The Blackmores Dr Paul Beaumont Research Fellowship for 2013 is open to researchers based in eligible Australian institutions to pursue research into nutritional and/or lifestyle aspects of Macular Degeneration, consistent with the mission of the Foundation to reduce the incidence and impact of Macular Degeneration.

Value: $50,000 p/a (2 years)

External closing date: 22 June 2012, 5 pm (EST) . (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 8 June 2012)

Further information: http://www.mdfoundation.com.au/research/researchgrants/fellowship.aspx

Applications for grants are now sought to be used for research into the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of arthritis.

The objectives of the research and professional education program are:
• To support specific research projects into arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders
• To support and foster the career development of scientists and clinical investigators committed to research into arthritis and allied disorders

There are four categories:
• Fellowships
• Scholarships
• Grants in Aid
• Project Grants

Value: $10,000 - $50,000 (one year)

External closing date: 6 July 2012, 5pm. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 22 June 2012)

Further information: http://www.arthritisaustralia.com.au/index.php/research-grants/research-grants-program.html

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) announce the following grant opportunities are now open.

* Innovative Grants:
Supports proposals for highly innovative research with potential significant impact on accelerating the mission of JDRF. The innovative research should have the potential for a change in the current paradigm or conventional wisdom or to lead to a seminal discovery or to be groundbreaking.
Value: USD 110K

External closing date: 16 July 2012. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 2 July 2012)

* Training Grants:

• Postdoctoral Fellowship:
  Designed to attract qualified, promising scientists entering their professional career in the diabetes research field; intended for those in a relatively early state in their career
• Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship:
  Designed to attract qualified, promising scientists to receive full time research training and to assist these promising individuals in transitioning from a fellowship to an independent (faculty-level) position
• Career Development Award:
  Designed to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF research emphasis areas
  Value: USD 150K maximum/year for up to 5 years
• Early Career, Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Award:
  Designed to provide crucial support to investigators who plan to pursue a career in diabetes-related clinical investigation. Awards are made in the later stages of training and include the ability for recipients to transition to independent faculty or research appointments.
  Value: USD 150K maximum/year for up to 5 years

External closing date: 16 July 2012. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 2 July 2012)

* High-Priority, Short-Term Bridge Awards: 
Supports research grant applications that address a high priority research area for JDRF, but failed to receive funding (but scored within 10% of the funding payline for a review cycle of a research funding agency up to a year prior to the request to JDRF). Helps investigators generate additional supporting data for an amended, competitive application
Value: USD 55K
 
External closing date: 1 June 2012. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 18 May 2012)

Further information: http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207

The Flinders University Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme is designed to build the University’s research and to support outstanding early career researchers seeking to commence an academic/research career.

The scheme focuses on outstanding early career researchers who would normally be within 5 working years since completing their Doctoral qualification.  This will be a highly competitive scheme and applicants are expected to have a strong track record relative to opportunity.  A start-up grant, to be negotiated, may be provided to successful applicants.

Fellowships are expected to be aligned with the University’s areas of identified research strength, listed with contacts, in the guidelines.

• 4 Research Fellowships available
• Appointments of 3 years full-time research, with possibility for 4 year appointments with a teaching component
• Salary (Level A/B): $61,504 to $93,638 (full-time)
• Plus 17% employer superannuation
• Applications close: 11.00 am, Monday, 25th June 2012

Further information: http://www.flinders.edu.au/research/vc-postdoctoral-fellowships/
Apply on-line: http://www.flinders.edu.au/employment/

In 2012 the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) research program is offering the following grant categories:

• Movember Young Investigator Grants:
  Aimed at supporting the brightest young investigators to undertake research into prostate cancer and to support those investigators as they mature toward independent scientists.
  Value: $150K p/a up to 4 years
• Movember New Concept Grants:
  Aimed at funding cutting edge, innovative ideas brought forward by both, senior researchers currently working in the prostate cancer field and senior scientists working in other areas of cancer research. The aim of the Movember New Concept Grant category is to fund high risk, high return, innovative ideas, that have the potential to generate new research directions in prostate cancer.
  Value: $150K p/a up to 2 years
• Movember Equipment Grants:
  Aim is to provide funding for equipment which will enhance the research of investigators working in the field of prostate cancer.
  Value: $100K

External closing date: 6th July 2012, 5pm AEST. (Internal Research Services closing date: 22 June 2012) 

Further information: http://www.prostate.org.au/articleLive/pages/2012-pcfa-research-funding-round

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are now accepting nominations for the second annual Gates Vaccine Innovation Award to celebrate and spur transformative ideas for achieving impact through immunization.

Nominations are being accepted for individuals or groups of individuals who have achieved significant improvements in the prevention, control, or elimination of vaccine preventable diseases through immunization. It is open to individuals from any discipline who work on the delivery of vaccines.

Please note that nominations focused on innovation in research & development are not eligible for consideration. This award is focused only on achieving impact through innovative systems, processes, tools, and technologies leading to better immunization.

Value: USD $250,000 prize

Closing date: 31 August 2012, 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time.

Further information: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/vaccines/Pages/vaccine-innovation-award.aspx

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces the second round of its Reinvent the Toilet Challenge designed to prototype a means of dealing effectively and cost-efficiently with human waste for the 2 billion people on earth who currently lack access to safe and affordable sanitation.

Letters of inquiry (LoI) are now being accepted for grants from exceptionally highly-qualified research groups interested in contributing to major advances in sanitation and hygiene in the developing world.

External closing date: 10 May 2012, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 3 May 2012) 

Further information: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/watersanitationhygiene/Pages/rfloi-reinvent-the-toilet-challenge.aspx

For the latest edition of the NHMRC Tracker, featuring current news and activities, please visit NHMRC Tracker. Contents include:

• Update: External Assessors for Project Grant Applications
• Update: Grant Review Panels (GRPs) for 2012 Project Grants
• Public consultations schedule: Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research in Australia
• NHMRC Research Translation Faculties
• NHMRC’s progress on report recommendations by Clinical Trials Action Group

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Applied Research Program (ARP) commissions research that contributes to the development of improved policies and service delivery, and/or enables the Department to better identify the health and wellbeing needs of the veteran community.

The ARP is not a grant scheme. It is an applied research program where the research must have a direct use to DVA policy or service delivery.

Please note the below revised next funding round dates.

Revised Opening Date: 2 July 2012
Revised Closing Date: 31 July 2012 (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 17 July 2012)

Further Information: http://www.dva.gov.au/health_and_wellbeing/research/arp/Pages/index.aspx

The Heart Foundation offers a range of awards across a variety of categories for research into heart, stroke and blood vessel disease.
Current Call for applications:

Postdoctoral Fellowships (Biomedical, Clinical, Public Health)
Are available to medical and science graduates who have completed an MD or PhD within the last five years. Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable for up to two years. They may be full or part-time
External closing date: 4 May 2012. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 20 April 2012)

Overseas Research Fellowships
Are available to medical and science graduates who have completed a PhD or MD within the last 24 months. Overseas Fellowships are tenable for up to three years (with the first two years completed overseas, and the final year completed back in Australia).
External closing date: 4 May 2012. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 20 April 2012) 

Career Development Fellowships
Are available for early to mid career cardiovascular researchers who are 2-12 years postdoctoral. Career Development Fellowships are tenable for four years. They may be full or part time.
External closing date: 4 May 2012. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 20 April 2012) 

Postgraduate Scholarships (Biomedical, Clinical, Public Health)
Are offered to medical, science, allied health, nursing graduates or other relevant postgraduates seeking support for full-time or part-time studies leading to a PhD at an  Australian university or institution. Postgraduate Scholarships are awarded for up to three years.
External closing date: 13 July 2012. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 29 June 2012)

Travel Grants - Round 3
(For conferences commencing in October-December 2012 and January-February 2013)
Valued at up to $2,000 are available to support Australian early career researchers travelling to present their cardiovascular research at an overseas conference. They are also available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples travelling to present their research within Australia or overseas.
External closing date: 10 August 2012. (Internal Research Services Office closing date: 27 July 2012)

Further information: Heart Foundation Website