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Faculty of Science News Bulletin for Researchers

Bulletin 04/2008 - (3 April 2008)

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PART A - NEWS

  1. Research Office - News and Events
  2. Monash Newsline – Science and Engineering
  3. ScienceAlert – Australia and New Zealand
  4. Science Matters – Department of Education, Science and Training
  5. Panic Dynamic - ABC’s Catalyst programme
  6. Thwaites appointed chair of Monash Sustainability Institute
  7. Self-Cleaning Keratins – Dr Walid Daoud (School of Applied Sciences and Engineering)

PART B - EVENTS

  1. Monash events, seminars and information sessions
  2. Victoria Cancer Agency – Early Career Innovators Network
  3. Workshop for Writing Successful Monash Animal Ethics Applications
  4. Seminar on Applied Entrepreneuring: Turning science into profitable business
  5. Seminar: The scientific programs at the ID17 biomedical beamline of the ESRF:medical imaging and radiotherapy clinical trials
  6. Seminar: Micro-spectroscopy with synchrotron X-ray microbeams
  7. Fresh Science 2008
  8. The Grant Institute’s Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop

PART C - FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

  1. DIISR – International Science Linkages Programme – Competitive Grants
  2. DIISR – International Science Linkages Programme – European Union Framework Fund
  3. ARC Linkage International Fellowships (ARCIFs) for funding commencing in 2009 – Request for Eligibility Exemptions
  4. 2008 Victoria Fellowships - Call for applications
  5. ARC Indigenous Researchers Development Scheme 2008 for funding commencing in 2009
  6. Land & Water Australia: Scoping the Seasonal Forecasting for Eastern Australia R&D Initiative
  7. Australian Research Council – Linkage Project Grants (Round 1/2008)
  8. Research Fellowship in Microscopy – Faculty of Science and Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy
  9. ARC Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEFS) for funding in commencing in 2009
  10. ARC Linkage International Fellowships (ARCIFs) for funding commencing in 2009 – Fellowship Proposals
  11. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – Grant Funding for Grand Challenges Explorations
  12. Weizmann Institute of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships
  13. Uebergang (Ray and Joyce) Foundation Research Grants
  14. Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
  15. Lindberg (Charles A and Anne Morrow) Foundation
  16. Project Aware Foundation (PAF) - Research Grants Program
  17. Australian Association of Gerontology – R.M. Gibson Research Grant Program
  18. Monash University – CSIRO Collaborative Research Support Scheme (CRSS) – Round 5
  19. DEEWR – Endeavour Awards Programme – International Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards
  20. DIISR – Australia-India Strategic Research Fund – Round Two
  21. Australian Research Council – Linkage Project Grants (Round 2/2008) – Eligibility Exemption and Ruling Requests
  22. DIISR – National Innovation Awareness Strategy (NIAS) – National Science Week Grants
  23. Australian Research Council – Linkage Project Grants (Round 2/2008)
  24. Abbott Laboratories Fund 
  25. Australian Academy of Science - Australian participation in European Cooperation   in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)
  26. Australian Marine Science and Technology Ltd. (AMSAT) – Consultant Registration
  27. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Short-term and Long-term visit support funding
  28. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Sponsorship for conferences, workshops, summer and winter schools, and short courses
  29. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Travel Grants
  30. Center for Inquiry – Visiting Fellows and Scholars
  31. CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Fund – Visiting Fellowships
  32. Earthwatch Institute – Research Program
  33. European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) – Short-Term Fellowships
  34. Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) – Short-Term Fellowships
  35. Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development
  36. National Geographic Society Conservation Trust
  37. National Geographic Society – Grants for Research and Exploration
  38. Research Grants Seminar presented by the Canadian High Commission
  39. Rural Industries Research Development Corporation (RIRDC) – Travel/Conference Grants

PART D - AWARDS AND PRIZES

  1. Victorian Government - Victoria Prize
  2. King Faisal Foundation – International Prizes
  3. 2008 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
  4. Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
  5. The Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year and the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year

PART E – POSTGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPORT AND AWARDS

  1. Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia – Research Grants
  2. The Royal Society of Victoria – Postgraduate Student Prizes
  3. AINSE 2008 Postgraduate Research Awards
  4. DEEWR – Endeavour Awards Programme – International Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards
  5. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Short-term and Long-term visit support funding
  6. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Sponsorship for conferences, workshops, summer and winter schools, and short courses
  7. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Travel Grants

PART F - DATES AND DEADLINES