Approved by the Federal Government, the Foundation provides funding for quality research projects incorporating the protection and preservation of the marine environment. Each project submitted to the Foundation is evaluated by a Scientific Research Committee of six distinguished Australian Scientists approved by the CSIRO.

Funding is available for projects 1-2 years in duration.

Current Priority
Although SWRRFI seeks to encourage and assist marine sciences in the broadest sense, for the present it gives priority to projects relating to aspects of the biology of marine vertebrates.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://seaworld.myfun.com.au

Sciences

 

The NWF has funded projects ranging from supporting local communities to maintain or restore habitat; to the production of education kits; and the publication and widespread dissemination of research information essential to species preservation.

Projects that involve collaboration with a number of partners across a region are of special interest. These multi-stakeholder projects are the ones we believe are most likely to have a long term effect and to most widely spread knowledge and understanding. Academic applicants need to show how their research is directly linked to a community group doing conservation work. Research needs to be of benefit to those groups working on habitat or species conservation

There is no official maximum amount you can apply for in these small grants - but grants are usually between $5,000 and $10,000

Please note that there is a pre-application process prior to submitting a full application. Application Guidelines are available on the Foundation's website to assist with the submission process.

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

Health Sciences

Renal Discoveries, The Baxter Extramural Grant Program (EGP), awards grants for innovation, exploration, and application of research to advance the knowledge of renal insufficiency and its treatment. The objective of RENAL DISCOVERIES, EGP is to stimulate and support research in the fields of dialytic therapies, chronic kidney disease, and co-morbidities associated with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), with the goal of improving the quality of life and reducing mortality of patients with kidney disease.
The aim of the program is to support patient-oriented research in academic nephrology training centers around the world. Grants will be awarded for patient-oriented research in the areas of:

• Home Dialysis: Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) and/or Home Hemodialysis (HHD); and
• co-morbidities in patients treated with Home Dialysis

For this award, patient-oriented research is defined as research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for whom an investigator interacts with human subjects. Patient-oriented research includes mechanisms of human disease; General Clinical Research Center-based pathophysiologic studies, therapeutic interventions, clinical trials, behavioral studies, epidemiology (including database research), outcomes and health service research, and development of new technologies. Excluded from this definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues that cannot be linked to a living individual.

Grants may include either an Operating Grant or a combined Operating Grant and Fellowship Training Grant, as defined below:

• Operating Grant: The Operating Grant will support patient-oriented research overseen by the faculty of the sponsoring institution. The research must be focused on one of the following areas: dialytic therapies in the home (PD and/or HHD) or co-morbidities in patients receiving home ESRD therapy. Transplant focused research will not be considered for funding.
• Fellowship Training Grant: The Fellowship Training Grant will support a minimum of one (1) research fellow at the institution during the course of the grant period. A Fellow is defined as a physician with nephrology training, or one who is committed to nephrology training, who will be trained in research and/or home dialysis clinical practice. The Fellow(s) need not be identified at the time of submitting the Letter of Intent (LOI) but must be identified at the time of the final grant submission.

In order to be considered for an award, an application need not include both the operating and fellowship training grant components described above. For those applying for an operating grant only, please note that preference will be give n to institutions with demonstrated fellowship training programs and those that describe training opportunities for fellows within their application. A maximum of US $125,000 per year for three years (including institutional overhead not to exceed 20 percent) will be awarded to each grant winner.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.baxter.com/healthcare_professionals/grants_program/renal_discoveries_egp.html

Health Sciences

 

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications for the following R01, R03 & R21 funding opportunities:

R01 - Research Project Grant Program
R03 - Small Grant Program
R21 - Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award
R33 - Exploratory/Developmental Grants Phase II

 

The Placebo Effect:  Mechanisms and Methodology (R21)
The goal of this initiative is two-fold:

• to stimulate cross-cutting, integrative research aimed at delineating the behavioral processes and neurobiological mechanisms by which a placebo leads to its ultimate physiological and psychological effects
  
  
• to stimulate clinical research that can improve detection of placebo effects, as well as an understanding of how to manipulate (i.e., reduce or enhance)  and control them.  In the context of this initiative, integrative research is defined as the combined use of approaches from several scientific disciplines such as psychology, neuroscience, physiology, genetics, and/or molecular biology to investigate the mechanisms underlying placebo effects.
  

Letter of Intent due: 15 April 2011
Full application due: 17 May 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-12-004.html

 

Combined Multipurpose Prevention Strategies for Sexual and Reproductive Health ( R21/R33- Phased Innovation Award )
This FOA invites research applications to develop multipurpose prevention strategies that address the connection between Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), reproductive tract infections (RTIs), and contraception. The goal is to stimulate early and mid-stage translational milestone driven research that will lead to the development of multipurpose prevention strategies, taking into account local health practices, safety, effectiveness, acceptability and cost within the target population.

Letter of Intent due: 11 April 2011
Full application due: 11 May 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-11-016.html

 

Ancillary Studies in Clinical Trials (R01) - Letter of Intent
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites research grant applications to conduct time-sensitive ancillary studies related to heart, lung, and blood diseases and sleep disorders in conjunction with ongoing clinical trials and other large clinical studies supported by NIH or non-NIH entities. The program establishes an accelerated review/award process to support the crucial time frame in which these ancillary studies must be performed.

Time-sensitive ancillary studies include those that require active longitudinal data collection and thus need to begin recruiting subjects as close as possible to the start of the parent study. The ancillary study can address any research questions related to the mission of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), for which the parent study can provide participants, infrastructure, and data. The parent studies most often will be a clinical trial, but also can be an observational study or registry that can provide a sufficient cohort of well-characterized patients. Each ancillary study application must demonstrate the time-sensitive nature of the proposal and must explicitly address why an expedited review is essential to its feasibility.

Letter of Intent due: 20 April 2011
Application Due: 13 May 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-12-012.html

 

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

Health Sciences

 

The National Marfan Foundation grant program is designed to provide financial support for investigators studying any or all disciplines involved in the Marfan syndrome. Special areas of interest include cardiovascular, genetic, orthopedic and ophthalmologic issues of the Marfan syndrome and related disorders.

The Foundation accepts applications on a yearly basis for one- or two-year grants in basic, translational or clinical research. Applications with budgets up to US $50,000 per year for a total of US $100,000 are acceptable.

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://capitafoundation.com/apply.html

Health Sciences

 

The Capita Foundation seeks to lead and to inspire worldwide leadership in the support of innovative research into hearing-related disorders. As one of the few privately-funded nonprofit organisations specialising in the advocacy of ground-breaking auditory research, the Capita Foundation is able to support research programs often left unfunded, and as a result untested, by traditional scientific review boards.

Grants for cutting edge auditory research are available for up to US$40,000, renewable annually for up to two additional years.

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://capitafoundation.com/apply.html

Health Sciences

 

The Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health Initiative is one of many schemes that comprise the Foundation's Global Health Program.
The following funding priorities have been identified as strategies with the greatest potential to save the lives of mothers and children in developing communities:

• Improve care during pregnancy and delivery
• Improve newborn care
• Improve health care for children under 2
• Research, document, and promote the effects of the work
• Advocate for more attention to the health of women, babies, and children

Please submit a copy of your Letter of Intent, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

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

H&SS

 

The AICC Grants Program provides funding for international arts and cultural projects that align with the objectives of the AICC. The program is not a typical arts funding program in that it is not primarily concerned with supporting artists and companies to tour internationally to develop their work. The program’s focus is on specific cultural relations objectives that contribute to advancing Australia’s foreign and trade policy priorities and enhance understanding of Australia overseas.

Applications should be for cultural diplomacy projects incorporating activities in priority regions. From January to December 2011, the AICC focus country is the Republic of Korea. To commemorate 50 years of diplomatic relations between Australia and the Republic of Korea, the AICC will showcase an extended Australian arts and culture program as part of the ‘Year of Friendship’.

Funding is capped at $40,000 AUD per application.

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

Applications may include:

• visual arts
• design (including architectural design)
• theatre
• dance
• music
• literature
• film
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts
• disability arts
• multicultural arts
• cultural heritage
• collaborative arts projects with artists from another country
• community cultural development/community arts

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dfat.gov.au/aicc/

H&SS

 

This program aims to improve public sector capacity for governance and management for nationally determined development outcomes in selected partner 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 generally average $250,000 AUD for activities which must meet the following criteria:

• have a primary developmental focus
• comply with AusAID development policy guidelines on gender and development, poverty reduction, environment and sustainability
• clearly identify sustainable benefits to the partner country
• be planned and implemented jointly with the counterpart organisations concerned.

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/business/other_opps/pslp.cfm

H&SS

 

The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research is a private operating Foundation that is dedicated to the advancement of anthropology throughout the world.

Post-Ph.D. Research Grants are awarded to individuals holding a Ph.D. or equivalent degree to support individual research projects. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation.

Applicants applying for a Post-Ph.D. Research Grant may also chose to be considered simultaneously for the Osmundsen Initiative.

Post-Ph.D. Research Grants provide a maximum of US $20,000 and the Osmundsen Initiative supplement provides up to an additional $5,000 for a maximum grant of US $25,000.

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

 

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/post-phd-research-grants

Multidisciplinary

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage research applications that propose to investigate epidemiologic, clinical, social, and behavioural interventions to improve the identification, prevention, treatment, and social circumstances of women at risk for or with obstetric fistula.  The purpose of this FOA is not to address service delivery issues that have been outlined in the obstetric fistula program development materials distributed by WHO although it is recognized that improving financial access to care, transportation of women in labour, and obstetric service coverage is critical for reducing and eliminating the obstetric fistula rate.  Rather, this FOA requests research applications that complement the programmatic efforts to deliver better and more timely health care during labour, delivery, and post partum.  Obstetric fistula is a critical maternal and child health issue in developing countries.  Multiple approaches including both improving emergency obstetric care and improved clinical, social and behavioural care are needed to reduce its toll on women and children.

Link to full announcement R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-141.html
Internal due date for Letter of Intent R01: 28 April 2011

Link to full announcement R03: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-142.html
Internal due date for Letter of Intent R03: 9 May 2011

Link to full announcement R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-143.html
Internal due date for Letter of Intent R21: 9 May 2011

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

Multidisciplinary

 

Lindbergh Grants support research or education projects which aim to make contributions toward improving the quality of life by balancing technological advancements and the preservation of our environment.

Grants are awarded in amounts up to US$10,580 each (a symbolic figure representing the cost of the "Spirit of St. Louis" in 1927).

Lindbergh Grants are made in the following categories::

• Agriculture
• Aviation/ Aerospace
• Conservation of Natural Resources - Including Animals, Plants, Water, and General Conservation (Land, Air, Energy, Etc.)
• Education - Including Humanities/ Education, The Arts, and Intercultural Communication
• Exploration
• Health - Including Biomedical Research, Health and Population Sciences, and Adaptive Technology
• Waste Minimization and Management
• A Jonathan Lindbergh Brown Grant may be given to a project to support adaptive technology or biomedical research which seeks to redress imbalance between an individual and his or her human environment.

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.lindberghfoundation.org

ECMS

 

The scholarship is open to all senior undergraduate students in which knowledge of nuclear techniques of analysis would be of interest. Such techniques have applications in areas ranging from agriculture to zoology; and include physics, chemistry, biology, environmental science, geography, geology, archaeology. The scholarship is open to all senior undergraduate students for whom knowledge of nuclear techniques of analysis would be of interest.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.ainse.edu.au/events2/winter_schools

Health Sciences

The March of Dimes seeks applications requesting grant support for projects related to causes of prematurity. Research proposals of new paradigms based on strong conceptual frameworks are invited. The intent is to provide new insights into the large, and increasing, proportion of pre-term deliveries in which the cause (and thus the means of prevention) remains elusive. The proposals need to consider especially, but not be limited to, genetics, gene-environment interactions, and animal models. The March of Dimes encourages novel approaches. Applicants must be members of not-for-profit institutions.

These grants do not cover the recipient’s or other faculty salaries, but do provide salary support for technical help. The grants are awarded for a three-year period. Funding awarded for 2010 ranged between US$110,070 to $168,554.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.marchofdimes.com/research/researchgrants.html

Health Sciences

The Irvington Institute Fellowship Program of the Cancer Research Institute, formerly the Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, answers the need for more researchers in the field of cancer immunology. It supports qualified young scientists at leading universities and research centers around the world who wish to receive training in cancer immunology or general immunology.

Applicants for the CRI Fellowship Program must be working in cancer immunology or general immunology. Proposals must aim to increase our understanding of the human immune system. Proposals outside the area of immunology WILL NOT be considered.

Applicants must have a doctoral degree by the date of award activation and must conduct their proposed research under a sponsor who holds a formal appointment at the host institution. Applicants with 5 or more years of relevant postdoctoral experience are not eligible, with the exception of M.D. applicants, who should not include years of residency in this calculation. Work can be carried out in the United States or abroad but must take place at non-profit institutions.

The fellowship provides stipends of US$45,000 for the first year, US$47,000 for the second year and US$49,000 for the third year. In addition, an allowance of US$1,500 per year is allotted to the host institution for use at sponsor’s discretion to help pay for the fellow’s research supplies, travel to scientific meetings or health insurance.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.cancerresearch.org/Programs.aspx?id=242

Health Sciences

 

Heart Foundation Fellowships support individual researchers to develop their career in cardiovascular research. The Foundation is now calling for applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships, Overseas Research Fellowships and Career Development Fellowships to commence in 2012.

Postdoctoral Fellowships (Biomedical, Clinical, Public Health)
Application due date: 8 April 2011

These fellowships are available to medical and science graduates who have completed an MD or PhD award within the last five years. Postdoctoral Fellowships are valued at approximately $71,000 p.a. and tenable for up to two years. They may be full or part-time.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.heartfoundation.org.au

Overseas Research Fellowships
Application due date: 8 April 2011

Overseas Research Fellowships are available to medical and science graduates who have completed a PhD or MD award within the last 24 months. Overseas Fellowships are valued up to $71,000 p.a. (plus an overseas living allowance) and tenable for up to three years (first two years overseas and final year back in Australia).

For more information, please vist:
http://www.heartfoundation.org.au

Career Development Fellowship
Application due date: 8 April 2011

Career Development Fellowships are available for early to mid career cardiovascular researchers who are 2-12 years postdoctoral. Career Development Fellowships are valued at approximately $98,000 p.a. (plus an additional $30,000 project grant in the first year) and tenable for four years. They may be full or part time.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.heartfoundation.org.au

Please refer to the "Grants" and "Grants -Travel" section for more funding opportunities from this sponsor.

For further information on any Heart Foundation research awards, please call (03) 9321 1581 or email research@heartfoundation.org.au

H&SS

The Foundation For the Future conducts and funds a Research Grants Program to provide financial support to scholars undertaking research at a macro level that is directly related to better understanding the factors affecting the long-term future of humanity. US$5,000–US$25,000 is available for subjects that are of interest to the Foundation.

Preliminary Grant Applications, in this cycle, will be considered for funding only if they pertain to one of the four specific subject areas described below:

• How will global changes in birth rates, mortality rates, and reproductive technology affect the human genome over the long-term future?
• What effect will the current global immigration and emigration of populations have on the demography of the planet over the long-term future?
• What are likely to be the major global driving forces/initiatives/issues for humanity through the new millennium?
• Are mechanisms of biological and cultural evolution in sync with our systems of governance and economy? How are they likely to evolve and develop over the long-term future?

Preliminary Grant Applications are accepted from Universities and Colleges from anywhere in the world. Grants from $5000 to $25000 are available for subjects that are of interest to the Foundation.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.futurefoundation.org/awards/rga_home.htm

Multidisciplinary

Each year the Australian Bicentennial Scholarships and Fellowships Trust invites applications from Australian postgraduate students or academic staff members for Australian Bicentennial Scholarships and Fellowships tenable in the United Kingdom.

To be eligible for a fellowship, applicants must:

• be registered as a post-graduate student at an Australian tertiary institution OR
• be eligible for such registration at a UK tertiary institution
• be usually resident in Australia

Applicants are also expected to have attained a minimum of an upper second class honours degree and to be seeking to further his/her education or professional experience, but not through taking a further degree.

Each scholarship or fellowship will offer a grant of up to £4,000, and may be used to supplement other awards.

Please note:
Preference is often given to applicants who can demonstrate that a Bicentennial grant will complete a guaranteed funding package for the whole degree or project. A successful applicant must spend at least three months studying in the UK.

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities

Multidisciplinary

 

Fellowships at the National Library offer researchers, scholars and writers opportunities to delve into the Library’s rich collections, and are awarded for 3-6 months.
The Library is currently offering three Fellowships:

Harold White Fellowships
These Fellowships are awarded to enable established scholars and writers to undertake research at the National Library. The Fellowships provide a return economy fare to Canberra, a living allowance, a fully equipped office and special access to Library collections and services. Honorary Fellowships are also awarded to scholars and writers who do not require financial assistance but would benefit from other privileges associated with the Fellowship.

ELIGIBILITY:
Fellowships are open to established Australian and international researchers and creative writers in any discipline in which the Library has strong collections. Successful applicants are generally senior scholars or writers with a strong publication track record, including publication of full length monographs. Fellowships are not intended for post-doctoral or early career researchers

Research projects supported by Harold White Fellowships can be in any discipline or area in which the Library has strong collections. Past Harold White Fellows have undertaken research in fields including:

• Asian studies
• history of science
• biography
• media history
• Australian history
• music
• religious history
• anthropology
• children’s literature
• art history
• politics
• Indigenous history
• Australian literature
• Pacific studies
• eighteenth century studies
• geography
• international relations
• folklore

Fellows are provided with a return economy airfare to Canberra, an honorarium of $850 per week for the period of the Fellowship in Canberra, use of a fully equipped office, 24 hour access to the Library, and free photocopying and interlibrary loans.

 

Minerals Council of Australia Fellowship
The Minerals Council of Australia Fellowship encourages use of the Library's collections to explore the historic or contemporary roles of the Australian minerals industry in Australian society.  

ELIGIBILITY:
This annual Fellowship is open to established, early career or postdoctoral Australian and international researchers in relevant disciplines.

Areas of possible research include, but are not limited to:

• investigations into any aspect of Australian mining
• understandings of past or current landscape and environmental practices
• the sector's research and development in environmental rehabilitation
• the interaction between environmental practices and relationships with communities
• relationships with other industry sectors engaged in environmental management
• ways in which minerals industry environmental research is disseminated to national and international stakeholders

Minerals Council of Australia Fellows are provided with a return economy airfare to Canberra, an honorarium of $850 per week for the period of the Fellowship in Canberra, use of a fully equipped office, 24 hour access to the Library, access to most books stacks, and free photocopying and interlibrary loans.

 

Japan Fellowship
The National Library of Australia offers annual Fellowships to researchers in Japanese studies for three to six months. The Fellowship is intended to encourage research based on the Japanese collections and the production of publications based on them. Information about the Library’s Japanese collections is available at http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/lang/jap.html

Fellows are provided with a return economy airfare to Canberra, an honorarium of $850 per week for the period of the Fellowship in Canberra, use of a fully equipped office, 24 hour access to the Library, and free photocopying and interlibrary loans. Reference support is provided by Japanese speaking staff.

ELIGIBILITY
The Japan Fellowship is supported by the H.S. Williams Trust Fund and is open to established Australian and international researchers in Japanese studies. This Fellowship is not intended for post-doctoral or early career researchers.

 

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.nla.gov.au/services/awards.html

Multidisciplinary

 

The aim of Future Fellowships is to attract and retain the best and brightest mid-career researchers from Australia and abroad, and encourages proposals from researchers working in areas of national priority that can demonstrate a capacity to build collaboration across industry, research institutions or with other disciplines.

The Future Fellowships Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011 are now available on the Research Branch website:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/ A basic guide to getting started on RMS can also be found here.

Other documents such as the ARC’s Instructions and FAQs, and the Research Branch’s section-by-section guide, will be uploaded here as they become available.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Researchers cannot apply for a Fellowship on a NHMRC Proposal and a Future Fellowship Proposal during the 2011 calendar year.

 

Internal closing dates are as follows:

• Eligibility Exemption Requests: 2nd March 2011
• Notification of Intent due Friday, 4th March 2011
• For full review, proposals are due at Research Branch by CoB on Friday, 1st April 2011;
• Eligibility check for proposals received between 2nd April and Friday, 8th April 2011;
• Submission only (no guarantee of review), if received after Friday, 8th April 2011.  

We will provide further notification when the scheme opens and the RMS Proposal Form and other relevant documentation become available.

 

Please email the ARC Grants Team at arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au or telephone Research Branch on 8303 5137 if you have any questions or would like further information.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/futurefel/future_default.htm.

Sciences

The Crawford Fund is now calling for nominations for the Crawford Fund Fellowship for 2011. The Crawford Fund Fellowship has been set up to provide further training for an agricultural scientist whose work has shown potential. This prestigious Award provides an opportunity for the successful candidate to spend a period of focussed study and training in Australia, with resulting benefits to the Awardee as well as to their country’s agriculture and Australia.

Candidates should be below the age of 35 and from a selected group of developing countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatu or Vietnam).  The training will take place at an Australian institution and will emphasise the application of knowledge to increase agricultural production in the Fellow's home country.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.crawfordfund.org/training/awards/fellow/cfa2010.html

Sciences

 

The AINSE has a specific mandate to arrange for the training of scientific research workers and the award of scientific research studentships in matters associated with nuclear science and 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 research 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 state of the art facilities on the OPAL research reactor or other facilities at ANSTO.

AINSE offers fellowships for exceptional researchers in the following research areas:

• neutron scattering
• biological problems using radionuclide techniques
• high-resolution climate records using nuclear techniques
• multi-scale materials modelling or structural materials for extreme environments

Applications for Research Fellowships will also be considered where the research aligns with the broad spectrum of research foci supported by AINSE, or which require use of OPAL neutron scattering facilities or other ANSTO facilities, and which align with the joint research interests of ANSTO and AINSE member universities.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.ainse.edu.au/academic_researchers2

Multidisciplinary

 

For Travel/Conferences after 9 September 2011

The funding objective of the Ian Potter Foundation's Travel Awards is to assist early career staff members (with an appointment of at least three years) to attend overseas conferences to develop their professional careers, and to interact with their peers in the international scene.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://foundation.ianpotter.org.au/how-to-apply

Sciences

 

The Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) offers small grants to Honours, Masters and PhD Students in Australian institutions to travel to national or international conferences relevant to both the student's research program in taxonomy or systematics and the ABRS Research Priorities.  A maximum of $1,000 is available for an international conference and $500 for travel within Australia.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/funding-and-research/bursaries/index.html

Sciences

 

GRDC Travel Awards are available to individuals or groups within the Australian grains industry wishing to attend a conference or undertake travel that aligns with the GRDC’s corporate objectives and demonstrates benefit to the Australian grains industry. Applicants should highlight both the professional development benefit and the mechanism for dissemination of knowledge to industry.

Eligibility
To be eligible for a GRDC Travel Award, the applicant must not be eligible for a Grains Industry Development Award, and must not be associated with a current GRDC project.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.grdc.com.au/director/apply/traveltrainingawards

Health Sciences

The Kellion Foundation and the Australian Diabetes Society invite applications for the Award for an Australian who has made an outstanding contribution in diabetes research, clinical or service areas in Australia.

Nominations are now called for and may be self-initiated, initiated by colleagues or by organisations. The recipient of the Award will be required to deliver the ADS Kellion Plenary Lecture at the Australian Diabetes Society/Australian Diabetes Educators Association Annual Scientific Meeting to be held at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre from 31 August-2 September 2011. The Award will include a return business class airfare to the meeting, accommodation for the duration of the meeting, registration, and a commemorative plaque. There is also a $5,000 honorarium.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.diabetessociety.com.au/grants-awards.asp

Multidisciplinary

 

It is now widely accepted that the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), like coral reefs around the world, is severely threatened by climate change. The Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s Bommies Award is designed to broaden the solutions and adaptation “ideas-set”, in order to preserve the Great Barrier Reef in the face of this threat.

Any PhD student or Early Career Researcher under the age of 36 years of age may enter the Bommies award.
The Award is open to Australian and international entrants.

The Bommies will be awarded for a solution or adaptation concept for the GBR, which meets the following criteria

• Concept is innovative
• Delivers practical outcomes to GBR managers
• Has climate change and the GBR’s viability as its primary focus
• Has as its goal a measurable impact on the resilience of the GBR
• Will not otherwise diminish the economic, social, or cultural value of the GBR

The winner of the Bommies award will receive $10,000 to communicate, develop,or advance their ideas and a work on paper by artist Vera Moller.

For more information and nomination instructions, please visit:
www.barrierreef.org

 

Presented annually by the Australian Museum, the Eureka Prizes reward excellence in the fields of:

• scientific research & innovation
• science leadership
• school science
• science journalism & communication

Winners are awarded a cash prize to the value of $10,000.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/

Multidisciplinary

 

World Metrology Day is an international annual event that marks the signing of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875. NMI is marking World Metrology Day by presenting two awards, the Barry Inglis Medal and the NMI Prize for outstanding achievement in measurement.

Barry Inglis Medal 
Applicants eligible for the Barry Inglis Medal are individuals or groups who have made a highly significant contribution to the science of measurement, or have long-standing eminence in the field of measurement and its application and practice, or have provided exceptional leadership in the field of measurement, or have demonstrated a combination of any of the above criteria.

NMI Prize 
Applicants eligible for the NMI Prize are individuals up to 35 years of age who have made a highly significant contribution to the science of measurement either as an individual or as a member of a group.

The value of each award is $2000. Winners will be announced on World Metrology Day, 20 May 2011

For more information and nomination instructions, please visit:
http://www.measurement.gov.au

 

Discovery Projects supports excellent basic and applied research undertaken by individual researchers or research teams. The Discovery Projects scheme offers up to three years of funding for research projects, International Collaborative Awards (ICAs), and Discovery Outstanding Researcher Awards (DORAs).

The ARC Discovery Projects 2012 Funding Rules, Instructions to Applicants and FAQs can be found at:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/.  

The RMS proposal form is available at:
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/dp/dp_default.htm.

Proposal Submission
The University tiered deadlines for submission of Discovery Project proposals to the Research Office for the desired level of checking will be:

• Full Check: 25th February - * Deadline passed for full review
• Error Check: by Wednesday 7th of March
• Submission "as is": after 7th of March

A basic guide to getting started on RMS for DP2012 is now available on the Research Branch webpage:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/

A "section-by-section" guide to completing the proposal form will be available at:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/

Please ensure that you are familiar with related ARC documentation, and be aware of the need to submit a Certification Proforma and Application Cover Sheet to the Research Branch at the time of draft submission

Multidisciplinary

 

The aim of Future Fellowships is to attract and retain the best and brightest mid-career researchers from Australia and abroad, and encourages proposals from researchers working in areas of national priority that can demonstrate a capacity to build collaboration across industry, research institutions or with other disciplines.

The Future Fellowships Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011 are now available on the Research Branch website:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/ A basic guide to getting started on RMS can also be found here.

Other documents such as the ARC’s Instructions and FAQs, and the Research Branch’s section-by-section guide, will be uploaded here as they become available.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Researchers cannot apply for a Fellowship on a NHMRC Proposal and a Future Fellowship Proposal during the 2011 calendar year.

 

Internal closing dates are as follows:

• Eligibility Exemption Requests: 2nd March 2011
• Notification of Intent due Friday, 4th March 2011
• For full review, proposals are due at Research Branch by CoB on Friday, 1st April 2011;
• Eligibility check for proposals received between 2nd April and Friday, 8th April 2011;
• Submission only (no guarantee of review), if received after Friday, 8th April 2011.  

We will provide further notification when the scheme opens and the RMS Proposal Form and other relevant documentation become available.

 

Please email the ARC Grants Team at arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au or telephone Research Branch on 8303 5137 if you have any questions or would like further information.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/futurefel/future_default.htm.

Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation of South Australia: Project Grants (Expression of Interest)

 

The Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation of South Australia is seeking Expressions of Interest from universities, research institutes, health services and other organisations in South Australia and the Northern Territory for research projects into conditions that may affect the health, education and welfare of children.

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are invited for research projects from the fields of Medicine, Education, Dentistry, Nursing, Social Sciences, Environment, Mental Health and Allied Health. EOIs will be received in three categories:

• basic science
• clinical studies
• community-based studies

Research must be completed in South Australia and/or the Northern Territory. The maximum funding per grant will be $75,000, which may be taken over 1 or 2 years. Early Career Grants of up to $35,000 are available for researchers applying for the first time as Chief Investigator.

 

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.crf.org.au/news.shtml#01

 

The Roy and Marjory Edwards Scholarship supports research by postgraduates that contribute towards the conservation of South Australia’s natural biodiversity. These Scholarships have been made possible by an agreement between Mrs Marjory Edwards and Nature Foundation SA Inc, which is the Trustee of the Roy and Marjory Edwards Scholarship Fund.  In accordance with the wishes of Mrs Edwards the Foundation will fund one postgraduate student at a time, at one of the three SA Universities.

The research must fall within the Nature Foundation's purposes and be:

• high quality scientific research that makes a significant contribution to the conservation of South Australia's biodiversity; or
• in the field of biological science with a view to the resolution of an environmental problem or the conservation of South Australia's wildlife.

Eligibility
Postgraduate applicants should be enrolled or intending to enrol in a post-graduate research degree at a South Australian University.

The grant could be used to support a University researcher applying for a Linkage Grant to provide (among other things) a full stipend to a postgraduate student.  If the Linkage Grant application is successful the Foundation would expect to be involved in selecting the successful postgraduate recipient.  The research project proposed for a Linkage Grant must meet the criteria listed in this document and be structured to support a person enrolled or intending to enrol in a post-graduate research degree at a South Australian University.

Funding
A scholarship of $12,000 per annum is available for up to three years for a PhD student and two years for a Masters student.
The funds may be used for the payment of travel expenses, the acquisition of equipment and materials, an allowance or other amounts which assist the recipient to undertake the research project.

 

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.naturefoundation.org.au

 

The AW Howard Memorial Trust Inc was established in 1964 by the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science to recognise the unique contribution made by the late Amos Howard in the use of subterranean clover as a pasture plant in Australia.

The aims of the Trust are to 'encourage and promote research and investigation in the fields of natural science and social science, including economics which relate to the development, management and use of pastures'. 

The AW Howard Memorial Trust Inc awards on merit and need Grants-in-Aid to Australian organisations, associations, communities or persons that seek financial aid for projects designed to either:

• Commemorate significant contributions made to pastoral sciences or pastoral industries at National, State or Regional scales;
• Facilitate effective dissemination and publication of innovative science and extension relevant to the development, management and use of pastures within Australia or within Australian regions;
• Invite an eminent overseas pasture scientist to visit Australia to deliver a keynote address at an Australian, International or Regional conference and/ or to visit major regional centres to interact with scientists and community groups involved in pastoral industries; or
• Contribute towards the purchase of essential equipment required for research and development projects in the field of pastoral sciences. 

Grants-in-Aid are limited to $5000.

(See also "Travel Grants" section of this bulletin for other opportunities from this sponsor)

For more information and application instructions please visit:
http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/employment/awhoward/grants-in-aid

 

The AW Howard Memorial Trust Inc annually awards travel grants of up to $3500 to scientists to undertake overseas study tours or participate in international conferences related to aspects of pasture research within the aims of the Trust.

The Trust was established by the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science in 1964 to commemorate the unique contribution by the late Amos Howard in the use of subterranean clover as a pasture plant in Australia.

The aims of the Trust are to 'encourage and promote research and investigation in the fields of natural science and social science, including economics which relate to the development, management and use of pastures'.

Candidates must be a member of staff of a recognised research organisation, and have been resident in Australia over the past three years. The Awards represent a career development opportunity. Preference will be given to scientists who have had little opportunity to travel overseas.

(See also "Grants" section of this bulletin for other opportunities from this sponsor)

For more information and application instructions please visit:
http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/employment/awhoward/travel_grants

H&SS

 

HRELP aims to document endangered languages, train language documenters, preserve and disseminate documentation materials, and support endangered languages. ELDP is an international programme and welcomes applications from researchers of any nationality to undertake projects in any part of the world. 

The following grants are currently available:

Small Grants (SG)
Small grants are a new category and replace the previous field trip grants and pilot projects. They can be used for a range of purposes related to the documentation of endangered languages, such as to carry out fieldwork, develop a pilot project, or complete a project already begun. The maximum grant awarded is £10,000.

 

Major Documentation Project (MDP)
MDP funding can cover elements including fieldwork costs, equipment, researchers' salaries, and graduate students' stipends (stipends should be included only for activities contributing to the project while in the field or processing the documentation materials). Project duration is from 6 to 36 months. Funding for these projects typically ranges from less than £40,000 up to £130,000 (the maximum is £150,000

Please also refer to the "Fellowships/Scholarships" section of this Bulletin for other opportunities available from this sponsor.

Please submit a copy of your application, along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) in the Research Branch.

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