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Issue #56 November 13
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| Tip of the Month: Without ethics clearance funding for grants cannot be released and work cannot commence. The final ethics committee meetings for 2007 are in November. If you miss these, your next opportunity for ethics clearances will be February 2008. See below for more details |
2007 THANK YOU DAY
“Thank You” Day will be held in every State
to acknowledge the outstanding achievement
of the health and medical researchers in
Australia by collecting Thank You messages
that will be presented to medical researchers
to encourage and inspire them. Flyer can be found here
Thursday, 15 November
10:30 - 12: 30, Bonython Hall
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ARC 2008 Discovery Grants
ARC Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2009
The ARC Discovery Projects Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2009 are now available from the RB website: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/DiscProj.html
Eligibility Exemption Ruling Requests will need to be received by Monday 14th January 2008.
The internal closing date for full Research Branch review will be Monday 18th February 2008.
Please direct any queries to the Research Branch ARC Grants Team (arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au)
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Ethics - Last 2007 Submission Dates
The ethics committees have only one more submission date in 2007:
29 November - Institutional Biosafety Committee
If you miss these deadlines, you will need to wait until late January/early February 2008 to apply for your ethics clearances. Forms and information at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ethics/
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FELLOWSHIPS
Postdoctoral and Invitation Fellowships in Japan 2008
The Australian Academy of Science, in association with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), invites applications from Australian researchers to undertake Postdoctoral and Invitation Fellowships in Japan. Postdoctoral Fellowships are for a period of 12 to 24 months, Invitation Fellowships short-term for a period of 14 to 60 days and the Invitation Fellowship long-term is for 2 to 10 months.
Researchers in any field of natural sciences, including technology, engineering and medicine can apply. Applications in the humanities and social sciences are also accepted BUT ONLY for the Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Please see website for information and guidelines.
Applications close Friday 1 February 2008.
Postdoctoral Fellowships: http://www.science.org.au/internat/jspspd.htm
Invitation Fellowship short term: http://www.science.org.au/internat/jspsfst.htm
Invitation Fellowship long term: http://www.science.org.au/internat/jspsflt.htm
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Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
A Churchill Fellowship is the award of an opportunity through the provision of financial support, to enable Australian citizens from all walks of life to travel overseas to undertake an analysis, study or investigation of a project or an issue that cannot be readily undertaken in Australia. Currently the average Fellowship cost is $25,000.
Applications are due on the 22 February 2008.
A list of Fellowships can be found here
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GRANTS
Rapid Assessment Post-Impact of Disaster Grants
The National Health Institute (NIH) of
Details can be found here
This is an apply any-time grant
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U.S. Army Research Office proposals for Basic and Scientific Research
Basic information and a link to the full announcement can be found here
This is an apply any-time grant
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21st Century Collaborative Activity Awards - Complex Systems
The Foundation offers Collaborative Activity Awards to initiate interdisciplinary discussions on problems or issues, to help launch interdisciplinary research networks, or to fund communities of researchers/practitioners dedicated to developing new methods, tools, and applications of basic research to applied problems.
There are no deadlines for this funding opportunity
More details can be found here
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21st Century Collaborative Activity Awards - Brain Cancer Research
The Foundation offers Collaborative Activity Awards to initiate interdisciplinary discussions on problems or issues, to help launch interdisciplinary research networks, or to fund communities of researchers/practitioners dedicated to developing new methods, tools, and applications of basic research to applied problems.
There are no deadlines for this funding opportunity
More details can be found here
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PRIZE
Society for Histochemistry - Robert Feulgen Prize
Robert Feulgen Prize 2008 to be awarded for an outstanding achievement in the field of histochemistry
Further information can be found here
Applications close January 31 2008
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Australian Society of Microbiologist - Roche Award
This is an encouragement award to assist an individual to attend and make a presentation on the use of PCR in the field of Diagnostic Infectious Diseases at the ASM's annual scientific meeting.
Applications close March 31, 2008
Further Details can be found here
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Australian Society of Microbiologist - Frank Fenner Award
The purpose of this award is to recognise distinguished contributions in any area of Australian research in microbiology by scientists in a formative stage of their career
Applications close March 31, 2008
Further Details can be found here
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NEWS and INFORMATION
Research Branch Mailing List
The Research Branch has established a mailing list for researchers interested in research related news. The list circulates information on the major schemes and other funding opportunities, information sessions, prizes, general information relevant to researchers, as well as the Research Branch newsletter.
You can subscribe and find information regarding the subscription here
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Funding Opportunities
The Funding Opportunities page on the Research Branch website provides access to all ARC and NHMRC opportunities
as well as the rural and natural resources R&D corporations. In addition,
you can also access the myriad of other funding opportunities available in the
Current List of Funding Opportunities and the Comprehensive List of Funding
Opportunities. Also, you might like to look further at the funding opportunity
databases listed such as SPIN or Grants.Gov.
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New Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
The NHMRC, in partnership with the Australian Research Council and Universities Australia, and through extensive public consultation, has developed the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research. The Code replaces the Joint NHMRC/AVCC Statement and Guidelines on Research Practice (1997).
The Code advocates and describes best practice in research for researchers and institutions, as well as setting out a framework for handling breaches of the Code. While the document is aimed at universities and researchers in the public sector, it can be applied by any organisation involved in conducting research.
The Code provides advice on how to manage research data and materials; how to publish and disseminate research findings (including proper attribution of authorship); obligations in peer review; how to collaborate across institutions; and how to manage conflicts of interest. The Code also provides guidance to institutions when establishing independent external inquiries to evaluate allegations of serious misconduct.
The Code is written specifically for universities and other public sector research institutions and is also intended to inform the public about the standards expected of Australian research institutes and individual researchers.
Compliance with the Code is a prerequisite for National Health and Medical Research Council funding. Researchers are encouraged to acquaint themselves with, and meet, the requirements of the new Code as soon as possible.
The new code can be found here
A summary of the new code can be found here
Any questions concerning the introduction of the new Code should be directed to the Research Branch (simon.brennan@adelaide.edu.au) in the first instance.
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2007 University of Adelaide DEST HERDC Publications Collection arrangements
Academics, Students and University of Adelaide Affiliates are reminded that their publications for 2007 can be submitted to their School's publication coordinator. The deadline for submission of publications to the Research Branch is 31 March 2008. The process for the 2007 DEST Higher Education Research Data Collection of publications has undergone changes aimed at simplifying the processes in the disciplines and schools. Support material is located at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/pub/.
The objective of this annual collection is to
- comply with the requirements of the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC)
- provide data for Strategy and Planning
- provide data for research committees and research management
- provide references for the University of Adelaide's repository to provide access to the public via the internet to the University of Adelaide's research publications
The collection is used by the Group of 8 Universities for comparative analysis of research performance. The University's publication performance in the DEST Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) in 2006 increased from 1550.3 to 1674.0 an increase of 8% or 124 DEST points. 2006 University of Adelaide DEST HERDC Publications are available for the Research Branch Website http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/pub/Pub2006.html.
The publications are presented by School / Discipline within Faculties and provides a bibliographic listing of publications that where included in the Higher Education Research Data Collection
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Australia Fellowships Round Three
The Australia Fellowship (AF) is a pre-eminent award for outstanding health and medical researchers across all disciplines. Each Fellowship is worth a total value of $4 million. The second round of AF awards was announced by the Prime Minister in September.
AF Round Three will commence early in 2008,and will be advertised later this year through the usual channels. Leading researchers with a vision for the benefit of Australian health and medical research are encouraged to apply. International researchers are also eligible, provided they meet certain conditions.
We urge all research institutions and researchers to encourage your international friends who are leading researchers, whether Australian or not, to begin to plan applications now. We are looking for leaders in research excellence in any field relevant to health, with a vision for the future and demonstrated capacity to achieve visionary plans. An Australian passport is not a prerequisite.
Round opens
More information about the Australia Fellowships scheme can be found at: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/fellows/apply/granttype/career/index.htm
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Future Leaders' Program Website
This Go8 Universities’ collaborative project will deliver best practice training in financial management and other core business competencies to 1,000 Go8 researchers identified as current and future research leaders.
The Adelaide University Future Leaders information page can be found here
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Upcoming Korea Exchange Program
The Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF), the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) wish to enhance Australia-Korea links in science and technology. The aim of the program is to develop an awareness of, and interest in Australia’s research expertise in Korea; and an awareness of, and interest in, Korea’s research expertise in Australia.
In the next month or so AAS and ATSE will be advertising for young Australian scientists to participate in an exchange visit to Korea during mid 2008.
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) web site is here.
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Call for expressions of Interest for Seminar on Low Emission Technology.
On 27 November 2007 the Australian Embassy in Berlin will host a seminar on low emissions technology (with a focus on clean coal). The Australian CRC for CO2 as well as German politicians and industry representatives will attend.
All expressions of interest should be directed to dvcr@adelaide.edu.au
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HPV Vaccine Symposium
This symposium, featuring Ian Frazer, will provide an opportunity to learn about and discuss
the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, and is open to all researchers and
The symposium will be held on November 12, 3:00 pm to 8:15 pm.
Please refer to the flyer for more information.
Further information and enquiries should be directed to anne.hayes@adelaide.edu.au
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International Water Research Workshop
The German Research Foundation (DFG) will host an international water research workshop on 2-3 June 2008 in Berlin. It will involve researchers from the US, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. The DFG would like to invite Australian participation if we have some relevant experience in this field. They are specifically looking for experience of networks in the field of water research. More information about this event will be forthcoming at the end of October
All expressions of interest should be directed to dvcr@adelaide.edu.au
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Power-point slides of Canadian Research Funding information session
Overview of general Canadian Research Funding Information can be found here
Research Grants Seminar (Humanities and Social Science) - presentation slides found here
Research Grants Seminar (Health Science, Science, and Engineering) - presentation slides found here
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FELLOWSHIPS
Visiting Research Fellowships 2008-2010
Information about the Fellowship (through the University of Edinburgh) can be found here in a flyer (page 1 / page 2) and through their website here.
Applications close February 29.
Please contact Don McMaster (don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au) or phone (#33347) for further information.
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GRANTS
National Archives of Australia's Ian Maclean Award
We offer Ian Maclean Awards to individuals interested in conducting research that will benefit the archival and historical profession in Australia and promote the important contribution that archives make to society. The principal benefit of an award for the recipient is the opportunity to complete an innovative research project that may require travel or time away from their regular employment.
Applications should be submitted by 7 March 2008
Details can be found here http://naa.gov.au/about-us/research-grants/ian-maclean/index.aspx
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BHP Billiton Corporate Programs - Community Foundations
Where BHP Billiton's presence in a country is significant, we often provide support for provincial or national programs in addition to local activities. In many of these instances, community foundations have been established. These foundations include external representation, often a community representative, to ensure a full understanding of the community's needs and an ability to identify appropriate projects to address the issues.
Closing date is Thursday November 25.
Further information here
Funding guidelines here
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American Fund for Suicide Prevention
AFSP offers five types of research grants:
- Distinguished Investigator Grants for up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators at the level of associate professor or higher with an established record of research and publication on suicide.
- Standard Research Grants for up to $75,000 over two years are awarded to individual investigators at any level.
- Young Investigator Grants for up to $75,000 over two years areawarded to investigators at the level of assistant professor or lower. These grants provide an additional $10,000 ($5,000 per year) for an established suicide researcher who will mentor the Young Investigator.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding six years and have not had more than three years of fellowship support. Fellows receive a progressive stipend of $42,000 in the first year and $46,000 in the second, with an institutional allowance of $6,000 per year.
- Pilot Grants of up to $30,000 over one or two years are awarded toinvestigators at any level. These grants provide seed money for new projects that have the potential to lead to subsequent larger investigations.
Further information can be found here
Submission deadline is 1st December 2007
All questions should be directed to Don McMaster either via e-mail or ext# 33347
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Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation - Individual Research Grants
The CDRF Individual Grants Program was founded on the understanding that effective treatments for acute and chronic spinal cord injury will involve carefully orchestrated multi-disciplinary interventions, each tailored to the individual patient.
More information can be found here.
Applications must be submitted through the Research Branch and are due December 3rd, 2007
Please direct all enquiries and applications to Don McMaster via e-mail or through ext # 33347
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Muscular Dystrophy Association
MDA supports research aimed at developing treatments for the muscular dystrophies and related diseases of the neuromuscular system. A list of related diseases can be found here
Applications due at the Research Branch, December 1, 2007.
Further details and on-line application form can be found here and the application policy can be found here.
Please contact Don McMaster(don.mcmaster@adelaide.edu.au or phone 33347) for information.
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Alzheimer's Association Research Grants
Alzheimer's Association general research page can be found here and the research grants summary page can be found here
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Grant Category |
New Investigator Research Grants* |
Investigator
Initiated Research Grants* |
The Senator Mark Hatfield Award for Clinical Research |
The Zenith Fellows Award |
Everyday Technolo-gies in Alzheimer Care (ETAC) |
Letter of intent: |
Open Receipt Date: September 24, 2007
Deadline Date: December 1, 2007 5:00 PM EST
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Application deadline date: |
January 4, 2008 5:00 PM EST
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Review process: |
February – June 2008 |
Award announcement: |
July 2008 |
Number of awards: |
Anticipate funding 20 |
Anticipate funding 55 |
Anticipate funding 1 |
Anticipate funding 5 |
Anticipate funding 4 |
Requests per year (in any given year) may not exceed: |
$60,000 |
$100,000 |
$112,500 |
$250,000 |
$90,000 |
Maximum per award: |
$100,000 |
$240,000 |
$225,000 |
$450,000 |
$200,000 |
Maximum number of years: |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Letters of Intent are due at the Research Branch by Friday, November 23
All questions should be directed to Don McMaster either via e-mail or ext# 33347
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Cure for Life - Brain Tumour Research Grants
The Cure For Life Foundation™ is a charitable organisation established to further the quality of medical knowledge and technical resources available to treat and care for people with brain and spinal cord tumours.
The Cure for Life web-site can be found here. More information about the grant can be found here
Further enquires and applications should be directed to the Research Branch through either Tim Anson (# 36329) or Stacey Williams (# 36925)
Applications due December 16
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Australian Rotary Health
Research Fund
- Investigating Leukaemia
Applications for a research grant in Leukaemia are being called
for by the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.
Further information can be found here
Applications due at the Research Branch by December 14.
The relevant Research Branch contact is Tim Anson (ext# 36925)
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2007 NHMRC Equipment Grant
The 2007 NHMRC equipment grant round is now open. Applications are invited from teams seeking funds to purchase equipment to be used in health and medical research, as supported by NHMRC and other competitive grant support.
The Full details, including selection criteria and application guidelines are available on the Research Branch website at the following link:http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/nhmrc/equipmentgrants.html
Applications due November 26
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Chiang Ching Research Fellowship
Funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange, ACLS offers a program of support for conferences and publications on "New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society."
This program is intended to support projects in the humanities and related social sciences that bridge disciplinary or geographic boundaries, engage new kinds of information, develop fresh approaches to traditional materials and issues, or otherwise bring innovative perspectives to the study of Chinese culture and society.
Information can be found here: http://www.acls.org/cck.htm.
Applications due 16 November 2007.
All enquiries and questions should be directed to Don McMaster either via e-mail or ext# 33347
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American Philosophical Society - Franklin Research Grants
Further information can be found here
Applications must be submitted through the Research Branch and are due November 16th, 2007
Please direct all enquiries and applications to Don McMaster via e-mail or through ext # 33347
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Horticulture Australia Limited (HAL) call for Projects
Full details can be found on the flyer here
HAL website can be found here
On-line application forms can be found here
All enquiries and applications to be directed to Chelsea DuBois (Ext # 33700) or Paula Rosenbauer (ext # 33388)
due 19th.
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Marine National Facility - Grants of Time
Each year grants of time aboard the Marine National Facility’s research vessel RV Southern Surveyor are made available to Australian scientists for research in Australia’s Maritime Jurisdiction and surrounding oceans.
The Marine National Facility’s Steering Committee will open the call for applications for use of RV Southern Surveyor in the 2009/2010 research year. The application period will close on 8 February 2008.
For more information click here
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The Lirabenda Endowment Fund
The Lirabenda Endowment Fund has recently been established by the Field Naturalists Society of South Australia Inc.(FNSSA). The FNSSA has had amongst its aims the promotion of the study and diffusion of knowledge relating to natural sciences.
Applications due to the Research Branch 11 December 2007
Guidelines form can be found here, Application form can be found here
All applications and enquiries should be directed to either Chelsea DuBois (ext # 33716) or Paula Rosenbauer (ext # 33388)
Further information can be found here
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National Geographic Research Grants
The National Geographic Society awards grants for scientific field research and exploration through its Committee for Research and Exploration. All proposed projects must have both a geographical dimension and relevance to other scientific fields and be of broad scientific interest.
Further information regarding the grant can be found here.
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CONFERENCES
International Conference on Education Leadership in Cultural Diversity and Globalization
8-10 April 2008
The Faculty of Education Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus is pleased to invite all scholars and who are interested in education to participate in the International Conference on Educational Leadership in Cultural Diversity and Globalization to be held on April 8-10, 2008 at
Phuket Graceland Resort and Spa, Phuket Thailand.
For more information on the conference, please visit our website http://ed_lead.pn.psu.ac.th
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New Directions in Leukaemia Research
Registration is now open for the New Directions in Leukaemia Research Conference to take place on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia from March 30th to April 2nd 2008. Attached is the NDLR2008 flyer listing our confirmed speakers.
Information, deadlines and conference registration can be found at: www.ndlr2008.com
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IEEE CIS and Ram Conference call for papers.
CIS-RAM 2008, call for papers
for the 2008 IEEE International Conferences on Cybernetics & Intelligent Systems (CIS) and 2008 IEEE International Conferences on Robotics, Automation & Mechatronics (RAM) held from 3-6 June, 2008 in Chengdu, China
Papers must be written in English and should describe original work. Papers should be submitted in pdf format through the online submission website by January 15,2008
Further details found here
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3rd World Congress on Women’s Mental Health
Melbourne will be the proudhost city of the 3rd World Congress on Women’s Mental Health from 16-20 March 2008. Building on the successof previous Congresses held in Berlin and Washington, the Congresses will attract in excess of 1000 psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health workers, carers, consumers,researchers, policy makers and bureaucrats from across the globe.
Click here for detail
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Bali, Geneva, Las Vegas to host 2008 Bird Flu Summits
A series of three International Bird Flu Summits in 2008 will be held in Indonesia, Switzerland and the United States in order to stimulate more public-private partnering worldwide, summit organizers announced.
the 2008 calendar includes 3 full summits:
The 6th International Bird Flu Summit
Bali, Indonesia
February 28-29, 2008
The 7th International Bird Flu Summit
Geneva, Switzerland
June 26-27, 2008
The 8th International Bird Flu Summit
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
October 16-17, 2008
The event is open to all interested businesses and organizations. To obtain further information about the conference, please contact our Washington DC office at 202.536.5000 or visit us at www.new-fields.com
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Prizes
Dan David Prize
The Dan David Prize annually awards 3 prizes of US$ 1 million each for achievements having an outstanding scientific, technological, cultural or social impact on our world.The laureates annually donate 20 scholarships of $15,000 each to outstanding doctoral students throughout the world, in the chosen fields.
Prize Nomination by: 30 November 2007
Scholarship Application by: 31 March 2008
For further information on the Call for Prize Nominations and Scholarship Applications 2008 visit the website: http://www.dandavidprize.org
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The2008 BioSA Bioscience Achievement Awards
Nominations are now openfor the 2008 BioSA Bioscience Achievement Awards. The Awards aim to recognise individuals involved in the South Australian bioscience community who have made important contributions to the development of the State’s bioscience sector.
Nominations Close Friday, 23rd November. Details can be found here
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2008 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History
We are pleased to advise that the Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP has now announced 2008 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History open for nominations.
Nominees must also meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the 2008 Nomination Guidelines now available on the website at www.dest.gov.au/pmhistoryprize
Nominations close at 5.00 pm on 20 January 2008
For further information please contact the Secretariat at pmhistoryprize@dest.gov.au
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ENI AWARD 2008
The Call for nomination for the first Edition of Eni Award is Officially Announced. Eni Award regards applied research in science and technology in the field of Energy. Eni Award substitutes the Eni Italgas Prize that has arrived at its XIX Edition.
Deadline 14th December 2007 – 5 p.m.
For furher information
www.eniaward.net
eniaward@feem.it
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Pritzker Architecture Prize
Nominations are accepted from all nations; from architects, writers, critics, academics, government officials, architectural associations, or industrialists, who might have an interest in advancing great architecture. The prize is awarded irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology.
Further Details found here
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