Scholarships and funding information
Information taken from Research Professional regarding some of the scholarships and funding available for the next four months is listed below. Thanks to Helen Chambers for providing the information.
VFFF RACP research entry scholarship in rural health
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation enable Australian fellows and trainees of the college to undertake research into rural health issues. Proposed research must include collaboration or partnership with rural organisations, and involve some time spent in outer regional, rural and remote areas.
Applicants must be enrolled in, or about to enrol in a research higher degree and specialise in rural health.
The scholarship is worth $30,000 per year over two years.
- Closing date: 8 July 13
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators; Financial aid for postgraduate students; Early-Career fellowships; Predoctoral fellowships
- Award amount max: $60,000
- Consortium requirements: Required
- Australian category: Category 3
Information Society Innovation grants
The Information Society Innovation Fund provides financial support for information society innovation and development projects in the form of small grants. The funding categories for 2012 are:
- innovation on access provision – ICT access is a prevalent issue in the Australia Pacific region, especially for services that require broadband connectivity. Innovative solutions offering low cost deployment, low power consumption and low maintenance that expands fixed and mobile access to the internet through new forms of technical and organisational arrangements as well as improve the quality of access based on issues of accessibility, disability and linguistic diversity;
- innovation on learning and localisation – capacity building and localisation efforts have been key to develop the skills needed to design, maintain and manage ICT infrastructure and services in local languages, supporting local talent and creating job opportunities in rural or urban marginalised areas;
- code for the common good – high mobile penetration in the Australia Pacific region has been a catalyst in the development of mobile-based services, applications and software solutions. These solutions have been used to support timely and relevant information dissemination on a large scale using a range of network infrastructures through a variety of devices, even where literacy rates are lower;
Grants of up to AU$30,000 for a period of six to 12 months are available.
- Closing date: 10 Aug 13 (Forecast)
- Award type: Directed grants to institutions, research groups etc; Equipment and materials; Innovation grants; Publish, edit, translate, disseminate; Technology innovation/development; Hosting conferences
- Award amount max: $30,000
- Consortium requirements: Not Known
- Australian category: Category 3