[Usyd-research-announce] Research Grants Bulletin 23 September 2011

[Research Grants]

General news 

 

Early Career Research Showcase: submit your abstract

Abstracts are now being accepted for this year’s Early Career Research Showcase. 

The Showcase, in its fourth year, is a fun afternoon of short talks aimed at a general audience, by early career research fellows from across the University. This is your chance to find out about the breadth of research being done in the University, and to meet and talk to other researchers.

Visit the Research Support site <http://sydney.edu.au/research_support/ecr_showcase/>  to find out more, submit your abstract and register to attend. 

 

Research Opportunities Database

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

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

 

Humanities & Social Sciences

RESEARCH GRANTS

1 The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) - Academic Advising Research Support Grant 

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

2 Government of Canada - Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

3 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Golda Meir Fellowship

CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL

4 Government of Canada - Faculty Research Program (FRP)

 

Health Sciences

NEWS

5 National Institutes of Health - NIH Funding

RESEARCH GRANTS

6 The Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation (ROTRF) - Grant Application & Awards

7 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Grand Challenges Explorations Round 8

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

8 Government of Canada - Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

9 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Golda Meir Fellowship

Sciences & Engineering

RESEARCH GRANTS

10 Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF)  - AISRF S&T Fund Round 6

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

11 Government of Canada - Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

12 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Golda Meir Fellowship

 

Humanities & Social Sciences

RESEARCH GRANTS

1  Funding Body: The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)

Title: Academic Advising Research Support Grant 

Description: NACADA research support is intended to facilitate research related to academic advising. Quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methodologies are welcome, as is research from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Successful proposals will clearly describe the development, implementation, analysis, and reporting of rigorous inquiry that investigates academic advising’s impact, context, or theoretical basis. 
Within these areas, the Research Committee has identified a research agenda of critical areas for research. Potential researchers should note this agenda. Researchers may also be interested in a list of research topics previously awarded NACADA grants as well as a sample grant evaluation checklist used by previous selection committees. These may be found on the NACADA Web site.

Eligibility: Practicing professionals (administrators and faculty) as well as graduate students seeking support for dissertation research are eligible.

Amount awarded: Up to US$5,000 - see website for details and categories

Application guide: For more information please click here. <http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/Research_Related/Grant-Guidelines.htm> 

Research Office Contact: Joanne Elliot on +61 2 8627 8107

Email: joanne.elliot at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 20 October 2011

 

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

2  Funding Body: Government of Canada

Title: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

Description: The purpose of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships is to build world-class research capacity by recruiting top-tier Canadian and international postdoctoral researchers at an internationally competitive level of funding.

The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career. The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career.

Eligibility: For more details please click here <http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/apply-demande/elig-adm-eng.html> 

Amount awarded: $70,000 CAN per year (taxable) for two years.

Application guide: For more information please click here. <http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/about-a_propos/index-eng.html> 

Research Office Contact: Joanne Elliot on +61 2 8627 8107

Email: joanne.elliot at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 19 October 2011

 

3  Funding Body: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Title: Golda Meir Fellowship

Description:  The Golda Meir Fellowship Fund is designed to attract students and graduates of outstanding academic achievement from all parts of the world, including Israel, and enable them to pursue their master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites applicants for Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Applied Sciences, Agriculture and Medicine for the 2011 Academic Year.

Eligibility:  see website for more details

Application guide:  For more information please click here. <http://www.austfhu.org.au/application-instructions-and-forms.html> 

Research Office Contact:  Kathy Homan on 8627 8138

Email: kathy.homan at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 21 October 2011

 

CONFERENCE & TRAVEL

4  Funding Body: Government of Canada

Title: Faculty Research Program (FRP)

Description: The FRP is designed to assist individual academics in higher education institutions to undertake short term research in and about Canada. The purpose is to increase knowledge and understanding of Canada through publication abroad of pertinent articles in the scholarly press. Priority may be given to projects that relate to contemporary situations and issues which illuminate options for future developments, or which focus on Canada's bilateral relations with the participating countries.

Eligibility: see website for details

Amount awarded: Airfare and living expenses for a maximum of 4 weeks.

Application guide: For more information please click here. <http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/faculty-research-program.php> 

Research Office Contact: Joanne Elliot on +61 2 8627 8107

Email: joanne.elliot at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 20 October 2011

 

Health Sciences

NEWS

5 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 Joanne Elliot in Research Grants on 02 8627 8107 joanne.elliot at sydney.edu.au to assist you with the application process.

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

6 Funding Body: The Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation (ROTRF) 

Title: Grant Application & Awards

Description: ROTRF supports clinically oriented research projects, such as observational clinical studies or studies that use human transplant samples for laboratory examinations, and focusing on understanding the pathogenesis and prevention of human transplantation diseases, including organ injury and rejection, viral infection, and late graft deterioration. Furthermore, the ROTRF may consider funding research that addresses related clinical issues in non-transplant patients, including hepatitis C infection and other viral infections, and inflammatory processes relevant to human organ transplantation.

Eligibility: Established faculty members of academic staff at universities, transplant and diabetes centres, and research institutes are eligible.

Amount awarded: Up to a maximum of 300,000 Swiss Francs over 3 years.

Application guide: Please visit: http://www.rotrf.org/grantprogramme/rotrfjdrf/index.html

Research Office Contact: Kathy Homan on 8627 8138

Email: kathy.homan at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 20 October 2011

 

7 Funding Body: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 

Title: Grand Challenges Explorations Round 8

Description:  Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) supports hundreds of early-stage research projects – including many ideas that have never before been tested – and scientists from a wide range of disciplines and regions. The Explorations initiative funds innovative ideas that could lead to new vaccines, diagnostics, drugs, and other technologies targeting diseases that claim millions of lives every year. 

NEW - Protect Crop Plants from Biotic Stresses From Field to Market
NEW - Design new approaches to optimize immunization systems
NEW - Explore New Solutions in Global Health Priority Areas
Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children
Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges

Eligibility: The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline, from student to tenured professor, and from any organization – colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.

Amount awarded: Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million. 

Application guide: For application instructions click here <http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/ApplicationInstructions.aspx> 

Research Office Contact: Kate Taylor on 8627 8137

Email: kate.taylor at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 03 November 2011

 

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

8 Funding Body: Government of Canada

Title: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

Description: The purpose of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships is to build world-class research capacity by recruiting top-tier Canadian and international postdoctoral researchers at an internationally competitive level of funding.

The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career. The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career.

Eligibility: For more details please click here <http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/apply-demande/elig-adm-eng.html> 

Amount awarded: $70,000 CAN per year (taxable) for two years.

Application guide: For more information please click here. <http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/about-a_propos/index-eng.html> 

Research Office Contact: Joanne Elliot on +61 2 8627 8107

Email: joanne.elliot at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 19 October 2011

 

9 Funding Body: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Title: Golda Meir Fellowship

Description:  The Golda Meir Fellowship Fund is designed to attract students and graduates of outstanding academic achievement from all parts of the world, including Israel, and enable them to pursue their master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites applicants for Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Applied Sciences, Agriculture and Medicine for the 2011 Academic Year.

Eligibility:  see website for more details

Application guide:  For more information please click here. <http://www.austfhu.org.au/application-instructions-and-forms.html> 

Research Office Contact:  Kathy Homan on 8627 8138

Email: kathy.homan at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 21 October 2011

 

Sciences & Engineering

RESEARCH GRANTS

10 Funding Body: Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF)

Title: AISRF S&T Fund Round 6

Description: The Australia-India Strategic Research Fund assists Australian researchers from both the public and private sectors to participate in leading edge scientific research projects and workshops with Indian scientists and supports the development of strategic alliances between Australian and Indian researchers. The AISRF is Australia’s largest fund dedicated to bilateral research with any country and one of India’s largest sources of support for international science.  The emphasis of the fund is on providing support for collaborative research projects and workshops so eligible Australian applicants must have an eligible Indian partner to apply. Funding is provided to support a number of activities including visits to India by Australian researchers, salaries for research assistants and PhD students and workshop costs.

Amount awarded: The maximum amount of funding that can be awarded to a successful project by the Australian Government has been capped at $300,000 (GST exclusive). This maximum amount must be taken into account when drafting the project plan and budget.  A higher cap of $400,000 (GST exclusive) has been introduced for projects that can demonstrate at least one active 'end user' partner.

Application guide: For more information please click here <http://www.innovation.gov.au/Science/InternationalCollaboration/aisrf/Pages/default.aspx> .

Research Office Contact: Joanne Elliot on +61 2 8627 8107

Email: joanne.elliot at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 04 October 2011

 

 

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

11 Funding Body: Government of Canada

Title: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

Description: The purpose of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships is to build world-class research capacity by recruiting top-tier Canadian and international postdoctoral researchers at an internationally competitive level of funding.

The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career. The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career.

Eligibility: For more details please click here <http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/apply-demande/elig-adm-eng.html> 

Amount awarded: $70,000 CAN per year (taxable) for two years.

Application guide: For more information please click here. <http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/about-a_propos/index-eng.html> 

Research Office Contact: Joanne Elliot on +61 2 8627 8107

Email: joanne.elliot at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 19 October 2011

 

12  Funding Body: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Title: Golda Meir Fellowship

Description:  The Golda Meir Fellowship Fund is designed to attract students and graduates of outstanding academic achievement from all parts of the world, including Israel, and enable them to pursue their master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites applicants for Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Applied Sciences, Agriculture and Medicine for the 2011 Academic Year.

Eligibility:  see website for more details

Application guide:  For more information please click here. <http://www.austfhu.org.au/application-instructions-and-forms.html> 

Research Office Contact:  Kathy Homan on 8627 8138

Email: kathy.homan at sydney.edu.au

Closing date: 21 October 2011

 

 

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