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RESEARCH GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND SEMINARS
 
The following research grants and fellowships are available to staff and post-doctoral researchers of UNSW. Funding for research grants and fellowships is a competitive process and applications will be assessed against the stated criteria and considered on competitive merit against other applications. For further information please send an email to: research@unsw.edu.au
 
DATES SPECIFIED ARE INTERNAL CLOSING DATES.
 
Contact the UNSW Grants Management Office if you have any difficulty meeting these deadlines. All applications must be submitted through the UNSW Grants Management Office. UNSW salary and infrastructure information is available on the UNSW Grants Management Office homepage: http://www.gmo.unsw.edu.au
 
Please note that at the time this information was gathered all deadline dates were correct. However prospective applicants are encouraged to check the relevant websites.
 
ARC MAJOR FUNDING ROUNDS FOR 2010
 
The Research Strategy Office (RSO) provides intensive strategic grantsmanship support for the major ARC funding rounds of Discovery, Linkage, and Future Fellows. For further information please visit: http://www.dvcresearch.unsw.edu.au/strategic.html
 
Future Fellows 2010- UNSW Expressions of Interest- NOW OPEN- for further information please visit: http://www.dvcresearch.unsw.edu.au/funding.html
 
Library of Successful Research Grants The Research Strategy Office houses a library of successful past research applications that researchers have made available to UNSW applicants. To make an appointment to review applications please contact Scott Hoggan (s.hoggan@unsw.edu.au; phone 9385 5600).
 
Research Grant Seminars and Professional Development
 
The role of the Research Training Office is to enhance the University's research performance. Working with researchers at all stages of their careers to provide professional development, training and grantsmanship. Further information can be found at: http://www.dvcresearch.unsw.edu.au/professionaldevelopment.html
 
The new Ethics Online web site Ethics Online now has its own web site: http://www.gmo.unsw.edu.au/Ethics/EthicsOnline/home_page.html
 
Please visit the above to find out all you want to know about Ethics Online including its latest development, user documentation, training and support. ETHICS ONLINE TRAINING IN AUGUST - NEW Please be advised Grants Management Office will be organizing the next set of Ethics Online Trainings in August, for more information and to register please click here
 
Multidisciplinary and International
 
1. Australia Thailand Institute
2. Drinkwise- Community Grants
3. Department of Health and Ageing- Research Funding
4. CDMRP- Research Funding
5. Australian- American Fulbright Commission
6. ESRC- Research Funding
7. CPA Australia- Research Grant Grants and Fellowships Science & Engineering
8. AINSE- 2010 Research Awards Medicine
9. RACP- Jacquot Awards
10. APEG- Research Grants
11. Foundation for High Blood Pressure - Fellowship
12. Baxter International- Grants Program
13. The Commonwealth Fund- Harkness Fellowship
 
Arts & Social Sciences
 
14. The Spencer Foundation- Research Grants
 
Business,Built Environment, Law
 
Prizes & Awards
 
15. AAEE- Education Awards
 
Conference & Travel Grants
 
16. Cass Foundation- Travel Grants
 
Multidisciplinary and International
 
1. AUSTRALIA THAILAND INSTITUTE
General Grants
The Advisory Board of the ATI is now calling for funding applications. Project proposals that focus on building links among youth, involve activities in regional Thailand, are likely to involve partner funding from other sources and will lead to long-term linkages are particularly encouraged. The ATI will fund programs in three Priority Areas: 1) Public Policy: Democratic governance, public administration and trade and economic reform. 2) Education. 3)Media.
Internal Deadline(s): 27thJuly 2009
 
2. DRINKWISE
Community Grants Fund
Applications are invited from innovative and creative community-based projects that apply new ideas and different approaches to promote positive behaviour change to reduce alcohol misuse. DrinkWise will award between $5,000 and $25,000 to grants recipients.
Internal Deadline(s): 1 September 2009
 
3. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING Research Funding
As part of the community level initiatives component of the National Binge Drinking Strategy¸ the Department of Health and Ageing is seeking applications from incorporated community groups or local government organisations for project proposals that aim to prevent and reduce binge drinking by young people aged 12-24 years. Funding is available for organisations to provide programs in city¸ urban¸ regional¸ rural and remote Australia. Innovative projects and those representing partnerships between community organisations are encouraged. Internal Deadline(s):14 September 2009
 
4. CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS
 
 i) Exploration- Hypothesis Development Award- Bone Marrow failure Research Program (BMFRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09bmfrpehda_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 9th July 2009) Internal Deadline: 20th July 2009
 
ii) Therapeutic Development Award- Amyotrophic Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09arpconcept_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 15th July 2009) Internal Deadline: 28 September 2009
 
 iii) Concept Award- Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prcrpconcept_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 15th July 2009) Internal Deadline: 22 July 2009
 
iv) Idea Award- Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prcrpidea_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 5th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 16th November 2009
 
iv) New investigator Award- Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prcrpidea_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 5th August 2009) Internal Deadline:16th November 2009
 
v) Synergistic Idea Award- Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prcrpidea_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 5th August 2009) Internal Deadline:16th November 2009
 
vi) Collaborative Translational Science Award- Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prcrpidea_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 5th August 2009) Internal Deadline:16th November 2009
 
vii) Metric Development and Validation Award- Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09msrpmdva_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 13h August 2009) Internal Deadline: 9th November 2009 vii) Synergistic Idea Award- Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09phtbirpattda_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 13h August 2009) Internal Deadline: 9th November 2009
 
viii) Concept Award- Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program (PH/TBI) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09phtbirpconcept_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 21st August 2009) Internal Deadline: 21st August 2009
 
ix) Investigator- Initiated Research Award -- Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program (PH/TBI) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09phtbirpiira_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 14th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 13th October 2009
 
x) Advanced Technology/Therapeutic Development Award- Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program (PH/TBI) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09msrpsia_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 14th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 13th October 2009
 
xi) Clinical Trial Award- Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prorpcta_instruct.pdfPre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 13th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 9th November 2009
 
 xi) Hypothesis Development Award- Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prorphda_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 25th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 7th September 2009
 
xii) Idea Development Award- Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prorpideadev_pa.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 13th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 2nd November 2009
 
xiii) Technology Development Award- Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prorptda_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 13th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 2nd November 2009
 
xiv) Translational Research Partnership Award- Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09prorptrpa_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 13th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 2nd November 2009
 
xiv) Clinical Trial Award- Rehabilitation - Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09scirpcta_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 27th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 23rd November 2009
 
xv) Translational Research Partnership Award - Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09scirptrpa_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 27th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 23rd November 2009
 
xv) Investigator-Initiated Research Award - Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09scirpiira_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 27th August 2009) Internal Deadline: 23rd November 2009
 
xv) Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award - Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Website: http://www.grants.gov Full Program: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive/09scirpehda_instruct.pdf Pre-application submission to the CDMRP eReceipt System is mandatory for all award mechanisms offered by CDMRP https://cdmrp.org (pre application deadline, 30th October 2009) Internal Deadline: 9th November 2009
 
5. AUSTRALIA AMERICAN FULBRIGHT COMMISSION
2010 Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant Program
Full Program: http://www.fulbright.com.au/scholarships/australian-institutions/us-senior-specialist.html Applications are now open for Australian Institutions to host a 2010 Fulbright U.S. Senior Specialist. The Fulbright U.S. Senior Specialist Program subsidises Australian educational institutions to bring a U.S. Senior Specialists to Australia for a two to six week period. It encourages collaboration with United States faculty on curriculum and faculty development as well as a variety of other activities. The scholarship provides the approved Specialist with an international airfare and $U.S.200 per day honorarium
Internal Deadline(s): 21 September 2009
 
6. ECONOMIC SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Research Funding
The Department for International Development (DFID) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are pleased to announce that they have agreed to continue their strategic partnership to provide a joint funding scheme for development research. The ESRC and DFID have identified three thematic areas for this call where work will be of particular interest. These areas are: Security, Conflict and Development; Economic Crisis, Poverty and Growth: The implications for Development Theory and Practice; * Cities and Development
Internal Deadline(s): 14th September 2009
 
7. CPA AUSTRALIA i) Small Business Research Grant Website: https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F57FECA-55058280/cpa/hs.xsl/Index.html Full Program: https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F57FECA-F4112EF6/cpa/hs.xsl/1038_32391_ENA_HTML.htm The sponsor is offering a grant of up to $10,000 to researchers based in Australian universities for research into small business issues. Research can be on any aspect of small business, however, projects will be assessed according to their relevance to CPA Australia members who are in business or who provide business advice.
Internal Deadline(s): 24th August 2009.
 
 ii)Frank Burke Scholarship The sponsor offers up to $10,000 for research in the area of taxation and/or superannuation to academic accounting researchers based in Australian universities. Applicants must be permanent residents of Australia presently employed at an Australian tertiary institution Internal Deadline(s): 24th August 2009.
 
 iii) Not for Profit Research Grant The sponsor is offering a grant of up to $10,000 to researchers based in Australian universities for a research project on not-for-profit issues. The project may be on any aspect of the not-for-profit sector. However, applications will be assessed according to their relevance to CPA Australia members who are in the not-for-profit sector or work with this sector.
Internal Deadline(s): 24th August 2009
 
 Grants and Fellowships Science & Engineering
 
8. AINSE
AINSE Research Awards 2010
AINSE provides funds to assist researchers from member universities to gain access to ANSTO and other AINSE facilities. Awards are awarded for one year commencing in January.
Internal deadline: 15th September 2009
 
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Medicine
 
9. ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
Jacquot Awards:
 Jacquot Research Establishment Award
The award is intended to assist in the establishment of a career in nephrology research. The Award may provide salary or other support such as laboratory set-up costs or a short-term Research Assistant appointment. Nephrologists, who are fellows of the RACP, who wish to further their studies in the treatment and control of renal disease in a university, hospital or research centre within Australia or New Zealand are eligible to apply. Funding of up to $90,000 per year is available. Internal Deadline(s): 24th August 2009.
 
Don and Lorraine Jacquot Fellowship
The award is intended to provide opportunities for nephrologists, who have completed a postgraduate research degree and are still at an early stage in their research career, to help develop independent research programs to advance knowledge in the treatment of renal disease. The Fellowship is primarily intended as stipend support, or part stipend support for the applicant. The Don and Lorraine Jacquot Fellowship recipients will be expected to carry out independent and/or team research and activities that will develop their expertise in biomedical, clinical and/or public health research. They may work with support, guidance and/or direction from more senior colleagues in establishing their research careers. Funding of up to $A90,000- $A100,000 The Fellowship is tenable by an individual for one year in the first instance with the option of renewal for up to five years.
Internal Deadline(s): 24th August 2009
 
Jacquot Research Entry Scholarship
The award is intended to assist the establishment of a career in nephrology research for a nephrologist at any early stage in their career who has a postgraduate research degree in an area of relevance to nephrology. The Award is normally intended to provide laboratory costs or stipend for a Research Assistant, but may also be used for part-stipend for the applicant. The Award is normally for one year with the option of renewal. Funding of up to $A90,000 per annum.
Internal Deadline(s): 24th August 2009.
 
10. AUSTRALASIAN PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINE GROUP
Research Grants - Various
The Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group (APEG) is the professional body in Australia and New Zealand which represents those involved in management and/or research of children with disorders of the endocrine system including diabetes mellitus. Applications are invited for a number for research grants. Internal Deadline(s): 24th August 2009
 
11. FOUNDATION FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE RESEARCH
Post Doctoral Research Fellowship
The sponsor invites applications for a two year post-doctoral fellowship for a research project in hypertension or related fields in basic, clinical or public health areas. Applications from biomedical, clinical and public health researchers are invited.
Internal Deadline(s): 21 August 2009
 
12. BAXTER INTERNATIONAL
Grants Program
The sponsor offers support for organizations focusing on increasing access to health care - particularly for the disadvantaged and underserved - in communities where the sponsor's employees live and work. The sponsor funds initiatives that improve the access, quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare. The sponsor also works to increase the availability, commitment and skills of healthcare providers. Preference is given to proposals that expand or improve access to healthcare with a strong plan for sustaining the services or program beyond the term the grant.
Internal deadline: 14 September 2009
 
13. THE COMMONWEALTH FUND
Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy & Practice 2010-2011
The Harkness Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for mid-career professionals—academic researchers, government policymakers, clinicians, managers, and journalists—from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, to spend up to 12 months in the United States conducting a policy-oriented research study, working with leading U.S. health policy experts, and gaining an in-depth knowledge of the U.S., Australian, Canadian, Dutch, German, New Zealand, and U.K. health care systems. Each fellowship will provide up to US$107,000 in support.
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14. THE SPENCER FOUNDATION
Research Grants
As part of a new institutional initiative, the Spencer Foundation will make several awards of up to US$40,000 for research projects in Philosophy as it relates to educational policy and practice. The sponsor has identified the following areas of inquiry: The Relation between Education and Social Opportunity; Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Institutions; Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources and Purposes and Values of Education. Proposals are accepted at any time; there are no deadlines
 
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Business, Built Environment, Law
 
 
Prizes and Awards
 
 Those interested in being nominated, or nominating another UNSW staff member are asked to please contact Paul Ashworth, UNSW's Prizes and Awards Officer, for detailed assistance (Ph: 9385 2011, Fax: 9385 6545, Email: P.Ashworth@unsw.edu.au).
 
15. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Australasian Engineering Education Awards
Nominations are invited for the Australasian Engineering Education Awards which identify, showcase and reward the work of members committed to fostering excellence and innovation in engineering education. Internal deadline: Mid August 2009
 
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Conference/Travel Grants
 
16. CASS FOUNDATION
Travel Grants
The sponsor provides funding to further the career opportunities of early career post doctoral researchers by enabling them to make presentations of their research findings at international conferences/meetings. The amount of the grant available is $6,000.
Internal deadline: 12th August 2009
 
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Previously Announced in Grant-News
 
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Alcoa Foundation - Grants Program (G/N 18/10/07)
ANSTO - Access to Major Research Facilities Program (G/N 06/09/07)
ARC Nanotechnology Network - Conference and Travel Grants (G/N 01/11/07)
Assoc for Advancement of Baltic Studies - Subvention Grants (G/N 08/10/07)
AusAID - International Seminar Support Scheme (G/N 06/09/07)
AusIndustry - COMET (G/N 20/09/07)
Australian Egg Corporation - Travel/Conference Grants (G/N 06/09/07)
 Canadian High Commission - CPEP (G/N 20/09/07)
 Earthwatch Australia - Research Grants (G/N 15/11/07)
 Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation - IBD Grants LOI (G/N 01/11/07)
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation - Humanities Program (G/N 29/11/07)
 Harold Mitchell Foundation - Arts & Health Funding (G/N 15/11/07)
James S. McDonnell Foundation - 21C Collaborative Activity Awards (G/N 20/09/07)
Japan Foundation Asia Centre - Seminar Support Program (G/N 01/11/07)
LJFNSW - In-Kind & Small Grants (G/N 29/11/07)
Macquarie Bank Foundation - Community Grants (G/N 08/10/07) *
MSRA - Incubator Grants (G/N 08/08/08)
Norman Wettenhall Foundation - Grants Program (G/N 01/11/07)
AERF- Project Grants (G/N 17/10/08) AERF- Conference Attendance Grants (17/10/08)
 
 *The award of funds under this grant scheme attracts Infrastructure Block Grant money
 
 Please note that at the time this information was gathered all deadline dates were correct. However prospective applicants are encouraged to check the relevant websites.
 
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20 July 2009
 
DEEWR- Endeavour Awards (G/N 3/7/09)
Law Foundation- Grants Program- (03/7/09)
Leukaemia Foundation- Research Grants (G/N 3/7/09)
 
22 July 2009
 
LRC- Research Award (G/N 3/7/09)
 
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24 July 2009
 
 ARHF- Research Project (G/N 3/7/09)
 
 

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