MTPConnect is set to launch a new round of its Biomedical Translation Bridge (BTB) program, specifically designed to target COVID-19 related research.

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) will be open for two weeks from Monday 18 May – Monday 1 June 2020. Funding will support Australian small and medium enterprises, medical research institutes and universities conducting COVID-19 related research projects. 

In this specific COVID-19 call, the BTB Program can provide up to $1 million in matched funding to support eligible organisations develop medical devices, diagnostics, prophylactic or therapeutic approaches that will achieve an impact on the global response to the pandemic in less than 12-months. Applicants must have demonstrated capacity to match the funding (cash) requested. 

If you are interested in this opportunity please contact nhmrc@flinders.edu.au to discuss your application by 25 May. Application information, guidelines and supporting documentation can be found on the BTB webpage.

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland archives are available for use by Flinders academic staff, researchers and students through Wiley Digital Archives. 

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) was founded in 1871, with roots dating back to 1837.  Today, it is the world’s longest-established scholarly association dedicated to the furtherance of anthropology, in its broadest and most inclusive sense.

These archives include more than 150 years of research and over a million primary source items, including personal papers, fieldwork, photographs and uncatalogued material, conserved and digitised by Wiley.  

To help you get acquainted with the archives, Wiley offers a training hub with videos, tutorials, search tips and frequently asked questions. 

To access the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland archives, visit their website via Flinders ezproxy. 

Image: “Sun Enters Capricornus …, Aries.” Miscellaneous Notes on Religion, Magic, Rites, Customs, Prehistory, Etc. with Particular Reference to India, 22 Dec. 1911. Wiley Digital Archives, http://WDAgo.com/s/e82e4b5c. Accessed 18 May, 2020

The CRC Association's magazine is now 'Collaborate Innovate 2020' and includes a new look.

In Collaborate Innovate 2020, discover Australia’s top CRC achievements. Connect with the world’s top minds as they tell the Association their vision of the future of science research and how linking business with science will play out in the economy and society today and tomorrow.

Research commercialisation, science start-ups and genuine, productive collaboration nationally and overseas will be the cornerstones of Australia’s innovation future.

Read Collaborate Innovate 2020 online.

Nine research fellowships are on offer from the State Library of New South Wales and are designed for applicants who are experienced researchers - either independent or professional - and familiar with using library and archival collections.

The Library's Fellowships are prestigious and aim to support and foster writing, research and study. They provide money, a room and behind-the-scenes access to Library staff. Research topics have ranged from early colonisation of Australia through to investigations of contemporary life.

The Library currently offers the following fellowships:

• Coral Thomas Fellowship: $100,000
• Ross Steele AM Fellowship: $12,000
• Dr A. M. Hertzberg AO Fellowship: $20,000
• David Scott Mitchell Memorial Fellowship: $12,000
• Merewether Scholarship: $12,000
• CH Currey Fellowship: $20,000
• Nancy Keesing AM Fellowship: $20,000
• Australian Religious History Fellowship: $20,000
• Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship: $1000

For further information please refer to the Fellowship FAQ section or contact Education & Scholarship via phone: 02 9273 1910 or email: scholarship@sl.nsw.gov.au.

Applications close on 17 July 2020. The Flinders internal closing date for a completed final draft application is 3 July 2020. For application advice and assistance, contact Dr Sarah Jay, Research Grants Officer (IGII).

The NHMRC-NIHR Collaborative Research Grant scheme (NHMRC-NIHR scheme) supports Australian participation and collaboration in leading international collaborative research through the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme. The HTA Programme funds independent research about the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests.

Projects involving Australian researchers, based in Australia that are chosen by the NIHR for funding, may be eligible for NHMRC support.

NHMRC is considering supporting Australian researchers for the following NIHR HTA 2020 Round 1 research topics:

• 20/18 Minimally invasive operative intervention for bladder outlet obstruction due to benign prostatic hyperplasia
• 20/19 Nasal decolonisation of MRSA
• 20/20 Imaging in paediatric osteomyelitis
• 20/21 Subcutaneous vs oral methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis
• 20/23 Diagnostic tools to establish the presence and severity of peripheral arterial disease in people with diabetes
• 20/24 Psychological intervention for complex post-traumatic stress disorder
• 20/25 Guided self-help for depression in adults with autism spectrum disorder  
• 20/26 Antifungal Stewardship in Haemato-oncology
• 20/27 Management of ankle fractures in children

Round 1 opportunities for funding will be advertised as a Grant Opportunity on Grant Connect in the third quarter of 2020. Please contact Gareth Rees, Senior Research Grants Officer (NHMRC and Health) should you have any queries.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has extended provision of two highly confidential data integration initiatives to allow HDR students as well as junior research officers to access ABS’ Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP) and Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE). 

The BLADE combines business tax data and information from ABS surveys over time to provide a better understanding of Australian businesses and the economy.

The MADIP is a partnership among Australian Government agencies to develop a secure and enduring approach for combining information on healthcare, education, government payments, personal income tax, and population demographics (including the Census) to create a comprehensive picture of Australia over time.

More details about both products as well as data access arrangements can be found on the ABS website.

Any further questions about both initiatives and the application procedures can be directed to Dr Pawel Skuza, Statistical Consultant, Flinders Library. For other opportunities of obtaining confidentialised and open data access please refer to the Flinders' Library Statistical tools and services webpage.

Applications are now open for the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation’s Grants for Gambling Research Program (Round 11). The Foundation awards research grants for areas of study that will build on their knowledge of how gambling affects the Victorian community, inform the advice they provide to government and the strategies and activities they support to address harm.

For this funding round, researchers are invited to submit proposals under the theme, "Gambling in Victoria in 2020 – COVID-19 and beyond".

Applications will be accepted for:

• investigative grants (up to $150,000 over three years)
• mid-career researcher grants (up to $100,000 over two years)
• early career researcher grants (up to $50,000 over 18 months).

For more information about the Foundation’s Grants for Gambling Research Program (Round 11), visit www.tenders.vic.gov.au, tender number VRGF 1-20.

Applications close at 2 pm AEST on Wednesday 24 June 2020. The Flinders internal closing date for a completed final draft application is 10 June 2020. For application advice and assistance, contact Dr Sarah Jay, Research Grants Officer (IGII).

Landholders, community groups and researchers can now apply for bushfire recovery grants of up to $50,000 to help re-establish native habitat and support threatened and vulnerable native animals in South Australia.

The first round of the $400,000 Wildlife Recovery Fund is open for applicants to support the recovery of South Australia’s bushfire-affected plants and animals.

Minister for Environment and Water David Speirs said that nearly 300,000 hectares of land in South Australia burnt this past summer, including around 90,000 hectares of national park land. "These grants are for landholders, community groups, and other organisations to deliver bushfire recovery projects such as native plant regeneration, feral animal and weed control, as well as projects to support species recovery like monitoring projects," said Minister Speirs.

"Projects that improve scientific knowledge of habitat and native plant and animal bushfire resilience and recovery are also encouraged. The State Government will work with Nature Foundation and the Wildlife and Habitat Recovery Taskforce to ensure sound planning, good science and local advice is used to allocate funds wisely, for the greatest benefits."

Nature Foundation Chair Jan Ferguson OAM said the supportive community response to the Wildlife Recovery Fund following the South Australian bushfires has been incredible. "The Fund has attracted wonderfully generous donations from across Australia and overseas with 100 per cent of donations going towards wildlife and habitat recovery work,” said Ms Ferguson. "Applicants can apply for funds up to $50,000 for activities to support the recovery of plants and animals."

For more information and to apply for a grant visit the Nature Foundation website.

Applications close at 5 pm on 12 June 2020. Successful applicants will be announced in July 2020. The Flinders internal closing date for a completed final draft application is 29 May 2020. For application advice and assistance, contact Mary Lyons, Senior Research Grants Officer (IGII).

The Wildlife Recovery Fund has raised more than $400,000 so far, and it continues to accept donations. You can donate by visiting the Nature Foundation website.

The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives.

It produces important information about the changing views and attitudes of Australians as we move through the 21st century. The final complied AuSSA 2018 "Religion" data is available to the public on the Australian Data Archive website.

AuSSA is also the Australian component of the International Social Survey Project (ISSP). The ISSP is a cross-national collaboration on surveys covering important topics. Each year, survey researchers in some 40 countries each do a national survey using the same questions. The ISSP focuses on a special topic each year, repeating that topic from time to time.

The topic for 2018 was Religion. This is the fourth time this has been the topic of the survey, having previously been the theme for the survey in 1991, 1998 and 2008. The AuSSA also allows us to compare Australia with countries all over the world.

The aims of the survey are to discover: the range of Australians’ views on topics that are important to all of us; how these views differ for people in different circumstances; how they have changed over the past quarter century; and how they compare with people in other countries.

The data from questions in sections B,C,D and E are currently embargoed until July 2021.

For more information on the AuSSA 2018 survey background, visit the Australian Consortium of Social and Political Research Inc (ACSPRI) website. Researchers from Flinders are able to submit questions for future surveys, as Flinders is a member of ACSPRI.

The United States' Department of Defense office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has recently released Fiscal Year 2020 funding opportunities for a number of Department of Defense (DoD) Programs.

The Flinders internal closing date for each of these opportunities is 10 working days prior to the external closing date. Please contact the Research Grants and Tenders team if you are intending to apply as soon as possible so that they can assist in registering to apply etc.

Please consult the modified Program Announcements available on Grants.gov and contact the Research Grants and Tenders team if you have any questions.

Breast Cancer Research Program

• Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2
• Breakthrough Award Level 3
• Breakthrough Award Level 4
• Era of Hope Scholar Award
• Innovator Award
• Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award

Gulf War Illness Research Program

• Idea Award
• Research Advancement Award
• Clinical Evaluation Award
• Therapeutic/Biomarker Trial Award
• Patient-Provider and Health Communications Award
• New Investigator Award

Hearing Restoration Research Program 

• Focused Research Award

Lung Cancer Research Program

• Concept Award
• Idea Development Award
• Investigator-Initiated Translational Research Award
• Career Development Award
• Clinical Translational Research Partnership Award

Melanoma Research Program

• Idea Award
• Mid-Career Accelerator Award
• Team Science Award
• Technology Development Partnership Award
• Translational Research Award
• Translational Research Award – Collaborator Option

Multiple Sclerosis Research Program 

• Clinical Trial Award 
• Exploration – Hypothesis Development Award
• Investigator-Initiated Research Award
  

Neurofibromatosis Research Program 

• Clinical Trial Award 
• Exploration – Hypothesis Development Award
• New Investigator Award
• Early Investigator Research Award
• Synergistic Idea Award 
• Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson’s

• Early Investigator Research Award
• Investigator-Initiated Research Award
• Synergistic Idea Award

Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program

• Clinical Research Award
• Clinical Trial Award
  

Ovarian Cancer Research Program

• Proteogenomics Research Award

Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

• Behavioral Health Science Award
  
• Translational Team Science Award
• Virtual Cancer Center Director Award 
• Career Development Award – Fellow Option
• Career Development Award – Virtual Cancer Center Scholar Option

Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program

• Clinical Trial Award
• Clinical Trial Award (for Emerging Viral Diseases and Respiratory Health)
• Investigator-Initiated Research Award (for Emerging Viral Diseases and Respiratory Health)
• Technology/Therapeutic Development Award (for Emerging Viral Diseases and Respiratory Health)
  

Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program open to Emerging Viral Diseases and Respiratory Health with a focus on COVID-19

• Clinical Trial Award
• Investigator Initiated Research Award
• Technology/Therapeutic Development Award

Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program

• Applied Research Award
• Clinical Translational Research Award
• Clinical Trial Award

Prostate Cancer Research Program

• Early Investigator Research Award
• Physician Research Award
• Idea Development Award
• Translational Science Award
• Clinical Trial Award
• Health Disparity Research Award
• Population Science and Research Outcomes Award
• Prostate Cancer Pathology Resource Network Award

Spinal Cord Injury Research Program

• Investigator-Initiated Research Award
• Translational Research Award
• Clinical Trial Award

Tick-Borne Disease Research Program

• Career Development Award
• Idea Development Award

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program

• Clinical Translational Research Award
• Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award
• Idea Development Award

Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website, the CDMRP website and the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP). A listing of all open CDMRP funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.

Submission is a two-step process requiring both pre-application submission and full application submission. All pre-applications must be submitted through eBRAP. Full applications from extramural organisations (non-DoD organisations i.e. Flinders University) must be submitted through Grants.gov.

Refer to the General Application Instructions, Section II.A. for registration and submission requirements for eBRAP and Grants.gov. For detailed information on the submission process, refer to Section II.D. of the Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity.

For more information on types of funding opportunities offered and application strategies review the CDMRP Webinar Series.

The Australian Academy of Science invites applications from ECRs and HDRs to present at Falling Walls Lab Australia 2020. Candidates should be research active in any field of the natural sciences, including technology, engineering and medicine, as well as social sciences and the humanities.

Twenty applicants will be selected to participate in Falling Walls Lab Australia, each giving a three-minute presentation on their research, business model or initiative based on the concept ‘Which walls will fall next?’ as a result of scientific, technological, economic and sociological breakthroughs.

Dr Sam Elliot, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, was selected as an Australian finalist in 2019 and presented at Finale held at the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra.

Falling Walls Lab is a challenging and inspiring format for emerging bright minds, giving them a unique chance to become the next big success story in innovation. Since 2009, there have been over 80 international Labs from close to 50 countries worldwide with over 1,000 participants. 

Applicants must be 18 years of age or over and have fulfilled at least one of the following formal requirements:

• currently enrolled in university and/or are currently a postdoc
• received a Bachelor’s degree no more than 10 years before the date of application
• received a Master’s degree no more than 7 years before the date of application
• received a PhD no more than 5 years before the date of application.

The deadline for applications is 5 pm (AEST) Monday 6 July 2020. For application advice and assistance, contact Dr Marina Delpin, Manager, Researcher Training, Development and Communication, before 24 June 2020.

The event will be held on 8 September 2020 and will be a virtual lab.

A jury of distinguished academics and business people will select the winner of Falling Walls Lab Australia and the winner will be automatically admitted to the Falling Walls Lab Finale on 8 November 2020. The format of the finale will depend on social distancing measures in place at the time due to COVID-19, but it is envisaged that the finale will be a virtual Lab.

The Falling Walls Foundation is a non-profit organisation in Berlin, dedicated to the support of science and the humanities. It was established in 2009, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

For more information, visit the Australian Academy of Science website.

Applications are now open for the ABC TOP 5 media residencies in: Science, Humanities and Arts (new in 2020).

Are you a dynamic early-career scholar or practitioner with a flair and passion for communicating your work to a broader audience? Be a part of this unique and exciting opportunity and become the best communicator for your field of expertise.

The ABC TOP 5 residencies provide an opportunity for applicants to experience a two-week in-house intensive placement based at the ABC.

The programs are designed to nurture the communication skills and media awareness of our emerging thinkers to help them share their knowledge and expertise with audiences seeking credible material and informed debate.

New in 2020, the ABC is offering the TOP 5 residency in Arts. This program is for graduate early-career practitioners and PhD researchers in visual arts, performance, design, architecture and screen. The five winners will undertake a two-week residency at the ABC Southbank offices in Melbourne in August 2020.

The ABC TOP 5 Science program is now in its sixth year. This residency is for early-career university PhD researchers in science, technology, engineering, maths and medical research (STEMM). The five winners will undertake a two-week residency at the ABC Ultimo offices in Sydney in October 2020.

The ABC TOP 5 Humanities program is for early career university PhD researchers in humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS). The five winners will undertake a two-week residency at ABC Ultimo offices in Sydney in September/October 2020.

Applications close 1 June 2020.

For more information on these three media residencies, visit the ABC website.

The 2020 CSL Florey Next Generation Award will be conferred to a current PhD candidate who has demonstrated outstanding capability, creativity and potential in the biomedical sciences and/or health and medical research.

As well as the award trophy, the award currently carries a prize of $20,000 thanks to the generous support of CSL Limited. There is a maximum of two applications per organisation, one of which must be from a female researcher. Interested nominees/nominators are requested to contact Dani Milos, Office of Graduate Research, in the first instance.

Two runner-up prizes of $2,500 will also be awarded.

Information on Selection and Eligibility Criteria and how to apply can be found at the Australian Institute of Policy and Science website.

Nominations will close at COB (AEST) on 5 June 2020.

Global-X is a nine-month international science challenge worth up to US$750K that seeks revolutionary research through active worldwide cooperation. Three challenges are available to apply for: Tailored Material and Manufacturing; Multifunctional Maritime Films for Persistent and Survivable Platforms; and Warfighters and Object Detection and Identification in any Medium (Air, Water, Sand/Earth).  

The mission of the Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) is to serve as the enduring Navy and Marine Corps global presence in technical and operational communities, investing in trusted partnerships to discover and connect science and technology leaders for sustained maritime security. ONR Global recognises international scientists and engineers conduct excellent research that is creative and novel. This Global-X Challenge provides an opportunity for these international researchers to collaborate, generate revolutionary ideas, and demonstrate these ideas will succeed.

ONR Global invites outstanding international researchers to form multi-national, multidisciplinary teams to address one or more of the capability challenges. ONR Global will competitively select and fund promising revolutionary international research projects with both military and commercial value. Global-X Challenge therefore will stimulate new, promising, high-risk research concepts whose technology maturity may be accelerated under separate agile follow-on technology development efforts to meet present and future U.S. Navy and Marine Corps capability needs.

White Paper submission is due on 25 May 2020 with full proposal submission due on 13 July 2020. The Flinders internal closing date for a completed final draft White Paper application is 18 May 2020. For application advice, contact Tony Kyriacou, Defence Partnerships Director. For application assistance, contact Mary Lyons, Senior Research Grants Officer (IGII).

ONR held a Global-X Kick-Off Webinar, which can be viewed on the Global-X website. Also available at the website are the guidelines, FAQ and Challenge Form.

The call for applications for the Nicolas Baudin program was temporarily suspended while the Embassy of France in Australia consulted with French establishments on the impacts of Covid-19 border closures and explored solutions.

The Embassy has now reopened applications for the program until 15 June 2020. Students enrolled in Undergraduate, Honours, Masters programs are eligible to apply for the general stream. PhD students are only eligible to apply for the "Internship in France" initiative scheme.

Internships in France

The internship offers are jointly created by the French host university and its industry partner, and when relevant with the Australian partner university if the intern is enrolled within the framework of a pre-existing scientific collaboration.

The Embassy provides a grant to finance the cost of return travel to France. Naval Group and Thales cover the travel of those students selected for internships of which they are industry partners (for students from Group of Eight universities, Flinders University or UniSA).

The internship supervisors have indicated that the proposed starting dates of these internships are flexible and are able to be postponed, according to the eventual reopening of borders. The Embassy will announce laureates in July and students can contact the supervisors to negotiate the dates of their internship. A number of these research internships may also be offered either partially or totally online if necessary.

A list of internship offers is available.

General Program

Students planning exchange or degree programs in France in the second half of 2020 can apply for the Nicolas Baudin travel grant. The Embassy will announce laureates in July, on the premise that Semester 2 exchanges will go ahead.

For more information, visit the Embassy of France in Canberra website.

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies.

Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted general Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a general area of interest, sets timelines for review and approval, and uses an internal Pfizer review process to make final grant decisions. This open RFP call is for research in Gene & Anti-TFPI Therapies in Haemophilia.

Projects that will be considered for Pfizer support will focus on the following areas:

1. Basic Science of Gene Therapy for Haemophilia

• Basic science, tropism, transduction efficiency & tolerability of Adeno associated virus (AAV)
• AAV antibody seroprevalence, titer- assessment, reduction & tolerance
• Role of immunosuppression in managing immune response and potential retreatment
• Effect of Gene Therapy on liver biology

2. Basic Science of TFPI & Anti-TFPI Monoclonal Antibodies

• Basic biology of TFPI interactions with Protein C, ATIII & Protein S
• Cross talk among regulators (e.g., Protein S being a co-factor for both Protein C and TFPI)
• Role of different TFPI pools in regulation of coagulation
• Impact of concomitant treatments (especially antifibrinolytics) added to anti-TFPI on the physiology of hemostasis
• Note: Pfizer will not supply study drug

3. Burden of disease: Clinical Haemophilia A and B

• Natural history of haemophilia and adherence to current standard of care
• Arthropathy: presence, development, clinical burden & joint damage in haemophilia
• Patient experiences with haemophilia, treatment preferences and quality of care
• Quality of Life/Work analysis and cost of care in Haemophilia

Individual projects requesting up to $125,000/year for 1 to 2-year projects will be considered. Pfizer anticipates awarding up to 2 grants.

Applications close on 22 June 2020. The Flinders internal closing date for a completed final draft application is 8 June 2020. For application advice and assistance contact Mary Lyons, Senior Research Grants Officer (IGII)

For more information, see the dedicated RFP from Pfizer.

Pfizer must not be involved in any aspect of study protocol or project development, nor the conduct or monitoring of the research program.

Capstone Editing's Early Career Academic Research Grant for Women is now open.

This grant provides financial support for female early career academics in recognition of the additional barriers they face in achieving academic success and advancing their careers. The grant provides up to A$5,000 for one academic per year to assist with the costs associated with a research project of her choosing leading towards a publication.

The grant can be used to cover any costs related to the research project, such as conducting a field trip; purchasing books, software or equipment; hiring a translator; travel to learn new techniques in a lab interstate or overseas; small lab equipment; key reagents to complete a project; performing surveys or interviews; and academic editing, such as for journal articles, manuscripts and conference papers. The grant can also be used to cover expenses that most university funding does not cover, such as those related to the need of academic women to secure paid child care to assist them to meet their work responsibilities and research goals, due to the continued prevalence of traditional gender roles around caring in the home. For more information visit the Capstone Editing website.

Capstone Editing’s grants and scholarships aim to invest in the future of academia and reward academic excellence, while easing both the financial burden of study for students and the inequities experienced by academic women in the workplace.

The closing date is 3 June 2020. The Flinders internal closing date for a completed final draft application is 20 May 2020. For application advice and assistance, contact Mary Lyons, Senior Research Grants Officer (IGII).

The Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP) provide a number of Research Establishment Fellowships to Fellows and trainees who wish to establish themselves in a research career.

To be eligible, Fellows and trainees must meet one of the two criteria, within 7 years of having completed a Masters, PhD or equivalent higher research degree or hold a research higher degree and be within 2 years of returning from working or studying overseas for a period of more than 12 months.

Funding provided by most of the awards can be used for:

• stipend support
• other support such as laboratory set-up costs
• a short-term Research Assistant appointment

All fellowship applications close by 11:59pm AEST, Monday 29 June 2020. The Flinders internal closing date for a completed final draft application is 15 June 2020. For application advice and assistance contact Gareth Rees, Senior Research Grants Officer (NHMRC and Health).

Following are some of the Fellowships available in 2020:

Fellows Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To encourage and support research in any medical specialty areas represented by the RACP's Divisions, Faculties and Chapters.
Value: Up to AUD$75,000 for 1 year.

RACP Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To encourage and support the promotion of research in any medical specialty areas represented by the RACP's Divisions, Faculties and Chapters.
Value: Up to AUD$50,000 for 1 year.

The Kids' Cancer Project Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To support physician-scientists specialising in paediatric oncology and to encourage research to:

• increase capacity for bench-to-bedside medicine
• minimise harmful impacts of treatment
• improve quality of life and function post-treatment
• improve survival and ultimately find cures for childhood cancer.

Value: Up to AUD$90,000 per annum for 2 years.

The Jacquot Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To assist establishment of a career in nephrology research for a nephrologist who has completed a research higher degree in an area of relevance. Research may be either basic or clinical. The award can be used for:

• stipend support
• other support such as laboratory set-up costs
• a short-term Research Assistant appointment
• assist with travel and re-establishment costs for those taking up a postdoctoral fellowship overseas

Value: Up to AUD$90,000 per annum.
Eligibility: Nephrologists who are Fellows and Advanced Trainees of the RACP.

Cottrell Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: For research or training in the areas of epidemiology, social or community medicine or for research or training relating to areas of special relevance to the Asia-Pacific area.
Value: Up to AUD$75,000 for 1 year.

The Sir Roy McCaughey Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To further research in any medical specialty areas represented by the RACP's Divisions, Faculties and Chapters.
Value: Up to AUD$75,000.

The Robert Maple-Brown Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To encourage and support the promotion of research in any medical specialty areas represented by the RACP's Divisions, Faculties and Chapters.
Value: Up to AUD$60,000.

Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To further research in the area of diseases associated with ageing and to promote leadership and community spirit within the profession and the community.
Value: Up to AUD$60,000 for 1 year.

RACP Diabetes Australia Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To promote clinical and basic research into the causes, prevention and treatment of diabetes.
Value: Up to AUD$50,000 for 1 year.

RACP Endocrine Society of Australia Research Establishment Fellowship in Endocrinology

Purpose: To further research in endocrinology.
Value: Up to AUD$50,000 for 1 year.
Eligibility: Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Fellows and Advanced Trainees of the RACP's Divisions, Faculties and Chapters, who are members of the Endocrine Society of Australia.

RACP/Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To further research in the fields of blood pressure, hypertension and associated cardiovascular diseases. The research may be either basic or clinical but preference will be given to research relevant to new clinical developments.
Funding is primarily to provide stipend support. Use of a proportion of the funds will be considered for:

• other support such as laboratory set-up costs
• a short-term Research Assistant appointment

Value: Up to AUD$50,000 for 1 year.

The Servier Staff 'Barry Young' Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To further research in the field of oncology and the prevention and cure of cancer.
Value: Up to AUD$50,000 for 1 year.

RACP AFRM Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To further research in an area of rehabilitation medicine in the management of functional loss, activity limitation or participation restriction arising out of illness and injury.
Value: AUD$50,000 for 1 year
Eligibility: Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Fellows and Advanced Trainees of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM).

RACP Bayer Australia Medical Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To further research in cardiovascular, anti-infective and metabolic medicine.
Value: Up to AUD$50,000 for 1 year.

Barbara Cameron Australian Rheumatology Association Research Establishment Fellowship

Purpose: To promote and encourage research into the cause and treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Applicants need to demonstrate the project’s capacity for knowledge transfer to professionals and patients.Value: Up to AUD$50,000.

For more information, visit the RACP website.

The Yitpi Foundation has been established to encourage and promote research and education in the fields of crop science, particularly in relation to the wheat industry in southern Australia; and social science in linguistics of Australian languages and studies of the cultures of Australian Aborigines, particularly in relation to land usage.

The name Yitpi is a Kaurna word for seed or soul.

Guidelines for applications are attached below and grants will fall within the three categories listed below;

1. Crop science research
2. Agricultural education
3. Studies of the linguistics and culture of Australian Aboriginal peoples

Requests for <$15k will have greater chance of success but larger grants will be considered. Further, applications which have a high probability of having an impact on the relevant community in the short term will be given more favourable consideration.

The closing date for applications for the Research Award or Grants-in-Aid is 15 June 2020. The Flinders internal closing date is 1 June 2020 for a completed final draft application. For application advice and assistance, contact Dr Sarah Jay, Research Grants Officer (IGII).

Yitpi Foundation Guidelines for applications

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies.

Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted general Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a general area of interest, sets timelines for review and approval, and uses an internal Pfizer review process to make final grant decisions. This open RFP call is for Haemophilia Research in Africa-Middle East, Asia Pacific, China and Latin America.

Projects that will be considered for Pfizer support will focus on the following prioritised areas:

1. Burden of disease: Clinical Haemophilia A and B

• Natural history of haemophilia with inhibitors
• Adherence to current Haemophilia standard of care
• Arthropathy: presence, development, clinical burden & joint damage in haemophilia
• Patient experiences with haemophilia, treatment preferences and quality of care

2. Basic Science of TFPI & Anti-TFPI Monoclonal Antibodies

• Basic biology of TFPI interactions with Protein C, ATIII & Protein S
• Role of different TFPI pools in regulation of coagulation
• Note: Pfizer will not supply study drug

3. Basic Science of Gene Therapy for Haemophilia

• AAV antibody seroprevalence, titer- assessment, reduction & tolerance
• Basic science, tropism, transduction efficiency & tolerability of Adeno associated virus (AAV)

Individual projects requesting up to $25,000/year for 1 to 2-year projects will be considered. Pfizer anticipates awarding up to 1 grant.

Applications close on 22 June 2020. The Flinders internal closing date for a completed final draft application is 8 June 2020. For application advice and assistance contact Mary Lyons, Senior Research Grants Officer (IGII)

For more information, see the dedicated RFP from Pfizer.

Pfizer must not be involved in any aspect of study protocol or project development, nor the conduct or monitoring of the research program.