22 January 2020

RESEARCH SERVICES BULLETIN

NEWS

Australian Research Council (ARC) deadline extensions for applicants affected by bushfires
The ARC have advised that any researchers who have been professionally or personally affected by the current bushfires may be eligible to apply for an extension to the upcoming ARC grant submission deadlines. Read full article for further information. 

National Institutes of Health (NIH): Notice of Special Interest 
The NIH has released a Notice of Special Interest for applicants intending to apply for funding within the area of pain management in the context of opioid use or opioid use disorder (OUD). Read the full article for further details.

SciVal trial
SciVal is a tool that provides access to information regarding the performance of research entities including single authors, research institutions, and countries. The University will be trialling SciVal until the 11 February 2020. All staff on the University's IP range can access and test SciVal during this time. Further information. 

EVENTS

Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander studies: free webinar
Date: 4 February 2020
Time: 11.30am - 12.30pm (AEDST)

This webinar will explore the revised AIATSIS code of ethics - formerly the Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies (GERAIS). It will provide a history of the Guidelines and an overview of the new code. Visit the website to register.

Biomedical Translation Bridge (BTB) program: information session
Date: 5 February 2020
Time: 10.00am
Venue: The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus), Adelaide

The BTB program provides up to $1M to support the translation of new therapies, technologies and medical devices through to the proof of concept stage. To learn more about the program, please register for this information session.

Cambridge University Press: core platform & authorship training
Date: 18 February 2020
Time: 10.00am - 12.15pm
Venue: University of Adelaide, North Tce, Napier 102

Learn about the Cambridge Core online platform, and how you can navigate around the platform to find useful and valuable research. You will also get advice on how to get published in academic journals.
Further details & registration.

Researcher Profile workshops
Do you need help promoting yourself? Do you need to take your profile higher? Register for one of the researcher profile workshops being held in 2020:

• Create your Researcher Profile
• Create your Researcher Profile through Zoom-based learning
• Enhance your Researcher Profile

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

To access the following opportunities off-campus, you will need login to your Research Professional account. If you are on-campus, the links will take you straight to the advertised opportunity. Learn more about getting started with Research Professional, or login to your profile now!

Internal deadlines and instructions are listed in the right-hand column of each opportunity, under "Guidance from your research office".

Grants, Fellowships, and Prizes

Bushfire & Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, AU
Positive mental health for young adult volunteers
[Environmental & Occupational Health & Safety; Traumatology; Accidents & Injury; Mental Health]
Due 27 January 2020. Further information.

Grains Research & Development Corporation, AU
Improving crop germination & establishment of all grains in the West when dealing with non-wetting soils
[Horticultural Crop Growth; Grains & Cereals; Seed Production]
Due 30 January 2020. Further information.

Alport Syndrome Foundation, US
Research programme
[Birth & Congenital Defects]
Due 31 January 2020. Further information.

Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation, AU
Beamtime - rapid access
[Chemistry; Particle, Plasma & Nuclear Physics; Materials Sciences]
Due 31 January 2020. Further information.

Cure CMD, US
International research grants in congenital muscular dystrophy
[Muscular Dystrophy]
Due 31 January 2020. Further information.

Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), AU
EPCDR Initiative - Bushfire impact research
Due 31 January 2020. Further information.

Grains Research & Development Corporation, AU
Developing strategies to mitigate & manage resistance to key herbicides
[Agricultural Weeds, Pests & Diseases; Horticultural Crop Growth; Crop Values]
Due 6 February 2020. Further information.

Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, AU
Cyber cooperation programme
[Cybersecurity; Internet Standards & Governance; Cyberwarfare]
Due 7 February 2020. Further information. 

Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation, AU
International synchrotron access programme
[Particle, Plasma & Nuclear Physics]
Due 25 February 2020. Further information.

Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), AU
Stem cell therapies grant opportunity
Traumatic brain injury grant opportunity
Due 26 February 2020. Further information.

Hermon Slade Foundation, AU
Australia & Pacific Science Foundation project grants
[Biological Sciences; Physical Sciences]
Due 28 February 2020. Further information.

World Health Organization, INT
Call for proposals for polio eradication
[Virology; Immunisation Programmes & Vaccination; Muscle Diseases; Clinical Surveillance; Health Systems in Developing Countries; Infectious Diseases]
Due 6 March 2020. Further information.

National Foundation for Medical Research & Innovation, AU
General grants - portfolio 2 & 3
[Alzheimer's Disease & Senile Dementia; Medicine & Health]
Due 9 March 2020. Further information.

Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, AU
Prime Minister's prize for science
[Bio/Medical; Physical Sciences & Engineering]
Due 12 March 2020. Further information.

Human Frontier Science Program, INT
Young investigator grants
[Biological Sciences]
Due 12 March 2020. Further information.

Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, AU
Australia-ASEAN council grants
Australia-Indonesia grants
Australia-Japan foundation grants
Due 19 March 2020.

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, US
Programme to accelerate clinical trials
[Alzheimer's Disease & Senile Dementia; Pharmacy & Pharmacology]
Due 3 April 2020. Further information.

Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, US
Biomarker & endpoint assessment to track Parkinson's disease
[Parkinson's Disease; Biochemical Markers; Biological Markers & Sensor Mechanisms; Diagnostic Sciences]
Due 15 April 2020. Further information.

Alport Foundation of Australia, AU
Research grants
[Genetic Diseases; Nephrology & Kidneys]
Due 23 April 2020. Further information.

NIH: National Cancer Institute, US
Research answer to the National Cancer Institute's provocative questions (R21 clinical trial optional)
[Cancer Studies & Oncology]
Due 23 April 2020. Further information.

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, DE
Max Planck-Humboldt research award
[Chemistry]
Applications accepted at any time. Further information.

Bushfire & Natural Disaster Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, AU
Domestic & international travel support
Quick response fund
[Natural Hazards & Disaster]
Applications accepted at any time.

Contracts, Consultancy, and other Commercial Opportunities

Defence Science & Technology Group, AU
Cyber - broad area call for proposals
[Cybersecurity; Military Technology; Cyberwarfare]
Due 16 February 2020. Further Information.

Department of Industry, Innovation & Science, AU
Extended deadline: Space Infrastructure Fund
Mission control centre
Robotics, automation & artificial intelligence command & control centre
[Universe Sciences]
Due 18 February 2020.

BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS

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