Researchers applying for NHMRC Project Grants must be aware of the following procedures when submitting on 19 March 2013.

The NHMRC will be checking 2013 grant applications to ensure that all reporting obligations, including progress, final and financial reports, have been submitted from previous NHMRC grants.

Failure to submit reports may affect an applicants’ eligibility to apply for a Project Grant.

You have until 19 March 2013 to submit outstanding reports.

Also, CIAs are requested to complete A-RC: Research Classification of Project Grants applications as soon as possible after they have commenced their application. This information will assist the NHMRC in planning for peer review and allocating applications to appropriate panels.

NHMRC Project Grant applications close 19 March 2013.

ICT will again be supporting information technology requirements in faculties through the Faculty-Specific IT Research and Education Program (FREIP) in 2013. This program aims to support projects which are ineligible for the main ICT funding streams.

The scope of the program is:

• To develop IT solutions/services for research and teaching support within one or more faculties.
• Proposed project has defined technology deliverables.
• Proposed budget per project has a maximum limit of 20% of the total program budget
• Projects or initiatives not covered by University-wide funding streams

Applications will be prioritized using the criteria that are used for all ICT projects, but tuned for faculty impact. The priority assessment process includes the following selection criteria:

1. Alignment to Faculty strategies
2. Need - degree to which the project is required to sustain University (faculty) operations
3. Value for money - to what degree does the project improve efficiency and reduce costs, and how much will theproject cost to implement and what are the ongoing operational costs associated with project?

Approved projects will be managed as individual projects using the existing ICT project methodology within a program framework.

Closing dates
Round 1 – Friday, 15 March 2013 (High priority, urgent projects)
Round 2 – Friday, 17 May 2013

Contact Mike Baker for an information pack.

Asthma Australia is now calling for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) in two focus areas of their National Research Framework: Basic Science and Social & Public Health, offering research grants and scholarships totaling nearly $500,000 for 2013.

The EOI Form and Instructions can be found on the Asthma Australia website along with a full overview of the program for 2013.

Applications are due 31 March 2013.

If you have any further queries about the research program please email Luda Kuchieva or Asthma Australia Research.

The Australian Academy of Science invites applications from Australian early career researchers for the France-Australia Science Innovation Collaboration (FASIC) Program Early Career Fellowships in 2013.

The FASIC program is a joint fund to support high calibre Australian and French early career researchers (ECRs) nominated by their institutions, to expand research and innovation activities and to initiate substantial research networks and linkages to support both countries’ research and innovation priorities.

Candidates should be research active in the fields of

1. medical science and biotechnology;
2. clean energy and resources;
3. climate change and environment; and
4. transport and infrastructure.

Visit their website for information and guidelines.

For further information please email Luda Kuchieva.

Applications close on Tuesday 2 April 2013.

Full-time Cancer Research Fellowships are now open for applications.

These Fellowships will provide salary and project support to encourage and develop NSW cancer research careers, and to attract high-calibre researchers from interstate and overseas to establish programs in New South Wales.

The Institute offers Early Career ($200,000 per annum for 3 years), Career Development ($200,000 p.a. for 3 years) and Future Research Leader Fellowships ($250,000 p.a. for 3 years).

The grant guidelines for these fellowships are now available on the Cancer Institute NSW website.

Applications close 5pm, Friday 5 July 2013.

Professor Lionel Tarassenko, from the University of Oxford, will present "Mobile health for chronic disease management: what have we learnt in the first decade in the UK?”

Professor Tarassenko will discuss the requirements for successful long-term monitoring, which include smart data  collection (maximum information at minimal cost to the patient) and the use of patient-specific models.

Since taking up a lectureship in at Oxford in 1988 Tarassenko  has devoted most of his research effort to the development of signal processing techniques and their application to diagnostic systems, especially in the context of medical problems.

Details:
When: 12-1pm, Tuesday 2 April 2013
Where: The talk will take place within the RPAH precinct (exact venue to be advised).
RSVP by Friday, 12 March 2013 to Carlyn Quek.

Lunch will be provided after the talk.