Research Branch Bulletin

CONFERENCE
16-19 September 2012
Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, Krakow
(AGH - University of Science and Technology)

Metal Forming 2012 is the 14th in a series of International Conferences held biannually, alternatively in Kraków, Birmingham and Toyohashi. The aim of Metal Forming 2012 is to provide a forum for academics and industrialists to discuss and disseminate recent developments, innovations and advances in metal forming processes. The Conference will be an opportunity for those working in physical and numerical modelling, as well as those involved in industrial applications of the results of theoretical research.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Prospective authors are invited to register and to submit an abstract of about 500 words in English. Abstracts of the original research, including title, authors, affiliation, and a summary of the content, should be submitted through the Conference web page. The conference manuscripts will be published in the Steel Research International journal.

Abstracts due: 30 September 2011
Acceptance notification: 31 October 2011
Full papers due: 31 January 2012

 

For program details and instructions for submitted papers, please visit:
http://www.metalforming.agh.edu

 

The Discovery Indigenous scheme provides funding to Eligible Organisations to support research programs led by an Indigenous Australian researcher and build research capacity of higher degree research and early career researchers.

ARC Discovery Indigenous 2012 Funding Rules, Instructions to Applicants, etc., plus other useful information, can be found on the Research Branch website.

Please note that the Discovery Indigenous scheme for funding commencing in 2012 is significantly different from the Discovery Indigenous Researcher Development scheme of previous years.

Proposal Submission: the University’s internal deadline is Friday 27 May.

 

The ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) encourages institutions (universities) to develop collaborative arrangements across the higher education sector and with organizations outside the sector in order to develop research infrastructure.

LIEF items which directly support provision of infrastructure, equipment and facilities for use in research projects, including:

• animal houses, herbaria, experimental farms
  
  
• integrated research facilities consisting of multiple components
  
  
• international facilities, consortium membership or subscription costs, approved by the ARC under an international agreement including costs associated with the establishment, upgrading, and/or operation appropriate to Australia’s participation in the use of the facility
  
  
• library and research information infrastructure (non-capital aspects only) to support specific research projects/programs which may also include salaries and minor pieces of equipment to build an integrated facility
  
  
• purchase, upgrade, construction, transportation of, installation of, maintenance of and/or management of access to the infrastructure, equipment and facilities, including salaries and/or on costs directly associated with these activities
  
  
• subscriptions for coordinated access to major national facilities

Funding Details
The minimum grant available for the coming round of applications under LIEF will be $150k. Funding is normally for one year only and is not recurrent, except where international agreements and national facilities are involved.

 

LIEF Expressions of Interest (EOI's)
For all bids (not just where University of Adelaide is the Administering Institution)

EOI's were due at the Research Branch by Friday, 6 May 2011.

If you have been invited by another University to participate in a LIEF bid, or are intending to submit an application through the University of Adelaide in this round and did not submit an EOI, please notify the Research Branch as soon as possible by emailing arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au

ARC LIEF Proposals
Due date: delivered to the Research Branch by COB, Friday, 3 June 2011

LIEF Submission must include:

• Hardcopy of proposal (printed from within RMS)
  
  
• Hardcopy of signed Internal Signature Page
  (must be received prior to submission to the ARC)
  
  
• Hardcopy of signed Investigator and Organisation Certification forms - for all participating Investigators (CIs and PIs) and Organisations (Collaborating and Partner)
  ( must be received prior to submission to the ARC)
  
  
• Submission of the application electronically on RMS
  (only required for bids where the University of Adelaide is the Administering Institution)

Please contact the Research Branch if you require further details or information regarding the ARC LIEF scheme:
Email: arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au
Ph: +61 8 8303 5137

For information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/lief/lief_default.htm

Due date: 8 December 2011
Senior Scientists & Young Investigators: up to US $75,000 per annum
Postdoctoral Fellowships: up to US $60,000

The Reeve Foundation funds activities that hold promise of identifying therapies for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other sequelae of CNS injury.

The areas of research listed below are the focus of current Reeve emphasis and funding:

• Studying strategies that may promote neuronal growth and survival, encourage the formation of synapses, enhance the production of myelin, restore conduction capabilities, or may otherwise lead to restoration of the compromised circuitry in the acutely and chronically injured spinal cord
  
  
• Evaluating the efficacy of drugs or other interventions that protect against secondary neuronal injury or provide insight into the mechanisms causing such damage
  
  
• Defining anatomical characteristics of spinal cord injury in well-defined animal models and in the human spinal cord, specifically documenting the neuronal systems that are most vulnerable to spinal cord injury and the functional losses occurring as a result
  
  
• Elucidating the biological mechanisms underlying approaches to improve concomitant functions affected by spinal cord injury, (e.g., bladder function, sexual function) and alleviate chronic pain and spasticity

 

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

BREAKFAST SEMINAR
9 June 2011 at 7.45am
Ayers House, North Terrace
Adelaide

eResearch SA invites you to attend Bright Ideas Over Breakfast: Justifying Junk, where Professor David Adelson will talk about his ground breaking research that is demystifying the notion of 'junk DNA'.

This is the first Bright Ideas Over Breakfast seminar for 2011, comprising a presentation from Professor David Adelson, Chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Genetics at the University of Adelaide’s School of Molecular & Biomedical Science, and an informal networking opportunity.

David is part of a significant international project mapping cow and horse genomes to understand and describe the entire complement of their genetic material. David’s analysis of the genome structure of mammals has shown that junk DNA is probably a misnomer, and that the conservation of these sequences of ancient DNA across all the animals studied is a key discovery in understanding their evolution.

His work has significant applications for agricultural livestock production, and also provides a critical insight into the genome evolution of mammals. This groundbreaking research has been published in Science, the world’s leading journal of original scientific research.

To register for this seminar, please visit http://justifyingjunk.eventbrite.com/

CONFERENCE
26-29 September 2011
Brisbane, Australia

The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) joined forces to propose that the 5^th WCCA and 3^rd FSD be held in Australia in September 2011.

The combination of 5^th WCCA and 3^rd FSD effort brings a unique opportunity to discuss the application of conservation agriculture principles from a farming systems perspective. The principles of conservation agriculture will be discussed in relation to both large-scale, high-tech commercial farms, and small-scale low-cost smallholder farms from developing regions, in the world in the context of food security concerns, increasing food demand, and climate change.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Condensed paper submissions are now invited for the 5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (WCCA5) incorporating 3rd Farming System Design Conference (FSD3). The 3-page condensed paper format will provide delegates with a concise record of all papers.

Submission due date: 15 June 2011
Acceptance notification: 8 July 2011
Revisions for accepted papers due: 31 July 2011

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Limited funds are available to assist with travel and attendance costs for this meeting, and these will normally be provided only to applicants who have submitted a paper. Program Committee assessment of the quality of that paper will be an important criterion in deciding which applicants will be funded, and the extent of funding

For program details and instructions for submitted papers, please visit:
http://www.wcca2011.org/index.htm

CONFERENCE
12-15 December 2011
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, United Kingdom

The mathematical theory and practice of cryptography and coding underpins the provision of effective security and reliability for data communication, processing and storage. Theoretical and practical advances in the fields of cryptography and coding are therefore a key factor in facilitating the growth of data communications and data networks of various types.

 

CALL FOR PAPERS
Original research papers on all technical aspects of cryptography and coding are solicited for submission. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, and will be available at the conference.

Submission due date: 10 June 2011
Acceptance notification: 29 August 2011
Proceedings version due: 17 December 2011

For registration and further submission details, please visit:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Liqun_Chen/IMACC11-home.htm

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

Pathophysiology of HIV-Associated Neurodegeneration in Aging Populations on Long-Term Anti-Retroviral Therapy (R01)
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) invite research grant applications focused on elucidating the mechanisms of HIV-associated neuropathogenesis in the context of aging, chronic infection with HIV, and long term exposure to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). Understanding the pathogenesis of HAND in HIV-infected individuals over 50 years of age, in light of potential interactions with HAART, neurodegenerative diseases, and aging-related co-morbid conditions are the focus of this announcement.

Letter of Intent due: (Earliest Submission Date): 9 Aug 2011
Application due: 9 Sep 2011
Link to full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-12-070.html

Basic Research in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease (R01)
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage innovative molecular and physiological research that could lead to early diagnosis or effective medical therapy for calcific aortic valve disease. Applications from investigators in related fields (for example, mineralization and bone physiology, extracellular matrix physiology, and molecular imaging) are strongly encouraged.

Letter of Intent due: (Earliest Submission Date): 11 Sept 2011
Application due: 11 Oct 2011
Link to full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-12-015.html

Pulmonary Vascular-Right Ventricular Axis Research Program (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits research grant applications from organizations proposing to study right ventricular (RV) function/dysfunction and disease.  Utilizing a multidisciplinary and collaborative team approach, this program will foster research which will lead to improved diagnostics and therapeutics for RV disease, particularly in the setting of lung vascular disease.

Letter of Intent due: (Earliest Submission Date): 13 Sept 2011
Application due: 13 Oct 2011
Link to full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-12-021.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 Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) has opened a second round of funding to establish up to seven additional Centres of Research Excellence (CREs) in Primary Health Care. Each successful applicant will receive $2.5 million over four years. APHCRI is seeking applications from a broad range of primary health care researchers.

APHCRI will provide support for teams of researchers to pursue collaborative research and develop research capacity in primary health care services.

The CREs may be actual (i.e. comprising a physical entity or Institute) or virtual (i.e. geographically disparate, linking a collaborative research effort from several organisations). They will be multi-institutional with at least two institutions (universities and/or non-government organisations) collaborating in a Centre.

Major research themes for the CRE Round 2 are:

• Access and Equity
• Prevention and Management of Chronic Conditions
• Quality, Governance, Performance and Sustainability

Each of these themes has a series of sub-themes. Applications should focus on a particular sub-theme as the primary area for research.
(Sub-themes are identified in the Information for Applicants document, available on the APHCRI website)

 

This is a category 1 funding scheme, listed on the 2011 Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR).

If you are considering applying for funding within this round, please contact the Health Sciences team at the Research Branch by emailing raohealth@adelaide.edu.au

 

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.anu.edu.au/aphcri/Spokes_Research_Program/CRE2.php

 

The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney invites applications from Australian-based researchers for a grant of $100,000 to support and foster research on the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells.

The grant is awarded on the recommendation of an independent selection panel according to the following criteria:

• The research meets the highest standards of scientific excellence
• Therapeutic applications are likely to arise from the research
• The research is innovative, displaying novelty in its experimental approach
• Receipt of this grant will be significant for the undertaking of the research
• The researcher(s) have a track record of success in undertaking similar or related research
• Matching funds have been secured from another source

All research must comply with the ethical standards set out in Chapter 6 of the Code of Ethical Standards for Catholic Health and Aged Care Services in Australia.

Funds will be available for expenditure from 1 January 2012 and should be expended by 31 December 2013.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.sydneycatholic.org/resources/grant.shtml

 

This grant round forms part of the Dairy Innovative Research Grant Scheme administered through Dairy Innovation Australia. The objective of the grant application process is to provide a fair and equitable means of supporting focused research and innovation that will be of benefit to the Australian dairy industry.

Project applications should be targeted toward providing research solutions in line with DHNC's strategic objectives and priorities. Research priorities for the 2011 funding round are:

Nutrient Density and Sustainability
Up to $300,000 total funding allocation to this priority area

Muscle Maintenance and Movement
Up to $800,000 total funding allocation to this priority area

Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes
Up to $300,000 total funding allocation to this priority area

Applicants must demonstrate the ability to fund or secure third party funds for the project costs.

 

This is a category 1 funding scheme, listed on the 2011 Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR).

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

Health Sciences

 

A Development Grant provides funding support to individual researchers, research teams, or a HMR company in partnership with a researcher/s to undertake research at the early proof-of-principle or pre-seed stage.

The Scheme supports the commercial development of a product, process, procedure or service that if applied, would result in improved health care, disease prevention or provide health cost savings.

Applications must demonstrate a basic understanding of the process and steps required to move from research to outcomes that can be commercialised, including:

• the process and steps to a market, the nature of the market;
• the milestones and risks of the venture; and
• an understanding of possible means of handling intellectual property connected with the project.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/apply/development/index.htm

Health Sciences

 

NHMRC Program Grants provide support for teams of researchers, to pursue broadly based collaborative research activity. The team will be expected to:

• contribute new knowledge at a leading international level in important areas of health and medical research
• develop novel ideas and approaches
• tackle problems for which longer term stable funding is essential
• develop training and career development opportunities within the team
• facilitate collaborative use of specialised facilities or expertise

Potential applicants are advised that there is a high level of competition for the Program Grant Funding, and successful applicant teams have a very high record of achievement in research, strong case to make regarding their team record. Applicants' attention is drawn to the criteria for award of the grant, which is achievement based.

Applicants must demonstrate to the peer review panel that they are capable of conducting research at an internationally competitive level.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/apply/programs/index.htm

 

The Wicking Trust seeks to achieve enduring, positive impact in the areas of vision impairment, care of the aged, problems associated with ageing and Alzheimer’s disease.

To fulfill the goals of the Trust, medical and scientific research grants are invited for:

• Research into more effective diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, care or treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
• Research into cures for Alzheimer’s disease

Individual grants will be in the vicinity of $25,000 to $50,000.

Grants for emerging research concepts requiring seed funding or young investigators being established are preferred.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.anz.com/personal/private-bank-trustees

 

Australian Pork Limited call for tenders from researchers to engage with its 2011/12 research priorities, established by several specialist groups comprised of expert participants from industry, research providers, and APL Managers.

The APL seek to fund research projects in the following key priority areas:

Environment

• Outdoor production
• By-product refinement/nutrient extraction
• Water and energy use on Australian piggeries
• Nutrient tracking of outdoor piggeries and by-product reuse areas
• Methane mitigation & utilisation

Food Safety

• Toxoplasmosis attribution
• Salmonella Typhimurium molecular genotyping and risk modelling

Growth & Development

• Grower-Finisher growth performance

Technology Transfer and Industry Capability

• National Training Network
• Future Leaders Program
• Revision of Birth to Bacon Series

Applicants wishing to respond to this Call for Tenders should contact the relevant APL Research & Innovation Manager (refer below).

Food Safety
Ms Heather Channon
heather.channon@australianpork.com.au
03 9645 9189

Growth & Development
Dr Darryl D.Souza
darryl.dsouza@australianpork.com.au
02 6825 2200

Technology Transfer & Industry Capability
Ms Emalyn Loudon
emalyn.loudon@australianpork.com.au
02 6825 2200

Environment
Ms Janine Price
janine.price@australianpork.com.au
02 6825 2200

 

This is a category 1 funding scheme, listed on the 2011 Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR).

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianpork.com.au/pages/page159.asp

 

The National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund promotes quality evidence-based practice in drug law enforcement to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of licit and illicit drug use in Australian society. A key aim of NDLERF is to promote collaboration between the Law Enforcement Sector and Researchers. The Fund functions within the broader context provided by the National Drug Strategic Framework.

The NDLERF Board of Management invites applications from researchers to undertake innovative quality research to assist in the development of technologies, tools or techniques that will assist law enforcement agencies' responses to licit and/or illicit substances in the community. This can include research into the extent and impact of substance misuse on the community and policing, or research which examines or evaluates the effectiveness of existing interventions and strategies.

The NDLERF Board of Management has expressed a preference for research projects of up to two years in direction. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the NDLERF Secretariat prior to submission of applications to the NDLERF Board of Management.

This is a category 1 funding scheme, listed on the 2011 Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR).

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/kit.php

Multidisciplinary

 

The Discovery Indigenous scheme provides funding to Eligible Organisations to support research programs led by an Indigenous Australian researcher and build research capacity of higher degree research and early career researchers.

The ARC Discovery Indigenous 2012 Funding Rules, Instructions to Applicants, and other useful information, can be found on the Research Branch website

Please note
The Discovery Indigenous scheme for funding commencing in 2012 is significantly different from the Discovery Indigenous Researcher Development scheme of previous years.

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

Multidisciplinary

 

The ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) encourages institutions (universities) to develop collaborative arrangements across the higher education sector and with organizations outside the sector in order to develop research infrastructure.

LIEF items which directly support provision of infrastructure, equipment and facilities for use in research projects, including:

• animal houses, herbaria, experimental farms
  
  
• integrated research facilities consisting of multiple components
  
  
• international facilities, consortium membership or subscription costs, approved by the ARC under an international agreement including costs associated with the establishment, upgrading, and/or operation appropriate to Australia’s participation in the use of the facility
  
  
• library and research information infrastructure (non-capital aspects only) to support specific research projects/programs which may also include salaries and minor pieces of equipment to build an integrated facility
  
  
• purchase, upgrade, construction, transportation of, installation of, maintenance of and/or management of access to the infrastructure, equipment and facilities, including salaries and/or on costs directly associated with these activities
  
  
• subscriptions for coordinated access to major national facilities

Funding Details
The minimum grant available for the coming round of applications under LIEF will be $150k. Funding is normally for one year only and is not recurrent, except where international agreements and national facilities are involved.

 

LIEF Expressions of Interest (EOI's)
For all bids (not just where University of Adelaide is the Administering Institution)

EOI's were due at the Research Branch by Friday, 6 May 2011.

If you have been invited by another University to participate in a LIEF bid, or are intending to submit an application through the University of Adelaide in this round and did not submit an EOI, please notify the Research Branch as soon as possible by emailing arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au

ARC LIEF Proposals
Due date: delivered to the Research Branch by COB, Friday, 3 June 2011

LIEF Submission must include:

• Hardcopy of proposal (printed from within RMS)
  
  
• Hardcopy of signed Internal Signature Page
  (must be received prior to submission to the ARC)
  
  
• Hardcopy of signed Investigator and Organisation Certification forms - for all participating Investigators (CIs and PIs) and Organisations (Collaborating and Partner)
  ( must be received prior to submission to the ARC)
  
  
• Submission of the application electronically on RMS
  (only required for bids where the University of Adelaide is the Administering Institution)

Please contact the Research Branch if you require further details or information regarding the ARC LIEF scheme:
Email: arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au
Ph: +61 8 8303 5137

For information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/lief/lief_default.htm

 

The Criminology Research Fund derives its income from an annual contribution from the Australian Government and each of the state and territory Governments.

The Council is empowered by section 47(1) of the Criminology Research Act 1971 to make grants for:

"...such purposes of, or related to, criminological research (including the dissemination of information and advice and the publication of reports, periodicals, books and papers in connection with criminological research and the results of criminological research) as are determined by the Council."

The term criminological research is defined in the Act to mean research in connection with:

• the causes, correction and prevention of criminal behaviour, and
• any related matter

Project grant funding may be used to support research personnel, equipment, travel, maintenance, and administration.

This is a category 1 funding scheme, listed on the 2011 Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR).

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

 

Platypus Asset Management is offering funding for research within the broad area of Australian equities to a (full-time or part-time) member of staff at any university or research institute in Australia.

Platypus invites applications from researchers at any stage of their career with backgrounds in:

• economics
• business
• statistics
• mathematics
• physics
• engineering

The successful applicant will have access to the Platypus equities database, which consists of fundamental and market data that is sourced from external providers.

Support will be for A$50,000 per annum for three years, plus A$5,000 per annum for conference attendance, contingent upon satisfactory progress reports.

Please refer to the Call for Research Proposals for application instructions.

For further information regarding this sponsor, please visit:
http://www.platypusassetmanagement.com.au

Health Sciences

 

The DMRDP Military Infectious Diseases Clinical Trial Award (MID-CTA) scheme is soliciting proposals focused on wound infection prevention and management as well as antimicrobial countermeasures.

The MID-CTA is intended to support early phase clinical trials/testing with the potential to have a major impact on treatment of combat-related wound infections. Proposed projects should be designed to demonstrate:

• the utility of a novel biomarker/assay, and/or
• the safety and efficacy of novel therapies in human patients suffering from serious, debilitating wound infections due to trauma

Funding is available to the amount of US$ 2,500,000. The maximum period of performance is 3 years, though applicants may request the entire maximum funding amount for a project that may have a period of performance less than 3 years.

Note
Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 8 July 2011

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/dmrdp.shtml

Health Sciences

 

The Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) Defense Appropriations Act provides US $16M to the Department of Defense (DOD) Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP) to find and fund the best research to eradicate the clinical impact of neurofibromatosis (NF) and Schwannomatosis.

This program is administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).

Note*
Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 18 July 2011
Full Applications: hardcopy submitted to Research Branch by 25 July 2011

Please submit applications along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au)

 

AWARD SUMMARIES

Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award
Pre-Application:  July 18, 2011
Application:  July 25 2011

The Exploration – Hypothesis Development Award supports the initial exploration of innovative, high-risk, high-gain, and potentially groundbreaking concepts in the NF and/or Schwannomatosis research fields. Results of studies conducted through this award may provide the scientific rationale upon which a new hypothesis can be based, or they should provide initial principles of an innovative hypothesis. This award is designed to provide investigators with the opportunity to pursue serendipitous observations.

 

Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Pre-Application:  July 18, 2011
Application:  July 25 2011

The NFRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award supports basic and clinically oriented research that will:

• Provide insight into the development of NF and Schwannomatosis
• Result in substantial improvements to the diagnosis and treatment of NF and/or Schwannomatosis
• Have an impact on the quality of life of persons with those diseases

This award encourages research applications that specifically address the following areas:

• Complications of NF with high mortality such as neoplasms and cerebrovascular abnormalities
  
  
• Complications of NF with high morbidity such as skeletal maladies, learning deficits, hormone-associated effects, and pain
  
  
• Refinement and standardization of imaging techniques, molecular and cellular markers, and quality of life metrics for use in future clinical trials
  
  
• Translational research such as the development or preclinical testing of therapeutic agents for the treatment of NF

Investigator-Initiated Focused Research Award
Pre-Application:  July 18, 2011
Application:  August 1, 2011

Applications for this mechanism must address one or more of the following areas as they relate to NF and/or Schwannomatosis:

• Pain
• Wound repair
• Nerve regeneration
• Stress and inflammation
• Cognitive dysfunction

 

New Investigator Research Award
Pre-Application:  July 18, 2011
Application:  July 25 2011

The intent of the NFRP New Investigator Award is to support the continued development of promising independent investigators and/or the transition of established investigators into a career in the field of NF research. Experience in NF research is allowed, but not required. However, Principal Investigators (PIs) with a limited background in NF research are strongly encouraged to have a collaborator who is experienced in the NF field. New Investigator Award applications must include preliminary data that is relevant to NF and/or Schwannomatosis and the proposed project.

 

Postdoctoral Traineeship Award
Pre-Application:  July 18, 2011
Application:  July 25 2011

The intent of the training award is to enable recent medical or other doctoral degree graduates to obtain the necessary experience to pursue an independent career in NF research. Candidates for this award must demonstrate a strong desire to pursue a career in NF research.

Under this award mechanism, the postdoctoral trainee is considered the Principal Investigator (PI) and, as such, should write the project narrative with appropriate direction from the mentor. The focus of these awards is on the PI, the mentor, and the training program and environment. These awards primarily provide salary support for the PI and require the active involvement of a designated mentor who is an established NF researcher, as evidenced by a demonstrated record of past and/or current funding and publications. While the PI is not required to have previous experience in NF research, applications for this award must focus on NF research.

For further information and application instructions regarding the aforementioned awards, please visit:
http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/nfrp.shtml

Health Sciences

 

The Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) Defense Appropriations Act provides $80M to the Department of Defense (DOD) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) to fund research that will eliminate death and suffering from prostate cancer. 

The following announcements are divided into 2 categories:

• awards with an emphasis on impact
• awards with an emphasis on innovation

Due dates vary according to scheme. Pre-applications are to be sent directly to the sponsor by the due date listed beneath each award.

Full proposals are to be submitted along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) by the "Full Applications" due date.

AWARDS WITH EMPHASIS ON IMPACT

 

Clinical Trial Award
The PCRP Clinical Trial Award supports rapid execution of clinical trials (Phase 0/I, Phase I, Phase I/II, or Phase II for drugs, Class II or III for devices) to test novel approaches with the potential to have a major impact on the treatment or management of prostate cancer. Funding from this award mechanism must support a clinical trial and cannot be used for preclinical research studies.

Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 10 June 2011
Full Applications: hardcopy submitted to Research Branch by 25 August 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=92014

Impact Award
The PCRP Impact Award supports research projects specifically focused on making a major impact on one critical issue in prostate cancer: reducing or eliminating the over-treatment of primary prostate cancer. Projects funded by this award will, if successful, ultimately change the standard of practice for decision-making in the treatment of primary prostate cancer. As such, it is expected that all projects for the Impact Award will address the PCRP overarching challenge to “distinguish aggressive from indolent disease.”

Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 10 June 2011
Full Applications: hardcopy submitted to Research Branch by 25 August 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=92033

Laboratory-Clinical Transition Award
The Laboratory-Clinical Transition Award supports product-driven preclinical studies of promising lead agents that have the potential to revolutionize prostate cancer clinical care. This award is intended to fund Principal Investigators (PIs) who lack support to conduct the preclinical studies needed to advance lead agents to human testing. The goal of this award is the generation of pharmacology and toxicology data for inclusion in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational New Drug (IND) application and/or (new for FY11) current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) production of the lead agent(s).

Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 10 June 2011
Full Applications: hardcopy submitted to Research Branch by 25 August 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=92054

 

AWARDS WITH EMPHASIS ON INNOVATION

Idea Development Award
The Idea Development Award supports new ideas that represent innovative approaches to prostate cancer research and have the potential to make an important contribution to eliminating death and suffering from prostate cancer. Although groundbreaking research often involves a degree of risk, applications should be based on a sound scientific rationale that is established through logical reasoning and/or critical review and analysis of the literature

Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 1 June 2011
Full Applications: hardcopy submitted to Research Branch by 16 August 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=89273

Synergistic Idea Development Award
The Synergistic Idea Development Award supports new ideas that represent innovative approaches to prostate cancer research involving two or three independent, faculty-level (or equivalent) Principal Investigators (PIs). These investigators should use complementary and synergistic perspectives to address a central problem or question in prostate cancer research. This award is designed to encourage and support both new and pre-existing partnerships.

Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 1 June 2011
Full Applications: hardcopy submitted to Research Branch by 16 August 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=89274

Health Sciences

 

The Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) Defense Appropriations Act provides US $6.4M to the Department of Defense (DOD) Tuberous Sclerosis Research Program (TSCRP) to promote innovative research focused on decreasing the impact of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).

The mission of the TSCRP is to encourage innovative research aimed at understanding the pathogenesis of TSC and to translate these findings to the care of individuals with TSC.

 

Note*
Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 18 July 2011
Full Applications: hardcopy submitted to Research Branch by 25 July 2011

Please submit applications along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au)

 

AWARD SUMMARIES

Career Transition Award
Pre-Application:  July 18, 2011
Application:  July 25 2011

The FY11 Career Transition Award supports TSC researchers during the transition from postdoctoral training to an independent position. This award will cover up to two years of postdoctoral training followed by up to two years of a faculty-level position. Under this award mechanism, the postdoctoral fellow is considered the Principal Investigator (PI).

 

Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award
Pre-Application:  July 18, 2011
Application:  July 25 2011

The Exploration – Hypothesis Development Award supports the initial exploration of innovative, high-risk, high-gain, and potentially groundbreaking concepts in the TSC research field. Results of studies conducted through this award should provide the scientific rationale upon which a new hypothesis can be based, or they should provide initial principles of an innovative hypothesis. This award is designed to provide investigators with the opportunity to pursue serendipitous observations. The presentation of preliminary data is encouraged, but not required.

 

Idea Development Award
Pre-Application:  July 18, 2011
Application:  August 1, 2011

The FY11 TSCRP Idea Development Award supports high-impact, innovative research that will drive the field of TSC research forward. Preclinical studies are encouraged but clinical trials are not allowed.

For further information and application instructions regarding the aforementioned awards, please visit:
http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/tscrp.shtml

Multidisciplinary

 

Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowships aim to develop leadership, address priority regional development issues, and build partnerships and linkages between Australian organisations and partner organisations in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East.

The Fellowships are designed to provide short term opportunities for study, research and professional attachment programs in Australia, delivered by Australian organisations, to nominated fellows from eligible countries.

Prospective Fellows will typically be professionals already in leadership positions, or who have the potential to assume leadership roles that can influence social and economic policy reform and development outcomes.

A maximum of $35,000 per Fellow is available which can include:

• return economy airfare from/to home country’s international hub
• in-Australia transport in respect of approved activities
• short course/tuition/training course costs
• accommodation and living expenses
• medical insurance costs when in Australia
• special assistance/assistive devices (to support people with disability)
• program overhead fees

 

Applications are not accepted from individuals or overseas organisations. The general eligibility requirements of fellows are that they must:

• Be a citizen of, and residing in, an eligible country
• Not have Australian permanent residence status or be applying for permanent residency
• Have been working in their country of citizenship and in areas relevant to their proposed training in Australia, prior to the date of the proposed commencement of their Fellowship
• Be able to take up the nominated Fellowship Program at the time and for the duration proposed by the Australian organisation

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

Health Sciences

 

The Institute in conjunction with the Robert Graham Center is now seeking to appoint the 2011 APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellow. People enrolled in an Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) vocational training program or a recent graduate (up to three years) of these programs and their predecessors can apply.

The successful applicant will visit the Robert Graham Center in Washington DC in late 2011 to undertake a research project relevant to the Robert Graham Center, the Australian primary health care scene and the work of APHCRI.

Policy areas of aligned interest for APHCRI and Robert Graham Center include:

• primary care workforce
  
  
• chronic disease and preventative care management- differences in models of care and funding between the US and Australia
  
  
• mental health care – comparison of models of care involvement of primary care and funding options
  
  
• e-health – the utilisation of electronic health records and uptake of clinical decision support tools
  
  
• primary care teams – the use of practice nurses and physician assistants in providing care to patients
  
  
• understanding the distribution of access deprivation - combining ecologic and individual predictors of poor access to health care

The timing of the fellowship will also provide the recipient with the opportunity to attend the 39th North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Conference in Banff, Alberta (November 12-16, 2011) and the successful applicant is strongly encouraged to do this.

Funding
APHCRI is providing a maximum of AU $15,000 to support the initial phase of the initiative. It is expected that the APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellow would use this money to support travel, the time commitment, attendance at the NAPCRG meeting in Washington and incidental costs associated with the fellowship. The Robert Graham Center is providing a furnished corporate apartment in the heart of Washington, together with a stipend of US$650.

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

Health Sciences

 

The Leukaemia Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme aims to encourage talented young students, medical graduates and researchers to pursue a career in basic, applied, or translational research, to find cures and better ways to care for patients and families living with haematological malignancies.

Candidates must have been awarded their PhD no more than three years prior to the closing date for applications or else their PhD must be awarded by December of the year of application.

Postdoctoral fellowships will initially be awarded for one year, with an award of up to $100, 000 per annum.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to apply for up to two annual extensions subject to satisfactory progress and consideration by the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee.

Applicants must be Australian citizens, permanent residents or New Zealand citizens holding a Special Category Visa. Applicants who have applied for, but not yet been granted permanent residency or a Special Category Visa, may apply for the award.

Please refer to the "Grants" section of this bulletin for more opportunities from this sponsor.

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

Health Sciences

 

The Leukaemia Foundation’s Senior Research Fellowships provide sustained support for an outstanding young researcher, preferably between 3 and 10 years postdoctorate, who has established an international reputation for research in the field of leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and related blood cancers and disorders.

This Fellowship is particularly targeted at outstanding young researchers currently based overseas and who wish to return to Australia to develop independent research programs, although outstanding candidates already based in Australia will be eligible.

The Fellowship is offered for 5 years, with an award of $200, 000 per annum.

Applicants must be Australian citizens, permanent residents or New Zealand citizens holding a Special Category Visa. Applicants who have applied for, but not yet been granted permanent residency or a Special Category Visa, may apply for the award.

Please refer to the "Grants" section of this bulletin for more opportunities from this sponsor.

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

Health Sciences

 

Pfizer Australia awards Fellowships each year to outstanding biomedical scientists wishing to establish a research career in Australia.

Each Fellowship allows the successful applicant to continue their program of research at an Australian university or research institution, by providing a 5-year grant covering salary, travel and other establishment costs. Each Fellowship is valued at up to AUD$1million.

As an indicative guide, the grant offers support to the individual at the level of Senior Lecturer, or occasionally, Reader salary range, with remaining funds used for other research related costs.

The Fellowships are designed to support a specific research program to be conducted by the applicant, primarily within an Australian research centre. To be eligible to apply for a Fellowship, applicants should have a research-based doctoral degree in a scientific or medically related discipline, together with recognised post-doctoral achievements.

A commitment to the establishment of a research career in Australia should be demonstrated by appropriate acknowledgement and support from a University or recognised local research institute.

This is a category 1 funding scheme, listed on the 2011 Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR).

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.pfizer.com.au/ResearchFellowships/Guidelines.aspx

Multidisciplinary

 

This Fellowship is jointly sponsored by the AGA and the Goethe-Institut. This annual Fellowship supports a young Australian to visit Germany to study the language and pursue special interest. Prospective candidates should have excellent academic tertiary qualifications and the prospect of a promising career in business, law, science, political studies or arts.

The Fellowship covers a period of twelve weeks at a mutually agreed time. The chosen candidate will attend a German language course for eight weeks. The specific location of the course will be advised by the Goethe-Institut.

The chosen candidate must have a good working knowledge of the German language (level B1 or higher) and is expected to spend the remaining four weeks of his/her time in Germany researching a topic of particular interest to the candidate.

The Fellowship provides for:

• 12 weeks in Germany
• eight weeks intensive language and cultural study with full accommodation and breakfast and one meal on course days
• AU$2,500 allowance towards a return economy airfare
• AU $6,000 allowance to facilitate travel throughout Germany
• general advice on itinerary

Where possible AGA will facilitate entry to areas of particular interest to the awardee, however candidates should ensure that their project does not assume that such entries will be available

This Fellowship is open to Australian citizens only. Australian-German citizens are not eligible to apply.

Please submit your application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au)

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

Multidisciplinary

 

The AISEF Postgraduate Fellowship is directed at promoting scientific exchange and collaboration between Israel and Australia and provides funding to assist a student enrolled in a postgraduate research degree at an Australian University to spend up to 6 months working in a research laboratory in Israel.

The long-term objective of the Foundation is to foster exchange and collaboration between Israel and Australia. Eligibility for the Fellowship is restricted to Israeli or Australian nationals or those holding permanent residency visas for either country. The research activity undertaken by the student must be part of, or contribute to, the Australian postgraduate degree for which they are studying. The period spent at the Israeli research laboratory can occur at any point during the student's study for the Australian degree but must be completed in 2011 and prior to submission of the thesis for examination. The minimum period of the Fellowship is 3 months. One Fellowship will be offered.

The funds cover economy return airfares from the student's home university to the Israeli research laboratory and contribute to living and accommodation costs for a period up to 6 months to a maximum of A$7500. Successful applicants will be expected to arrange accommodation through the Israeli laboratory in which they will be working.

Please submit your application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au)

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/hosting/aisef/aisefpgfellow-app-aust.html

Multidisciplinary

 

This scheme is a joint initiative of the Go8 and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany's national agency for the support of international academic co-operation.

Its chief aims are to:

• Foster research collaboration of the highest quality between Australian researchers from Go8 universities and German researchers
• Result in research outcomes and the exchange of skills and knowledge of mutual benefit to Australia and Germany

This scheme will support exchanges for Australian researchers to spend time at  partner institutions in Germany and for collaborating German researchers to spend time at Go8 universities. Exchange participants must either be employed as academic staff members in a teaching and research or research only role at a Go8 university, or a PhD student involved in the research project submitted by an eligible staff member.

 

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.go8.edu.au/university-staff/international-collaboration

 

The Australian Academy of the Humanities is offering up to ten Fellowships to improve the capacity of Australian scholars to conduct research in all parts of the world.

Travelling Fellowships of up to $4,000 for short-term - not less than two weeks - research abroad in the coming year, are available to permanent resident scholars in Australia and working in the field of the Humanities who require access to resources held overseas.

Eligible disciplines include:

• The Arts
• Asian Studies
• Cultural and Communication Studies
• Classics
• Literature
• European Languages and Cultures
• History
• Linguistics
• Philosophy
• Religion
• The History of Ideas
• Archaeology

The Humanities Travelling Fellowships also incorporate the 'Ernst Keller European Travelling Fellowships'. The application form for the Humanities Travelling Fellowships is common to all Fellowships, and they are governed by the same rules, with the exceptions noted for each individual Fellowship below:

 

Ernst Keller European Travelling Fellowships
This scheme offers two fellowships for scholars who need to travel to Europe to undertake research in 2011 in European topics. Preference will be given to early career researchers and researchers in German studies; however, researchers in other European topics are eligible for the Fellowship and are welcome to apply.

 

David Philips Travelling Fellowships
The David Philips Travelling Fellowship is governed by the guidelines and conditions of the Academy’s Humanities Travelling Fellowship programme; it has however preference will be given to proposals that contribute to the advancement of knowledge of racial, religious or ethnic prejudice. Applications from researchers of South African history are particularly welcome; however, researchers with other areas of geographical interest are also encouraged to apply.

Please submit your application along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au)

For more information and application instructions please visit:
http://www.humanities.org.au/Grants/HTF/HTF.htm

 

Over the past nine years, the British Council's Realise Your Dream programme has gained a reputation as one of Australia’s leading creative industry prizes.

This award supports Australian creatives through targeted career development in the UK's creative industries. By tapping into a wide network of the UK’s finest practitioners, the British Council helps open doors to the experiences winners most need to develop professionally and creatively while making lasting UK connections that will inform their work for years to come.

Prize winners will receive:

• AU $8000 cash as a NAB Cash Passport to assist with expenses in the UK
• A return Virgin Atlantic economy flight to London
• A tailored professional development programme, devised in consultation with the British Council

British Council Australia is accepting applications from emerging practitioners working or studying across the spectrum of creative fields, including:

• visual arts
• design
• architecture
• music
• digital media
• performing arts

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.realiseyourdream.org.au/?cat=4

Health Sciences

 

NHMRC Program Grants provide support for teams of researchers, to pursue broadly based collaborative research activity. The team will be expected to:

• contribute new knowledge at a leading international level in important areas of health and medical research
• develop novel ideas and approaches
• tackle problems for which longer term stable funding is essential
• develop training and career development opportunities within the team
• facilitate collaborative use of specialised facilities or expertise

Potential applicants are advised that there is a high level of competition for the Program Grant Funding, and successful applicant teams have a very high record of achievement in research, strong case to make regarding their team record. Applicants' attention is drawn to the criteria for award of the grant, which is achievement based.

Applicants must demonstrate to the peer review panel that they are capable of conducting research at an internationally competitive level.

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/apply/programs/index.htm

Health Sciences

 

The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) has opened a second round of funding to establish up to seven additional Centres of Research Excellence (CREs) in Primary Health Care. Each successful applicant will receive $2.5 million over four years. APHCRI is seeking applications from a broad range of primary health care researchers.

APHCRI will provide support for teams of researchers to pursue collaborative research and develop research capacity in primary health care services.

The CREs may be actual (i.e. comprising a physical entity or Institute) or virtual (i.e. geographically disparate, linking a collaborative research effort from several organisations). They will be multi-institutional with at least two institutions (universities and/or non-government organisations) collaborating in a Centre.

Major research themes for the CRE Round 2 are:

• Access and Equity
• Prevention and Management of Chronic Conditions
• Quality, Governance, Performance and Sustainability

Each of these themes has a series of sub-themes. Applications should focus on a particular sub-theme as the primary area for research.
(Sub-themes are identified in the Information for Applicants document, available on the APHCRI website)

 

This is a category 1 funding scheme, listed on the 2011 Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR).

If you are considering applying for funding within this round, please contact the Health Sciences team at the Research Branch by emailing raohealth@adelaide.edu.au

 

For more information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.anu.edu.au/aphcri/Spokes_Research_Program/CRE2.php

Multidisciplinary

 

The Discovery Indigenous scheme provides funding to Eligible Organisations to support research programs led by an Indigenous Australian researcher and build research capacity of higher degree research and early career researchers.

The ARC Discovery Indigenous 2012 Funding Rules, Instructions to Applicants, and other useful information, can be found on the Research Branch website

Please note
The Discovery Indigenous scheme for funding commencing in 2012 is significantly different from the Discovery Indigenous Researcher Development scheme of previous years.

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

 

Australian Pork Limited call for tenders from researchers to engage with its 2011/12 research priorities, established by several specialist groups comprised of expert participants from industry, research providers, and APL Managers.

The APL seek to fund research projects in the following key priority areas:

Environment

• Outdoor production
• By-product refinement/nutrient extraction
• Water and energy use on Australian piggeries
• Nutrient tracking of outdoor piggeries and by-product reuse areas
• Methane mitigation & utilisation

Food Safety

• Toxoplasmosis attribution
• Salmonella Typhimurium molecular genotyping and risk modelling

Growth & Development

• Grower-Finisher growth performance

Technology Transfer and Industry Capability

• National Training Network
• Future Leaders Program
• Revision of Birth to Bacon Series

Applicants wishing to respond to this Call for Tenders should contact the relevant APL Research & Innovation Manager (refer below).

Food Safety
Ms Heather Channon
heather.channon@australianpork.com.au
03 9645 9189

Growth & Development
Dr Darryl D.Souza
darryl.dsouza@australianpork.com.au
02 6825 2200

Technology Transfer & Industry Capability
Ms Emalyn Loudon
emalyn.loudon@australianpork.com.au
02 6825 2200

Environment
Ms Janine Price
janine.price@australianpork.com.au
02 6825 2200

 

This is a category 1 funding scheme, listed on the 2011 Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR).

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianpork.com.au/pages/page159.asp

 

This grant round forms part of the Dairy Innovative Research Grant Scheme administered through Dairy Innovation Australia. The objective of the grant application process is to provide a fair and equitable means of supporting focused research and innovation that will be of benefit to the Australian dairy industry.

Project applications should be targeted toward providing research solutions in line with DHNC's strategic objectives and priorities. Research priorities for the 2011 funding round are:

Nutrient Density and Sustainability
Up to $300,000 total funding allocation to this priority area

Muscle Maintenance and Movement
Up to $800,000 total funding allocation to this priority area

Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes
Up to $300,000 total funding allocation to this priority area

Applicants must demonstrate the ability to fund or secure third party funds for the project costs.

 

This is a category 1 funding scheme, listed on the 2011 Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR).

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

Health Sciences

 

The Ramaciotti Foundation (managed by the Perpetual Trustee Company Limited) supports biomedical research and each year make significant distributions via the Ramaciotti Awards, providing assistance to areas such as molecular biology, genetics and immunology.

The Ramaciotti Medal is an annual award of $50,000. The Medal honours an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to clinical or biomedical research, or the way in which healthcare is delivered.

To be eligible for the Ramaciotti Medal, the individual must have previously received support from the Ramaciotti Foundations. The greater part of their work leading to the discovery must have been conducted in Australia and they must still be actively engaged in research. The applicant must be peer nominated and the final recipient is selected based on a recommendation by the Ramaciotti Foundations Scientific Advisory Committee to Perpetual. Self-nominations are not accepted.

 

For more information and nomination instructions, please visit:
http://www.perpetual.com.au/ramaciotti/awards.htm

Health Sciences

 

The Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) Defense Appropriations Act provides $80M to the Department of Defense (DOD) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) to fund research that will eliminate death and suffering from prostate cancer. 

Full proposals are to be submitted along with the completed University Grant Application Coversheet to Dr Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) by the "Full Applications" due date.

Idea Development Award
The Idea Development Award supports new ideas that represent innovative approaches to prostate cancer research and have the potential to make an important contribution to eliminating death and suffering from prostate cancer. Although groundbreaking research often involves a degree of risk, applications should be based on a sound scientific rationale that is established through logical reasoning and/or critical review and analysis of the literature

Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 1 June 2011
Full Applications: hardcopy submitted to Research Branch by 16 August 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=89273

Synergistic Idea Development Award
The Synergistic Idea Development Award supports new ideas that represent innovative approaches to prostate cancer research involving two or three independent, faculty-level (or equivalent) Principal Investigators (PIs). These investigators should use complementary and synergistic perspectives to address a central problem or question in prostate cancer research. This award is designed to encourage and support both new and pre-existing partnerships.

Pre-Applications: submitted directly to the sponsor by 1 June 2011
Full Applications: hardcopy submitted to Research Branch by 16 August 2011
Link to full announcement:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=89274

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

 

In 2011 ADS and Servier Laboratories are offering grants for clinical projects that involve improvement of patient care consistent with the aims of the National Service Improvement.

The framework for National Service Improvement includes the following aims:

• to prevent and limit the progression of diabetes
• to slow the onset of complications
• reduce preventable hospital admissions
• reduce variations in care between clinicians and health services, across metropolitan, rural and remote settings and in care provided to disadvantaged groups

Preference will be given to projects with potential applicability to diabetes care throughout Australia. The value of the grants will vary depending on need but it is anticipated that the average grant will be for $20,000.

One investigator must be a current financial ADS member.

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

Multidisciplinary

 

The ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) encourages institutions (universities) to develop collaborative arrangements across the higher education sector and with organizations outside the sector in order to develop research infrastructure.

LIEF items which directly support provision of infrastructure, equipment and facilities for use in research projects, including:

• animal houses, herbaria, experimental farms
  
  
• integrated research facilities consisting of multiple components
  
  
• international facilities, consortium membership or subscription costs, approved by the ARC under an international agreement including costs associated with the establishment, upgrading, and/or operation appropriate to Australia’s participation in the use of the facility
  
  
• library and research information infrastructure (non-capital aspects only) to support specific research projects/programs which may also include salaries and minor pieces of equipment to build an integrated facility
  
  
• purchase, upgrade, construction, transportation of, installation of, maintenance of and/or management of access to the infrastructure, equipment and facilities, including salaries and/or on costs directly associated with these activities
  
  
• subscriptions for coordinated access to major national facilities

Funding Details
The minimum grant available for the coming round of applications under LIEF will be $150k. Funding is normally for one year only and is not recurrent, except where international agreements and national facilities are involved.

 

LIEF Expressions of Interest (EOI's)
For all bids (not just where University of Adelaide is the Administering Institution)

EOI's were due at the Research Branch by Friday, 6 May 2011.

If you have been invited by another University to participate in a LIEF bid, or are intending to submit an application through the University of Adelaide in this round and did not submit an EOI, please notify the Research Branch as soon as possible by emailing arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au

ARC LIEF Proposals
Due date: delivered to the Research Branch by COB, Friday, 3 June 2011

LIEF Submission must include:

• Hardcopy of proposal (printed from within RMS)
  
  
• Hardcopy of signed Internal Signature Page
  (must be received prior to submission to the ARC)
  
  
• Hardcopy of signed Investigator and Organisation Certification forms - for all participating Investigators (CIs and PIs) and Organisations (Collaborating and Partner)
  ( must be received prior to submission to the ARC)
  
  
• Submission of the application electronically on RMS
  (only required for bids where the University of Adelaide is the Administering Institution)

Please contact the Research Branch if you require further details or information regarding the ARC LIEF scheme:
Email: arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au
Ph: +61 8 8303 5137

For information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/lief/lief_default.htm