* How to Apply for Animal Ethics - Monday 1 September, 10am-12noon, ITC Training Labs, Level 1, 780 Elizabeth Street

* Themis Grants and Contracts for Administrators (Part 1 - Submissions and Proposals) - Wednesday 3 September, 10am-12noon, ITC Training Labs, Level 1, 780 Elizabeth Street

* How to Start Preparing for the Next Major ARC Grant Rounds - Tuesday 9 September, 1pm-2pm, Theatre 2, level 1, Alan Gilbert Building

* How to Start Preparing for the Next Major NHMRC Grant Rounds - Tuesday 16 September, 1pm-2pm, Theatre 2, level 1, Alan Gilbert Building

Please register before attending.

CONTACT:Jane Pontikis, phone 8344-2065

The Australian Research Council has informally advised the University that there is an intention to offer another round of Centre of Excellence funding to commence in 2010. The round would probably open in early to mid 2009. Note that the ARC is currently working through its funds for the Future Fellowship scheme and discussing the future of Federation Fellowships, both of which may impact upon the availability of funding for a CoE round.

In anticipation of funding being offered in 2010, the University is calling for Expressions of Interest for potential Centre of Excellence proposals. Your EOI should be signed by the relevant Head(s) of your Department/ School/ Centre as well as Dean(s).

Based on your EOI the University may provide limited funds to support further concept development, finding potential partners, associated meetings or workshops and travel. For University of Melbourne led proposals funding of up to $6,000 may be offered. For proposals developed through other Universities, up to $2,000 may be offered. The level of funding offered is at the discretion of the DVC (Research).

Further information regarding application instructions can be obtained Dr Mark Potter or the ARC Centres of Excellence website.

EOIs should be submitted to Tania Bezzobs, Manager Research Development at the Melbourne Research Office by September 30, 2008.

CONTACT:Mark Potter, phone 8344 2013

The GRDC is has released the Investment Plan 2009-10 (Open and Multi-stage Tenders).

The purpose of the GRDC Investment Plan 2009-10 (Open and Multi-stage Tenders) is to inform the potential research partners about some of the Corporation’s new investment priorities for 2009-10. This document includes only those priorities with open tender and multi-stage tendering procurement methods. Other open tenders and multi-stage tenders may be advertised throughout the year.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted to Christianne O'Donnell at the Research Office by the 23 September 2008 for review.

Further information can be obtained from the GRDC Investment Plan website.

CONTACT:Christianne O'Donnell, phone 8344 2054

Managing Climate Variability is seeking a suitably qualified team or individual to undertake an audit of existing climate risk management tools developed for use in agriculture. The outputs will be:

• a detailed analysis of all available tools to assess their accuracy, applicability, benefits and limitations;


• documentation and specifications of those climate risk management tools assessed to be of high value;


• a draft web-ready portal with the proposed functionality for a 'one-start shop' for climate risk management knowledge;


• recommendations for investment in climate risk management tools, based on the above analysis of tool coverage, applicability and value.

CONTACT:Christianne O'Donnell, phone 8344 2054

Are you a researcher thinking about submitting an ARC Linkage Project application in the next round? Feeling challenged about what to do next, how to develop your project concept, find an industry partner? MRO and the Faculties have a number of activities that can help you.

Please see the Linkage Project Calendar to see summarises of key events, activities and actions for researchers for the next Linkage Round.

CONTACT:Mark Potter, phone 8344 2013

Tony McKittrick of the Canadian Education Centre/Canadian High Commission will present a 30 minute talk on scholarships for graduate studies in Canada, including the Canadian Studies Grant and funding for Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, Engineering and Health. Grants are available for Academic and Research Office staff as well as graduate students on short research trips to Canada as part of their doctoral or masters research.

Following this session, the Australian-American Fulbright Commission will make a 30 minute presentation on Fulbright Scholarships for study or research in the United States. The speaker will be Dr Wayne Millen, a consultant from PharmaBank and former Fulbright Scholar.

Fulbright Scholarships for Australian Citizens available in 2009 include Postgraduate (up to A$40,000), Postdoctoral (up to A$30,000), Senior Scholars (up to A$30,000) and Professional (up to A$25,000). There are general scholarships (all fields of study) as well as scholarships for specific fields. Applications for 2009 Fulbright Scholarships close on August 31.

Date: Wednesday 27 August
Time: 1 - 2pm
Venue: Theatre 3, Alan Gilbert Building, Parkville Campus
RSVP: Bridget Tee, International Relations Office

SPONSOR: The University of Melbourne

SCHEME:International Research Planning Workshop Award

SYNOPSIS: The International Research Planning Workshop Award is designed to assist University of Melbourne researchers to:

• form new or foster existing strategic linkages with researchers from international universities, research institutions or industry;
• develop international research networks;
• establish or increase participation in international collaborations;
• lay the foundations for longer-term collaborations.

VALUE: Up to $15,000

Funds received can not be used to sponsor other conferences.

ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for the funding, the planning workshop must be:

• convened by a University of Melbourne researcher;
• for the purpose of developing new collaborative linkages or significantly enhancing existing linkages;
• attended by international participants who are academics, research institute staff or industry representatives; supported by the lead Melbourne researcher’s Head of Department.
• Applications that have evidence of matching cash contributions will be given priority.

• demonstrate that they have the time and capacity to successfully undertake the activity;
• be a salaried academic staff member of the University of Melbourne.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Wellcome Trust

SCHEME:Support for seminars and other capacity-building initiatives (developing countries)

SYNOPSIS: This scheme provides support for seminars and similar initiatives that address the need to build capacity to conduct research into ethical issues arising in the development and delivery of healthcare in developing countries, or that involve scholarly discussion of ethical issues in biomedical science and healthcare in developing or restructuring countries.

Applications may be submitted at any time and should be sent to the Trust at least two months before your proposed research is due to commence.

VALUE: The normal maximum contribution is £5000.

ELIGIBILITY: Ventures should focus on increasing opportunities for representation by developing or restructuring countries. In addition, they should aim to bring together workers from different disciplines. Awards are not made for attendance at conferences. Individual researchers are limited to no more than two awards with a minimum of 12 months between the first and the second.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Wellcome Trust

SCHEME:Developing Countries Small Project Grants

SYNOPSIS: This scheme meets the direct costs (under £30 000) of a modest research project - e.g. a pilot or capacity development project - falling within the objectives of our Biomedical Ethics Programme, where such expenses cannot be met by the applicant's host institution. The majority of the proposed research should take place in a developing or restructuring country location.

Applications can be made at any time and awards are made throughout the year. Applicants should allow up to six weeks for their preliminary application to be to be assessed and a full application to be invited (if successful). Applicants invited to submit full applications should allow up to four months for their applications to be peer-reviewed and a final decision to be made.

VALUE: Small project grants usually run for six months to a year and provide up to £30 000. (For projects with estimated costs of over £30 000.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Principal applicants should be based in a developing or restructuring country. Coapplicants may be based in a developing or restructuring country, in the UK or in the Republic of Ireland.

Applicants must normally hold an established academic post in a university or other institution of higher education. Applicants from non-academic institutions may be considered - in such cases, we will investigate eligibility criteria.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Harold Mitchell Foundation Ltd

SCHEME:Research Grants

SYNOPSIS: The Harold Mitchell Foundation's priority areas are health and the arts. Applicants should address one of the following criteria's to apply:

• Discovery in the arts and or health fields to break new ground and set up opportunities for the future.
• Capacity of communities to foster their arts and health activities and the capacityof talented individuals with the commitment and potential to improve our world.
• Establishment of arts or health activities with real potential to take off and be ongoing.

VALUE: $20,000. The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Anna Giannios at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

Dr David Cookson is the Organisation's CEO/Manager. Please request HOD approval prior to submission to the sponsor via Themis Submissions.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Anna Giannios, phone 8344 2011

SPONSOR: Besen Family Foundation

SCHEME:Research Grants

SYNOPSIS: The foundation seeks to encourage programs and projects in three broad areas: Arts and Culture; Health and Welfare; Jewish Interests. Funding may be used for various purposes. Please see the Besen Family Foundation's Areas of Interest for further information.

VALUE: Up to $10,000. Applicants requesting larger amounts are encouraged to discuss their request with the Foundation's Executive Officer before submitting.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application budget should not include any funding request for this purpose.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Anna Giannios, phone 8344 2011

SPONSOR: German Academic Exchange Service

SCHEME:DAAD Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Academics and Scientists

SYNOPSIS: Research grants are available to scientists with an opportunity to carry out a research project or a course of continuing education and training at a German state (public) or state-recognised higher education institution or non-university research institute.

Research grants can be used to carry out:

• research projects at a German higher education institution for the purpose of gaining a doctorate in the home country;
• research projects at a German university for the purpose of gaining a doctorate in Germany;
• research projects or continuing education and training, but without aiming for a formal degree/qualification.

VALUE: Depending on the award holder's academic level, the DAAD will pay a monthly award of 750 euros (graduates holding a first degree) or 1,000 euros (doctoral candidates). As a rule, the scholarship additionally includes certain payments towards health insurance cover in Germany. Furthermore, the DAAD generally will pay an appropriate flat-rate travel allowance, unless these costs are covered by the home country or by another funding source.

Award holders completing a stay of more than six months receive a study and research allowance plus, where appropriate, a rent subsidy and family allowance. Funding for attendance of a language course is decided on a case-by-case basis (cf. Requirements).

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications for DAAD research grants are open to excellently-qualified university graduates who hold a (research) Master's or Honours' degree at the time they commence the grant-supported research and, in exceptional cases, graduates holding a Bachelor's degree or already holding a doctorate/PhD (post-docs).

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: German Academic Exchange Service

SCHEME:Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists

SYNOPSIS: These grants and scholarships aim to provide foreign academics and scientists working in higher education or at research institutes with an opportunity to carry out a research project at a state (public) or state-recognised higher education institution or non-university research institute in Germany.

Deadlines:

• 30 September for stays to run from February of the following year
• 31 March for stays to run from August of the same year.

VALUE: Depending on the applicant's academic status, the monthly award will amount to 1,840 euros for assistant lecturers, assistant professors and young lecturers, and 1,990 euros for professors, in exceptions, 2,240 euros.

In addition to these payments, the DAAD generally will pay an appropriate flat-rate travel allowance, unless these costs are covered by the home country or by another funding source.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications for DAAD research stays are open to excellently-qualified academics and scientists who should generally hold a doctorate/PhD. All applicants must be working in higher education or at a research institute in their home country.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Wellcome Trust

SCHEME:Developing Countries Project Grants Preliminary Proposals(biomedical ethics programme)

SYNOPSIS: The Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics funding programme supports research and discussion on the ethical, social and cultural issues raised at every stage in the development and delivery of human and animal healthcare in developing and restructuring countries. This includes ethical issues arising from biomedical research, the translation of research into practice, clinical care, and public health and policy.

Full applications are due on 1 December 2008.

VALUE: A project grant meets the direct costs of a research project falling within the objectives of the Wellcome Trust's Biomedical Ethics Programme, where such expenses cannot be met by the applicant's host institution for a maximum of three years.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Principal applicants should be based in a developing or restructuring country. Coapplicants may be based in a developing or restructuring country, in the UK or in the Republic of Ireland. Applicants must normally hold an established academic post in a university or other institution of higher education. Applicants from non-academic institutions may be considered - in such cases, we will investigate eligibility criteria.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: BHP Billiton Community Trust

SCHEME:Corporate Community Program

SYNOPSIS: The BHP Billiton Corporate Community Program manages a key group of partnerships with Australian and International community and environment not-for-profit organisations.

BHP Billiton would like to found projects that:

• Are national/international and will benefit communities in regions where BHP Billiton operates
• Are directed at solving problems in a sustainable way rather than providing short-term relief from symptoms or long-term dependency
• Will become self-sustaining over a period of time, or will continue to provide benefits to the community after the project is completed and funding has ceased
• Provide opportunities for involvement of BHP Billiton employees
• Will have a significant impact in addressing an issue or make a real difference to the community

• Culture
• Education, Training and Leadership
• Community Capacity Building
• Community & Occupational Health
• Environment

VALUE: These projects generally fall in the range of AUS$50,000 - AUS$200,000 although a longer-term project could receive this amount annually for up to three years.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications for funding will be considered from a not-for-profit organisation that:

• is pursuing objectives of significant and demonstrable benefit to the Australian or International community in the focus areas;
• has a proven track record of achievement and satisfactory project management, or is otherwise able to demonstrate the capacity to achieve its stated aims and objectives; and
• can provide satisfactory information on its management and financial status.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Anna Giannios, phone 8344 2011

SPONSOR: European University Instititute

SCHEME:Max Weber Fellowships

SYNOPSIS: The Max Weber Programme is the largest postdoctoral programme for young researchers in the social sciences and humanities in Europe. It is funded by the European Commission (DG Education) and hosted by the European University Institute in Florence.

VALUE:

• The basic stipend is € 2,000 per month.
• Successful applicants who receive other grants or salaries must disclose this to the EUI. The amount of the fellowship will be fixed at a lower rate (minimum €1250 per month) depending on the amount of the additional income.
• If applicable, family allowances will be added to the basic stipend.

ELIGIBILITY:

• The Programme offers 1–2 year fellowships to junior post-docs who have received a doctorate in economics, history, law or political and social sciences in the last 5 years.
• Max Weber Fellowships are open to candidates who have received their Ph.D. or officially been accepted for defense by the time of the start of the programme (1 September).
• Candidates of all nationalities are eligible for the Max Weber Fellowships.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: The University of Melbourne

SCHEME:Woodward Medal

SYNOPSIS: Sir Edward Woodward, a former Chancellor, and Lady Woodward, with the support of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, have established two Medals for staff at the University of Melbourne. The Medals are awarded to annually to a member of staff for research published in the preceding three (3) years that is considered to have made the most significant contribution by a member of staff to knowledge in (a) a field of science and technology, and (b) a field of humanities and social sciences.

Nominations are invited from all areas of the University. Science and technology is broadly defined to include, for example, the sciences, applied sciences, engineering and medical and health sciences. Humanities and Social Sciences is broadly defined to include, for example, the humanities, the arts, the creative arts and the social sciences.

OTHER INFORMATION: Full details and nomination forms can be downloaded.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact David Cookson, phone 8344 2039

SPONSOR: Canadian High Commission

SCHEME:Faculty Research Program

SYNOPSIS: 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.

While applications from all disciplines are accepted, the Canadian High Comission is particularly interested in projects that have policy relevance for Canada and Canada's foreign policy. For instance; Democracy and Rule of Law, Economic Development, Environment, Managing Diversity, North American Partnership, Peace and Security. Comparative studies will be given priority.

VALUE: The award will consist of a contribution towards international air fare of up to CDN$2,600 and an allowance of CDN$800 per complete week of stay in Canada to assist with costs of domestic travel and living expenses for a maximum of four weeks. Smaller awards may be made.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must hold a masters or PhD and be proficient in either English or French.

OTHER INFORMATION: Applications should be submitted directly to the sponsor by 31 October 2008. Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Group of Eight

SCHEME:Go8 European Fellowships

SYNOPSIS: The Go8 European Fellowship scheme recognises the importance of international contacts for early career researchers. It is envisaged that Fellows will continue to collaborate with Australian research partners when they return to their home institutions.

VALUE: Each Fellowship is worth AUD 20,000.

• AUD2,000 provided to the host School/College/Faculty to meet incidental expenses.
• AUD18,000 provided directly to the fellow for travel, including travel within Australia and living expenses.

ELIGIBILITY: The Fellowships are open to eligible researchers in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria. Further eligibility requirements apply.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Details of this scheme have been provided here for the benefit of University of Melbourne staff who might know eligible candidates with an interest in applying.

Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Metanexus Institute

SCHEME:Global Network Catalyst Grants Program

SYNOPSIS: The Metanexus Institute announces grants in support of transdisciplinary exploration of fundamental questions of life, the cosmos, and humanity. Metanexus invites proposals from networked teams of five or more investigators who:

• Intend to examine questions that range beyond those normally studied within established academic disciplines;
• Span an adventurous diversity of such disciplines;
• May engage religious and spiritual points of view;
• Seek to forge new and enduring links among different fields of study; and
• Aspire to have a transformational impact upon human knowledge and education.

VALUE: US$30,000

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY:

• Interdisciplinary group or give or more university-affiliated scholars with a demonstrated well-balanced diversity of disciplinary expertise in areas of scientific, philosophical and religious concerns.
• An eagerness to transcend disciplinary boundaries.
• Group chair holds PhD or equivalent
• Expectation of regular group meetings
• Puruit of collaborative oppotunities
• Program novelty

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

SCHEME:Career Development Program Letters of Intent

SYNOPSIS: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS's) Career Development Program (CDP) provides awards intended to meet the specific needs of investigators at different states in their research careers. The awards - Scholar, Scholar in Clinical Research, Special Fellow, Special Fellow in Clinical Research and Fellow - provide stipends to investigators, allowing them to devote themselves to research bearing on leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. The Career Development Program supports fundamental research in genetics, molecular and cell biology, molecular pharmacology, molecular virology and immunology. The program also encompasses translational research directly relevant to the improved treatment or diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and, where applicable, to prevention. A preliminary application is mandatory for those applying for a Career Development Program grant and must be completed online.

VALUE:

• Scholar awards are for $110,000 (stipend $105,000 per year for five years.
• Scholar in Clinical Research - awards are for $110,000 per year for five years.
• Special Fellow awards are for $65,000 per year for three years.
• SFCR awards are for $65,000 per year for three years.
• Fellow awards are for $55,000 per year for three years.

OTHER INFORMATION: ***Prior to applying for an award, please discuss your application with Monique O'Callaghan in the Melbourne Research Office because the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will only accept one application from each of the categories specified, per institution.***

Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Monique O'Callaghan, phone 8344 2009

SPONSOR: The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

SCHEME:Promise Grants Preliminary Proposals

SYNOPSIS: Promise Grants provide support for integrated programs of collaborative and cross-disciplinary research projects leading to the aggressive translation of scientific discoveries into clinical tools and applications that have the greatest potential to significantly reduce breast cancer incidence and/or mortality within the next decade. Integrated programs addressing Population Disparities in Breast Cancer Outcomes and Triple Negative Breast Cancer are of special interest, and may receive funding priority.

VALUE: Up to $1.5M per year will be provided for a three to five year.

This scheme allows the University to request funding to cover indirect costs (overheads). The minimum amount that must be requested is 35% of the direct costs (excluding equipment over $100,000 but including the cost of all academic staff working.

ELIGIBILITY:

• Applicants must have a doctoral degree
• Must ensure that all past and current Komen-funded grants or awards are up to date and in compliance with all Komen requirements.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Hayley Shaw, phone 8344 1699

SPONSOR: The Cancer Council Victoria

SCHEME:Cancer Research Vacation Studentships

SYNOPSIS: The Cancer Council Victoria (CCV) is now calling for applications for studentships in cancer research. The work will be done as part of a cancer research program being conducted at a university or other research organisation.

VALUE: Studentship tenure will usually be a maximum of six weeks during the summer vacation. Studentship holders will receive $250 per week.

ELIGIBILITY: Undergraduate students enrolled in relevant disciplines at any Victorian University. Students are not eligible after completing their final year, except for 3rd year science students who are proceeding to the fourth year of an honours degree. Overseas students are eligible to apply but need to have a student visa that allows limited work to be undertaken.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Hayley Shaw at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Hayley Shaw, phone 8344 1699

SPONSOR: Australian Rotary Health Research Fund

SCHEME:Improving Mental Health Services - Research Grants

National Competitive Grant

SYNOPSIS: The Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (ARHRF) invites applications from teams of researchers/service providers/clinicians/consumers & carers, for funding to evaluate new or existing interventions/services designed to restore or promote the mental health of Australians.

VALUE: Applicants may request up to $60,000 per year. Budget request for more than this amount will not be funded.

Grants are available for up to three years. However, preference will be given to projects of one or two years’ duration.

This grant scheme is recognised as an Australian Competitive Grant and budgets should not include any funding to cover the University's indirect cost recovery for overheads. The University obtains funding of its overheads through other mechanisms.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be an Australian citizen or have Permanent Resident Status and not be under bond to any foreign government. Applicants are to provide, where appropriate, evidence of resident status.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Leah Mount, phone 8344 2012

SPONSOR: Australian Rotary Health Research Fund

SCHEME:Evaluation Grants: Rural Health

National Competitive Grant

SYNOPSIS: The funding will support research projects which are designed to improve the quality of existing services or to evaluate new evidence-based services that have the potential restore or promote the health of Australian living in rural and/or remote area.

VALUE: The total budget for one year of funding MUST NOT exceed $40,000. Applications requesting more than $40,000 will not be considered.

The Australian Rotary Health Research Fund has made available $200,000 for three years to support five (5) or more research proposals to a maximum of $40,000 per proposal (no more than one proposal will be funded per State or Territory).

This grant scheme is recognised as an Australian Competitive Grant and budgets should not include any funding to cover the University's indirect cost recovery for overheads. The University obtains funding of its overheads through other mechanisms.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be an Australian citizen or have Permanent Resident Status and not be under bond to any foreign government. Applicants are to provide, where appropriate, evidence of resident status.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Leah Mount, phone 8344 2012

SPONSOR: Eli Lilly

SCHEME:Investigator Initiated Trials (Research Grants)

SYNOPSIS: Lilly is committed to supporting projects which improve patient care, disease state awareness, provide educational information to the medical community or support initiatives in the local community. The following are examples of grants that Lilly will consider for funding:

• Healthcare professional education
• Patient education programs concerning disease state awareness or general health issues.

VALUE: There is no funding limit, however, the grant application will be measured against the merits of the research proposal to how much funding will be allocated.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Research should be conducted totally within Australia.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Hayley Shaw at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Hayley Shaw, phone 8344 1699

SPONSOR: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

SCHEME:Program Project Grants - Letters of Intent

SYNOPSIS: JDRF Program Projects provide a mechanism to stimulate new collaborations between clinical and basic scientists and/or between scientists from diverse backgrounds as a means to conceive and develop new approaches to persistent obstacles to progress along the various paths to a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications.

JDRF Program Projects must have a central theme highly relevant to the priority areas of research for JDRF. Program Projects should have a set of clearly defined goals that can be met within a 3-year period. In most cases, JDRF Program Projects will focus on basic or pre-clinical research that seeks to impact the treatment or prevention of type 1 diabetes and its complications. However, clinical studies meeting the other criteria for program projects will be considered.

VALUE: Up to US $660,000 per year, for up to three years, may be requested. Indirect costs cannot exceed 10% of direct costs minus equipment costs and/or subcontract costs if indirect costs are included in the budget submitted by the subcontracting organization.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must hold an M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., Ph.D., or equivalent and have a faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school, company, or other research facility.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Hayley Shaw at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Hayley Shaw, phone 8344 1699

SPONSOR: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

SCHEME:Clinical Investigations Research Grants - Letters of Intent

SYNOPSIS: JDRF Clinical Investigations Research Grants are intended to support clinical research programs that exceed the fiscal limitation of the JDRF regular grant mechanism and/or do not fit the structure of the Center or Program Project Grant mechanisms. JDRF places special value in translational research proposals that lead to and develop unique and innovative solutions to the clinical problems of people with diabetes. This funding mechanism is intended to support early-stage clinical trials to test novel therapeutic approaches as well as non-interventional patient oriented studies that are intended to lead to the development of clinical interventions and monitoring tools (such as surrogate markers) for diabetes and its complications. Applications for Clinical Investigations Research Grants must be goal oriented and closely focused on the JDRF mission.

VALUE: JDRF Clinical Investigations Research Grants will be supported for a maximum of US$660,000 total costs per year for a period of up to 5 years. Indirect costs cannot exceed 10 percent of direct costs and institutional support is encouraged but not required.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must hold an MD, DMD, DVM, PhD or equivalent and have a faculty position or equivalent.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Leah Mount at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Leah Mount, phone 8344 2012

SPONSOR: American Health Assistance Foundation

SCHEME:Alzheimer's Disease Research Grants

SYNOPSIS: Grants to support proposed research and the relevance of the research to improving our understanding of Alzheimer's disease. Applications are invited for both Standard Awards, Pilot Project Awards and Research Fellowships.

VALUE: Standard Award: $400,000 ($133,333 per year for three years).

Pilot Award: $150,000 ($75,000 per year for three years).

Research Fellowship: $100,000 ($50,000 per year for 2 years).

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Standard Award and Pilot Awards: In order to be eligible for grant funding from the Alzheimer's Disease Research (ADR) Standard Award Program, the Principal Investigator (P.I.) must be an independent researcher at a non-profit research institution and hold an equivalent to the academic rank of Assistant Professor or higher. The applicant must be permitted by the applicant’s organization to petition for and receive research grant support and must be permitted to supervise any additional personnel named in the application.

Research fellowships are available to junior and senior postdoctoral fellows. The proposal should be initiated by the postdoctoral fellow and not the supervisor. In the event that a senior postdoctoral fellow becomes an independent investigator during the duration of the award, the balance of the award may be transferred to the new position at the discretion of the American Health Assistance Foundation. In this case, an assurance that the original specific aims would be addressed in the new position would be required.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Hayley Shaw, phone 8344 1699

SPONSOR: American Health Assistance Foundation

SCHEME:National Glaucoma Research Grants

SYNOPSIS: National Glaucoma Research (NGR) Standard Award Program sponsors basic research into the causes and potential treatments of glaucoma, especially for new investigators with little or no previous grant support and established investigators with new ideas or directions for their research.

VALUE: Standard Award: $100,000 ($50,000 per year for 2 years).

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

AHAF also prefers not to fund the salary of the Principal Investigator.

ELIGIBILITY: In order to be eligible for grant funding from the National Glaucoma Research (NGR) Standard Award Program, the Principal Investigator (P.I.) must be an independent researcher at a non-profit research institution and hold an equivalent to the academic rank of Assistant Professor or higher.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Leah Mount, phone 8344 2012

SPONSOR: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

SCHEME:Beta Cell Replacement Initatitve Expressions of Interest

SYNOPSIS: JDRF's role is to facilitate the scientific community in addressing the remaining challenges in beta cell replacement with the ultimate goal of developing safe and effective transplantation approaches available to large numbers of individuals with type 1 diabetes. To achieve this, JDRF is soliciting pre-clinical proposals addressing: Restoring euglycemia and insulin independence by transplanting a replenishable source of glucose-responsive, insulin-secreting cells in the absence of chronic immunosuppression.

Please see the Beta Cell Replacement Initatitve Guidelines more information.

VALUE: Pilot & Feasibility Studies: budgets may not exceed AUS$150,000 per year total costs, including 10% indirect costs for two years.

Collaborative Research Grants: involving multi-group collaborations may budget up to $300,000 per year including 10% indirect costs for two years.

This grant scheme places a limit on the amount of funding that can be sought to cover the University's indirect cost recovery for overheads. You need to include a request for 10% of the direct costs in your budget for indirect cost expenditure.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must hold an MD, DMD, DVM, PhD or equivalent and have a faculty position or equivalent.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and or the Beta Cell Replacement Initatitve Guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Leah Mount, phone 8344 2012

SPONSOR: Association for International Cancer Research

SCHEME:Project Grants

SYNOPSIS: AICR's aim is to support fundamental research into the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. The emphasis is on basic, as opposed to clinical research.

The Association is keen to support recently qualified researchers, work in areas that are relatively under funded or unexplored, pump-priming or preliminary research projects and projects involving international collaboration.

Applications open 1 October 2008.

VALUE: AICR does not have a formal upper limit for the budget, but it should be noted that most of the three-year grants we award have a total budget between £100,000 and £200,000. If you want to apply for significantly more than this please contact the AICR Scientific Consultant prior to completing an applicaiton form. Grants will be funded from 12 - 36 months.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: The PI must have sufficient experience to suggest they can conduct independent research e.g. PhD and three years post-doc, or a similar level of qualification and experience.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Leah Mount, phone 8344 2012

SPONSOR: Alzheimer's Australia Research Ltd.

SCHEME:Hunter Postgraduate Scholarship

SYNOPSIS: AAR is offering the 2008 Hunter Postgraduate Scholarship into the Causes of Alzheimer’s disease. The scholarship will support a PhD student undertaking research in an area relevant to understanding the causes of Alzheimer’s disease.

VALUE: The scholarship will be $23,000 per annum and is usually awarded for three years.

This scheme is exempt from seeking funds to cover the University's indirect cost recovery for overheads under the University's costing and pricing policy. The application budget should not include any funding request for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must:

• be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia.
• have written agreement of a qualified supervisor and the support of an Australian university to carry out the proposed project.
• must enroll or have enrolled in a full-time PhD research degree at an Australian university OR show that they have secured arrangements to undertake a full-time PhD in research at an Australian university.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Hayley Shaw, phone 8344 1699

SPONSOR: Australian Rotary Health Research Fund

SCHEME:Ian Scott PhD Scholarship

National Competitive Grant

SYNOPSIS: The Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (ARHRF) invites applications from recent graduates looking to build a career in the area of mental illness research for the Ian Scott Scholarship.

The object of the Scholarship is is to provide financial support to Research projects within Australia which have the potential to enhance the health of the community and stimulate research activities within Australia by facilitating communication between participants in specified fields.

VALUE: It is intended that the Ian Scott Scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for postgraduate students who are undertaking full-time research for a PhD in an area of research relevant to mental health.

The annual value of the Ian Scott Scholarship is $26,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years upon receipt of satisfactory annual progress reports.

This grant scheme is recognised as an Australian Competitive Grant and budgets should not include any funding to cover the University's indirect cost recovery for overheads. The University obtains funding of its overheads through other mechanisms.

ELIGIBILITY: Eligibility Requirement; Applicants must be an Australian citizen or have Permanent Resident Status and not be under bond to any foreign government. Applicants are to provide, where appropriate, evidence of resident status.

The Fellowships are intended for postgraduate students who are undertaking full-time study of a PhD or MD in an area of research relevant to mental illness.

Applications will be evaluated on the following:

• Academic Record.
• Quality of the Proposed Research.
• Suitability of the Intended Supervisors and Institution.
• Suitability of the Applicant for Research Training
• Relevance to Community-Based Interventions.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Hayley Shaw, phone 8344 1699

SPONSOR: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

SCHEME:Partnerships: Creating effective collaboration between policy and research

National Competitive Grant

SYNOPSIS: The NHMRC Partnerships initiative was designed to meet the need for a more effective integration of evidence into health policy and service delivery, a key objective of its Strategic Plan (2007-09). NHMRC's aim is to improve health care through stronger evidence based approaches.

Partnership Projects are designed to encourage researchers and partner organisations to form alliances to identify research projects, conduct research, interpret its findings and promote the use of those findings to influence the design and evaluation of health and health care policy and practice.

VALUE: Collaborating partner organisations will make a significant contribution in cash and in-kind to the project. A combined total contribution of at least the same value (in cash and in-kind) as NHMRC funds would be expected.

NHMRC will invest up to $37 million under this call. Projects may be up to five years and the maximum amount of NHMRC funding that may be requested for a single application is $1.5 million. If applicants wish to submit proposals in excess of $1.5 million they should contact the NHMRC.

This grant scheme is recognised as an Australian Competitive Grant and budgets should not include any funding to cover the University's indirect cost recovery for overheads. The University obtains funding of its overheads through other mechanisms.

ELIGIBILITY: Partner Organisations can be:

• Working in federal, state, territory or local government - in the health portfolio or in other areas affecting health, such as treasury, urban planning, education or transport.
• Working in the private sector, such as employers, private health insurance providers or private hospitals.
• Major non-government organisations and charities. Community organisations, such as consumer groups.
• Provider and professional groups.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

All applicants must obtain an NHMRC ID number to apply, please complete the online Notice of Intent Form. Your ID number will be forwarded to your email address.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Monique O'Callaghan, phone 8344 2009

SPONSOR: ANZ Charitable Trusts

SCHEME:William Buckland Foundation

SYNOPSIS: The Foundation strives to identify and support initiatives that can make a lasting, significant and positive impact on the well-being of the Victorian community. The Foundation funds a broad range of research projects, particularly those that redress inequailty or focus on the disadvantaged.

VALUE: Grant requests should be $20,000 or more. Funding is generally available for one year only, however, acceptions will be made for projects deemed worthy by the Foundation.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application budget should not include any funding request for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Researchers from the Humanities, the Sciences and Technology should apply. Medical research applicants should apply for the ANZ Charitable Trusts Medical Research and Technology round, held in June each year.

The Buckland Foundation only receives one application per organisation. If the Grants Office receives more than one application, an internal committee will be formed to select the University's sole submission for this round.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Anna Giannios, phone 8344 2011

SPONSOR: ARC-NZ Research Network for Vegetation Function

SCHEME:Working Group Funding

SYNOPSIS: This is an open call for fresh proposals. Working groups offer a mechanism for you to develop new syntheses, data analyses, theory and proposals, and to collaborate intensively and congenially with other researchers.

The potential range of topics is wide, spanning for example molecular genetics and proteomics, evolutionary radiation, biogeography and control of distribution boundaries, ecophysiology, development and architecture, root symbioses, ecosystem processes, functional and comparative ecology, global change, forestry, rangelands, agricultural landscapes, herbivory, pollination, vegetation dynamics and population dynamics, soil processes, nutrient cycles, herbivory, plant diseases, global change, quaternary landscapes, palaeoecology.

VALUE: Proposals do not need to include a budget. The Research Network will make a financial offer to proposals ranked high enough for funding. The Network operates on the principle that they cover economy airfares, accommodation and sustenance for invited participants. Salary-time of participants and indirect costs (overheads) are not funded. There is provision to assist researchers with carer responsibilities to participate.

ELIGIBILITY: Working groups would usually range between about 6-14 participants. Groups larger than 15 participants have been found less effective. Groups would usually bring together people from 2-3 different disciplines. Proposals would not usually rate highly if they are dominated by a circle of people who know each other well and have previously worked and published together. Applications from postgrads and postdocs will be considered just as sympathetically as applications from senior researchers.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Christianne O'Donnell at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Christianne O'Donnell, phone 8344 2054

SPONSOR: Myer Foundation

SCHEME:Arts and Humanities

SYNOPSIS: The Myer Foundation's current priorty areas for the Arts and Humanities in the Small Grants Program are:

• To build capacity of the individual through ensuring that indigenous and non-indigenous artists gain access to professional training, development and mentoring.
• Develop new works by individual Australian artists and small and medium-sized organisations in the following priority areas: Indigenous arts, Regional areas and Experimental and emerging art forms
• Projects that support the humanities, especially those that contribute to defining a distinct Australian identity.

VALUE: Grants are capped at $30,000 and are made for a one-year period only. The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Please submit your application to the Research Office prior to submission to the sponsor because the University will need to internally co-ordinate the scheme. Only one application per department will be accepted from the Myer Foundation for a 12 month period.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

Please ensure you submit your application to the Research Office by the internal closing date because the Research Office will need to internally co-ordinate the scheme.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Anna Giannios, phone 8344 2011

SPONSOR: European University Instititute

SCHEME:Jean Monnet Fellowships

SYNOPSIS: Through its Jean Monnet Fellowship Programme the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies offers yearly between 15 and 20 fellowships to post-docs in an early stage of their academic career. During their stay at the RSCAS, fellows work on a selected topic that fits well in the overall research profile of the RSCAS and they are expected to participate actively in the academic life of the Centre and of the EUI. Each fellow is assigned a professorial mentor. Their stay at the Centre should result in the publication of either a RSCAS Working Paper or a publication in a scientific journal or with an appropriate publishing house.

VALUE: The basic stipend ranges from 1,200 to 2,000 Euro (after tax) per month, depending on age and other means, as in the case of paid sabbatical leave. The rate is indicated in the letter offering the Fellowship. If applicable, family allowances will be added to the basic stipend as indicated below. In case of Fellows having no continuation of salary from the university of origin, the basic stipend is set according to the age (at the time of taking up the fellowship) and it ranges from 1,600 to 2,000 Euro per month. In the case of Fellows already occupying a stable post in a university or research centre, the stipend offered takes account of any continuation of salary (total or significant part) by their university of origin. The stipend will then be set at the rate of 1,200 Euro per month to cover costs of their stay in Florence. The Institute will pay family allowances only in case they are discontinued under the sabbatical.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY:

• The Jean Monnet Fellowships are intended to support post-doctoral research by academics in the early stages of their professional career.
• Candidates of all nationalities are eligible for the Jean Monnet Fellowships.
• Fellows should have a good knowledge of the languages most relevant to their proposed research, and a working knowledge of English.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application guidelines.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Foundation Fyssen

SCHEME:Research Grants

SYNOPSIS: The aim of the Fyssen Foundation is to "encourage all forms of scientific inquiry into cognitive mechanisms, including thought and reasoning, which underlie animal and human behavior; their biological and cultural bases, and phylogenetic and ontogenetic development".

The Foundation supports research in ethology, psychology, neurobiology, anthropology, ethnology, human paleontology and archaeologie. Within the context of general activities

VALUE: The research grant could range from 15.000 to 30.000 euros without renewal. The financing for equipment above 7.500 euros is excluded.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Research Grants are intended to support post-doctoral researchers, under 35 years of age in the biological sciences and under 40 years of age in the human sciences, rather already holder of a post, who wish to work independently by establishing around them a research team to achieve a collective scientific operation in a laboratory in France and who will work in keeping with the Foundation's goals. Priority will be given to researchers who will develop their project in a different laboratory from the one they received their doctorate (Ph.D.) and from the laboratory(ies) where they are working at present.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Canadian High Commission

SCHEME:Faculty Enrichment Program

SYNOPSIS: The FEP is designed to increase knowledge and understanding of Canada abroad by assisting academics in higher education institutions to develop and teach courses about Canada in their own discipline, as part of their regular teaching workload. The program enables academic FEP award holders to gather the necessary information and material on Canada to devise a new course on Canada, or to modify or extend significantly the Canadian component of an existing course.

While applications from all disciplines will be accepted, priority will be given to projects that have policy relevance for Canada and Canada's foreign policy. For instance; Democracy and Rule of Law, Economic Development, Environment, Managing Diversity, North American Partnership, Peace and Security.

VALUE: The award will consist of a contribution towards international air fare of up to CDN$2,450 and an allowance of CDN$800 per complete week of stay in Canada to assist with costs of domestic travel and living expenses for a maximum of four weeks.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be:

• Full-time academic staff
• Proficient in English or French.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor by 31 October 2008. Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: The Getty Research Institute

SCHEME:Research Grants for Pre & Postdoctoral Fellowships

SYNOPSIS: Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual theme. The theme for 2009-2010 is The Display of Art. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center.

Read a complete description of the 2009-2010 theme, The Display of Art.

VALUE: Predoctoral Fellows are in residence for the academic year (September 2009 to June 2010) and receive a stipend of $20,000 for the nine-month residency. Postdoctoral fellows have the choice to be in residence for either one academic year (September 2009 to June 2010) or two academic years and receive a stipend of $25,000 or $55,000 respectively. Both fellowships also provide an office at the Getty Research Institute, an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex, airfare to Los Angeles and health benefits.

For those who chose the one-year postdoctoral fellowship, the UCLA-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship program will also offer one postdoctoral fellow an additional year of support in the form of a half-time teaching position at UCLA and a continuing half-time research fellowship at the Getty Research Institute for the academic year September 2010 - June 2011.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications are welcome from scholars of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Predoctoral fellowship applicants must have advanced to candidacy by the time of the fellowship start date and expect to complete their dis-sertations during the fellowship period. (Predoctoral fellows who receive their doctorate while in residence automatically become Postdoctoral fellows.) Postdoctoral fellowship applicants must have received their degree no earlier than 2003.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: The Getty Research Institute

SCHEME:Library Research Grants

SYNOPSIS: Library Research Grants provide partial, short-term support for costs relating to travel and living expenses to scholars whose research requires use of specific collections housed in the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute. A Library Research Grant is not a prerequisite for obtaining access to the Research Library.

VALUE: Library Research Grants are intended to provide partial support for costs related to travel and living expenses. Grants range from $500 to $2,500 depending on the distance traveled. The research period many range from several days to a maximum of three months, but must take place between 1 March 2009 - 28 February 2010.

ELIGIBILITY: Library Research Grants are intended for scholars of all nationalities and at any level who demonstrate a compelling need to use materials housed in the Research Library, and whose place of residence is more than eighty miles from the Getty Center. Projects must relate to specific items in the library collection. (To search the collections, please visit the Research Library.)

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: The Getty Research Institute

SCHEME:Postdoctoral Fellowships in Conservation Science

SYNOPSIS: The 2009-2011 fellowship will give particular emphasis to the application of science to some of the conservation issues being posed by modern and contemporary art. The postdoctoral fellow will play an integral role in the GCI's expanding area of Contemporary Art Research that works in collaboration with several external partners to address some of the pressing issues in the field. Existing projects include modern paints, outdoor painted sculpture, contemporary murals, and plastics, and for each of these areas methods are being developed to improve analysis, and to better understand how these materials will change with age and/or conservation treatments. Depending on the experience and expertise of the fellow, he/she may propose to work on one of the existing areas of interest, or to initiate a new project that addresses other areas of concern with modern and contemporary art.

VALUE: An annual stipend of $29,300 will be provided for two years. The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications are welcome from scientists of all nationalities who are interested in pursuing a career in conservation science and have received a PhD in chemistry/physical science no earlier than 2003. All candidates should have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in small teams, and be versatile and creative problem-solvers. Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: The Getty Research Institute

SCHEME:Villa Pre & Postdoctoral Fellowships

SYNOPSIS: Villa Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Villa's annual theme. The theme for 2009-2010 is The Display of Art. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Villa in Malibu, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in periodic meetings devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.

Read a complete description of the 2009-2010 theme, The Display of Art.

VALUE: A stipend of $20,000 with be provided for nine months of residency. Postdoctoral fellows have the choice to be in residence for either one academic year (September 2009 to June 2010) or two academic years (September 2009 to June 2011) and receive a stipend of $25,000 or $55,000 respectively. All fellows will be provided with an office, an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex, airfare to Los Angeles, and health benefits.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications are welcome from scholars of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Predoctoral fellowship applicants must have advanced to candidacy by the time of the fellowship start date and expect to complete their dissertations during the fellowship period. (Predoctoral fellows who receive their doctorate while in residence automatically become Postdoctoral fellows.) Postdoctoral fellowship applicants must have received their degree no earlier than 2003.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: The Getty Research Institute

SCHEME:Research Grants for Scholars at the Getty Villa

SYNOPSIS: Villa Getty Scholar and Villa Visiting Scholar Grants provide a unique research experience. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Villa in Malibu where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in periodic meetings devoted to the 2009-2010 theme of The Display of Art, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.

Read a complete description of the 2009-2010 theme, The Display of Art.

VALUE: Villa Getty Scholars are in residence for the entire academic year (from September 2009 to June 2010). A salary-replacement is provided up to a maximum of $75,000. An office, research assistance, airfare to and from Los Angeles, an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex and health benefits will be provided.

Visiting Scholars are in residence for a three-month term. A monthly stipend of $3,500 will be provided prorated to the actual dates of residency. An office, research assistance, airfare to and from Los Angeles, and an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex will be provided.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: These grants are for established scholars, artists, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please submit your application directly to the sponsor. Further information can be obtained from Alice Boland at the Melbourne Research Office.

Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: The Getty Research Institute

SCHEME:Postdoctoral Fellowships in Conservation Science

SYNOPSIS: The 2009-2011 fellowship will give particular emphasis to the application of science to some of the conservation issues being posed by modern and contemporary art. The postdoctoral fellow will play an integral role in the GCI's expanding area of Contemporary Art Research that works in collaboration with several external partners to address some of the pressing issues in the field. Existing projects include modern paints, outdoor painted sculpture, contemporary murals, and plastics, and for each of these areas methods are being developed to improve analysis, and to better understand how these materials will change with age and/or conservation treatments. Depending on the experience and expertise of the fellow, he/she may propose to work on one of the existing areas of interest, or to initiate a new project that addresses other areas of concern with modern and contemporary art.

VALUE: An annual stipend of $29,300 will be provided for two years. The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application's budget should not include requests for this purpose.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications are welcome from scientists of all nationalities who are interested in pursuing a career in conservation science and have received a PhD in chemistry/physical science no earlier than 2003. All candidates should have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in small teams, and be versatile and creative problem-solvers. Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.

OTHER INFORMATION: Please see the website for full details and application forms.

CONTACT: For assistance with applications, please contact Alice Boland, phone 8344 2052

SPONSOR: Canadian High Commission

SCHEME:International Research Linkages

SYNOPSIS: This program is designed to facilitate international collaboration within the academic community while fostering the development of permanent exchange networks by providing assistance to teams of researchers from Canada and one or more countries in order to organize seminars or other forms of research linkages.

VALUE: Up to CDN$10,000.

The sponsor will not provide funding to meet the University's indirect costs (overheads). The application budget should not include requests for this