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Faculty of Science News Bulletin for Researchers

(News, Events, Funding opportunities, Awards and Prizes)

Bulletin 09/2008 - (9 September 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 Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
  5. Victorian Innovation Statement 2008
  6. Monash team learns from nature to split water
  7. With thanks from the hairy-nosed wombat
  8. Free access to scientific literature

PART B - EVENTS

  1. Monash events, seminars and information sessions
  2. Monash 50th Anniversary Events Calendar
  3. Monash University Research Month
  4. MURPA International Research Seminar Series 2008
  5. Early Career Researcher Information Session
  6. Introduction to the use of EndNote
  7. Professor Tim Flannery in association with the Faculty of Science – Monash 50th Anniversary Public Lecture Series
  8. Monash/CSIRO New Synchrotron Users Symposium
  9. Workshop for Writing Successful Monash Animal Ethics Applications

PART C - FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

  1. CASS Foundation Limited – Science and Medicine Grants
  2. Project Aware Foundation (PAF) – Research Grants Program
  3. Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) – Long-Term Fellowships and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships
  4. Land and Water Australia (LWA) – Climate Risk Management Tools for Decision Makers
  5. DIISR – Australia-India Strategic Research Fund – Round Three
  6. Kirby (J N) Foundation – Research Grants
  7. Life Sciences Research Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
  8. DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service
  9. Department of the Environment and Water Resources – Australian Antarctic Division – EOI – Logistical Resource Funding
  10. Australian Academy of Science (AAS) – Visit to the National Institute of Health (NIH) USA for Junior Scientists
  11. King’s College London Fellowship
  12. Australian Research Council – Linkage Project Grants (Round 2/2008) – Eligibility Exemption and Ruling Requests
  13. DIISR – National Innovation Awareness Strategy (NIAS) – National Science Week Grants
  14. National Museum of Australia – Visiting Fellowships
  15. Australian Research Council – Linkage Project Grants (Round 2/2008)
  16. Go8 European Fellowships 
  17. Abbott Laboratories Fund 
  18. Harvard University – Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study – Fellowships 2008-2009 for Natural Scientists and Mathematicians
  19. Ray & Joyce Uebergang Foundation – Small Research Grants
  20. Australian Academy of Science - Australian participation in European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)
  21. Australian Marine Science and Technology Ltd. (AMSAT) – Consultant Registration
  22. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Short-term and Long-term visit support funding
  23. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Sponsorship for conferences, workshops, summer and winter schools, and short courses
  24. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Travel Grants
  25. Center for Inquiry – Visiting Fellows and Scholars
  26. CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Fund – Visiting Fellowships
  27. Earthwatch Institute – Research Program
  28. European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) – Short-Term Fellowships
  29. Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) – Short-Term Fellowships
  30. Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development
  31. National Geographic Society Conservation Trust
  32. National Geographic Society – Grants for Research and Exploration
  33. Research Grants Seminar presented by the Canadian High Commission
  34. Rural Industries Research Development Corporation (RIRDC) – Travel/Conference Grants

PART D - AWARDS AND PRIZES

  1. Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Awards 2009
  2. Australian Academy of Science (AAS) – Early career and Career Awards
  3. Australian Academy of Science (AAS) - 2009 Award For Research On The Conservation of Endangered Australian Vertebrate Species
  4. The Royal Society of New South Wales – The Edgeworth David Medal 2008

PART E – POSTGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPORT AND AWARDS

  1. Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC) – Postgraduate Scholarship Projects
  2. Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund - Postgraduate Student Research Support in ecology, wildlife management and natural history studies
  3. DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service
  4. Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists – Honours and PhD Grants 
  5. Land and Water Australia (LWA) – Postgraduate Research Scholarships
  6. Australian Academy of Science (AAS) – Visit to the National Institute of Health (NIH) USA for Junior Scientists
  7. The Royal Society of New South Wales – The Edgeworth David Medal 2008
  8. 2009 Monash University Postgraduate Research Scholarships
  9. The Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee (GABCC) – PhD top-up Scholarship
  10. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Short-term and Long-term visit support funding
  11. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Sponsorship for conferences, workshops, summer and winter schools, and short courses
  12. Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) – Travel Grants

PART F - DATES AND DEADLINES