[Usyd-research-announce] Research Office Bulletin 12 November 2010

[Research Grants]

General news 

 

WE Invite you to

Sydney Research Open Day

 

Supporting Sydney Research and Researchers

22 November 2010, 9.00am-4.00pm 
New Law School, Level 4  

Are you a researcher or research administrator interested in:

*         planning your research career

*         seeking funding

*         industry collaboration

*         ethics in humanities

*         animal ethics

*         intellectual property

*         and more...?


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Research Office Funding Opportunities Database

To view the opportunities listed within this Bulletin and all current
funding opportunities advertised please visit the Research Office
Database:

http://agile2.ucc.usyd.edu.au/ro/opportunities/grants 

 

Humanities & Social Sciences

RESEARCH GRANTS

1          The Leakey Foundation - General Research Grants 

Health Sciences

NEWS

2          National Institutes of Health - NIH Funding

3          Garvan Institute of Medical Research - Translational Genomics
Symposium

RESEARCH GRANTS

4          The Allen Foundation - Research Grants 

Sciences & Engineering

RESEARCH GRANTS

5          Dairy Innovation Australia Limited (DIAL) - Products Research
Grants

6          Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)
- National Weeds and Productivity Research Program

 

Humanities & Social Sciences

RESEARCH GRANTS

1.

Funding Body:

The Leakey Foundation

Internet link: http://www.leakeyfoundation.org

Title:

General Research Grants 

Description:

The Leakey Foundation was formed to foster research into human origins.
The Foundation exclusively funds research related specifically to human
origins, including paleoanthropology, genetics, primate behaviour, and
studies of modern hunter-gatherer groups. Other areas of study are
generally not funded.

Eligibility:

Advanced doctoral students as well as established scientists are
eligible for general research grants.

Amount awarded:

Grants are awarded up to US$22,000

Application guide:

For more information please click here
<http://leakeyfoundation.org/grants/applicants/applying_general_grants/>
.

Indirect cost recovery:

This scheme is exempt from University of Sydney indirect costs.

Research Office Contact:

Kate Taylor on 8627 8137

Email: kate.taylor at sydney.edu.au

Closing date:

10 December 2010

 

Health Sciences

 

2.

Funding Body:

National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

Title:

NIH Funding

Description:

Applicants interested in applying for NIH Grants should subscribe to the
NIH Funding Bulletin. To subscribe please click on the following link:
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm - and follow the
instructions.  

If you are planning on submitting an application to an eligible funding
scheme please contact Yamini Sandiran in the Research Office on 02 8627
8101 yamini.sandiran at sydney.edu.au to assist you with the application
process.

 

3.

Translational Genomics Symposium - Garvan Institute of Medical Research

This symposium will provide an opportunity for International and Local
speakers to discuss how genomic information can potentially be
translated into the clinical setting

Tuesday 30th November 2010

Registration $90 / Students $50 Register ASAP - numbers are limited

www.garvan.org.au/symposium/transgenomics

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

4.

Funding Body:

The Allen Foundation

Internet link: https://www.allenfoundation.org

Title:

Research Grants 

Description:

Grants are limited under the terms of the foundation's charter to
projects that primarily benefit programs for human nutrition in the
areas of health, education, training, and research.  The policies and
priorities of the Allen Foundation:

*	To make grants to fund relevant nutritional research. 

*         To support programs for the education and training of mothers
during pregnancy and after the birth of their children, so that good
nutritional habits can be formed at an early age. 

*         To assist in the training of persons to work as educators and
demonstrators of good nutritional practices. 

*         To encourage the dissemination of information regarding
healthful nutritional practices and habits. 

*         In limited situations to make grants to help solve immediate
emergency hunger and malnutrition problems. 

Eligibility:

Academic research under an Allen Foundation grant must be conducted
under the leadership of a principal investigator who is a full-time
regular faculty member with tenure or on tenure tract. 

Application guide:

For more information please click here
<https://www.allenfoundation.org/applicants/apply.asp> .

Indirect cost recovery:

This scheme is subject to University of Sydney indirect costs.

Research Office Contact:

Kate Taylor on 8627 8137

Email: kate.taylor at sydney.edu.au

Closing date:

10 December 2010

 

Sciences & Engineering

RESEARCH GRANTS

5.

Funding Body:

Dairy Innovation Australia Limited (DIAL)

Internet link: http://www.dairyinnovation.com.au

Title:

Products Research Grants

Description:

Proposed projects should be targeted to provide research solutions in
line with DIAL strategic objectives and priorities.

Large and small project applications are welcome, especially those
addressing industry technical problems, enhancing industry
sustainability or potentially transforming industry practice and
potential. Funding will be considered for projects on any scale within
the program budget.

Applications are invited in any related research area. Specialist
reviews of technology opportunities may also be funded. 

Projects within the Processes and Products stream cover the areas of:

*         Dairy powders and ingredients, their manufacture and their
application

*         Novel and improved manufacturing processes  

*         Cheese, yoghurt and cultures (not probiotics)

*         Generic product quality issues 

Amount awarded:

A minimum of $200,000 in funding is available in each year of this
program.

Application guide:

For more information please click here
<http://www.dairyinnovation.com.au/acgr.html> .

Indirect cost recovery:

This scheme is exempt from University of Sydney indirect costs.

Research Office Contact:

Luda Kuchieva on 8627 8106

Email: luda.kuchieva at sydney.edu.au

Closing date:

10 December 2010

 

6.

Funding Body:

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)

Title:

National Weeds and Productivity Research Program

Description:

RIRDC is inviting proposals for research projects to find solutions to
address Australia's weeds problem. Applications must address the four
research objectives which can be found here
<http://www.rirdc.gov.au/programs/national-rural-issues/weeds/applying-f
or-funding/applying-for-funding_home.cfm> .

Anyone intending to apply must contact Luda Kuchieva
<mailto:luda.kuchieva at sydney.edu.au>  asap. All draft proposals should
be emailed to Luda by 6th December 2010.

Eligibility:

*         Preference will be given to research that involves national
collaboration between organisations and includes community and/or
industry-based groups and landholders in its design and implementation.

*         Proposed research must not duplicate activities which are
being funded under other Australian Government programs.

*         Research that builds on previous or current weeds research and
requires further investigation of issues for completion, and/or
assistance to make technology or knowledge available for use are
encouraged

*         All project activities must comply with relevant local
government, State, Territory and Commonwealth legislation

Application guide:

Applicants without a Clarity ID are required to submit their proposals
through a two stage process. Applicants who already have an ID can go
straight to stage 2:

Stage 1: - Only for applicants who do not have a Clarity User ID

Fill in the National Weeds and Productivity Program Stage 1 Application
form and email the completed document to weeds at rirdc.gov.au by 5:00pm,
10th of December 2010. Once RIRDC has received this document a Clarity
User ID and Password will be provided. 

Stage 2 

When a Clarity User ID and logon have been provided to the applicant,
proposals will need to be submitted via Clarity as Full Research
Proposals by 5:00pm, 13th of December 2010.

For more information please click here
<http://www.rirdc.gov.au/programs/national-rural-issues/weeds/applying-f
or-funding/applying-for-funding_home.cfm> .

Indirect cost recovery:

This scheme is exempt from University of Sydney indirect costs.

Research Office Contact:

Luda Kuchieva on 8627 8106

Email: luda.kuchieva at sydney.edu.au

Closing date:

06 December 2010

 

 

 

 

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