The following research funding opportunities are available over the next three months. New searches are currently being added to the Rural Health page on Research Professional – if you are interested in Aged Care, you might want to check out the dedicated Aged Care search.

Remember – if you would like to learn more about Research Professional, please contact Helen Chambers or Cathy Ward who can help you set up specific searches or alerts for your particular area of research.

PhD scholarship investigating primary lymphoedema (national): Australian Rotary Health
This supports research in any area of primary lymphoedema. The annual value of the scholarship is AU$29,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years.
Closing date: 13 Dec 13

PhD scholarship investigating Alzheimer’s disease – South Australia: Australian Rotary Health
The scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for a postgraduate student undertaking full-time research in Alzheimer’s disease in South Australia. The annual value of the scholarship is AU$29,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years.
Closing date: 13 Dec 13

PhD scholarship investigating children’s heart disease – national: Australian Rotary Health
The scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for a postgraduate student undertaking full-time research in children’s heart disease. The annual value of the scholarship is AU$29,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years.
Closing date: 13 Dec 13

PhD scholarship investigating oncology – national applications: Australian Rotary Health
The scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for a postgraduate student undertaking full-time research in gynaecological oncology. The annual value of the scholarship is AU$29,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years.
Closing date: 13 Dec 13

Health research grants: Bupa Health Foundation
The purpose of this programme is to fund health research in the strategic key areas of wellbeing, chronic disease, healthy ageing, empowering people about their health and promoting affordable healthcare. Initiatives applying for between AU$100,000 and AU$500,000 for up to three years will be considered.
Closing date: 16 Dec 13

Behavioural and social science research on understanding and reducing health disparities (R21): Aids-related: NIH: Office of the Director
This Aids-related R21 funding opportunity announcement supports behavioural and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the US population. Direct costs are limited to US$275,000 over a two-year period.
Closing date: 07 Jan 14

All education, clinical, research staff and students are welcome to join us on the second Wednesday of each month, either in Bendigo, Gippsland, and Mildura in person or by tele/videoconference link.

Article:
‘Efforts to Graduate More Primary Care Physicians and Physicians Who Will Practice in Rural Areas: Examining Outcomes From the University of Minnesota–Duluth and the Rural Physician Associate Program.’

Facilitator:
Natalie Radomski

When:
Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Time:
12 noon- 1pm

Where:
Meeting Room 3 (Level 2), School of Rural Health, 26 Mercy St Bendigo or
by videoconference (IP 130.194.213.113) or teleconference (9903 5988) from other sites

Questions to consider:

1.       What was the main purpose of this paper?

2.       What are the challenges in describing educational programs and their contexts for journal publication?

3.       Is the study design adequate? Why, why not?

4.       Are the results presented in a clear and understandable way?

5.       How effective is this article in demonstrating the outcomes of the University of Minnesota – Duluth and Rural     Physician Associate Program?

6.       What can we learn from this article in planning our SRH graduate outcome/rural workforce impact studies?

Please inform Deb Russell if you are able to attend this journal club or ring her on 5440 9046.

Anton Isaacs (lecturer at MUDRIH) and Berwyn Lampitt (senior mental health nurse at Latrobe Regional Hospital) presented a paper at the 5th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium at Geelong on 14 October. Title of the paper is: Working together to develop an innovative model for the early detection of mental illness among rural Aboriginal men.

Pictured is Sue Barker, Anske Robinson and Kate Templeman, another of Anske’s PhD students from NSW.

Congratulations to Dr Anske Robinson of MUDRIH on her recent nomination for the Monash Postgraduate Supervisor of the Year award. Anske was nominated by one of her PhD students, Sue Barker, who firmly believes that Anske is well deserved of the award. One of the comments that Sue made on the nomination form was that ‘Anske is exceptional and does things to ensure that I achieve my goals that are above and beyond the call of duty’.

Anske is one of six supervisors nominated for the award and we would like to wish her all the best. The winner will be announced at the award ceremony to be held in Clayton Wednesday 13^th November.

Dr Hanan Khalil, the Chronic Disease Management director with the Evidence Transfer Award

At the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) 2013 International Convention in October, special recognition awards and certificates of recognition were presented to four international centres/nodes, including the Chronic Disease Management Node. Dr Hanan Khalil, Director of the Chronic Disease Management Node (CDM), received the Evidence Transfer Award for the significant development and maintenance of the CDM.

The Joanna Briggs Institute is an international organisation, operating more than 50 collaborating centres and groups around the world. JBI is a global collaboration of health scientists and clinicians that operate as an independent, not-for-profit organisation that seeks to improve global health, focusing on researching evidence-based healthcare.  JBI is based in University of Adelaide, South Australia.

The Chronic Disease Management Node (CDM) is a collaboration between the Monash University School of Rural Health and the School of Nursing and Midwifery with Latrobe Community Health Services (Inc.) and Latrobe Regional Hospital. The CDM is based at Monash University and is an affiliate centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI).

The CDM centre focuses on promoting the development and implementation of evidence-based health care in chronic disease. To date the CDM centre has developed over 70 evidence summaries related to chronic diseases to help clinicians make decisions ‘at-the-bedside’. The centre conducts five executive committee meetings throughout the year, publishes two newsletters, has an internationally recognised expert reference group and a corresponding reference group that contributes to peer reviewing of the materials published by the centre. The CDM also focuses on offering electives for students interested in evidence-based health care research and publications. In the near future, the centre will focus on training clinicians, academics and students to undertake quantitative, qualitative and economic evaluation systematic reviews.

Research staff at Bendigo are pleased to welcome Clare McHugh, a PhD student. Her topic is “Exploring community participation interventions for stroke survivors,” which is being supervised by Associate Professor Darryl Maybery and Associate Professor Louise Farnworth.

There are research funding opportunities available in the next three months identified by the existing School of Rural Health searches.

Remember – if you would like to learn more about Research Professional please contact Helen Chambers or Cathy Ward who can help you set up specific searches or alerts for your particular area of research.

Travel grants : Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
These enable Australian early-stage researchers or allied health and nursing professionals to travel to research institutions or scientific meetings for the purpose of furthering their expertise on type 1 diabetes. Grants are worth up to AU$2,000 for domestic travel or up to AU$4,000 for international travel.
Closing date: 18 Oct 13

Accelerator research grants: National Breast Cancer Foundation
These enable research teams to further develop cancer research capacity and competitiveness in translational research. Grants are worth up to AU$250,000 per year for up to five years.
Closing date: 18 Oct 13

Centres of research excellence grants: National Health and Medical Research Council
This supports teams of researchers in pursuing innovative, high-quality and collaborative research, developing capacity within health research and ensuring effective translation of research into practice. Each grant is worth up to AU$2.5 million.
Closing date: 25 Oct 13
Note:  Monash internal dates

Lizotte family research award for interstitial pulmonary fibrosis research : Australian Lung Foundation
This aims to assist research in interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.  The award is worth AU$5,000.
Closing date: 04 Nov 13

Future fellowships: Australian Research CouncilThese encourage mid-career researchers to build collaborations across institutions and disciplines by conducting innovative research. Each investigator’s administering organisation will receive up to AU$50,000 annually to support research related infrastructure, equipment, travel and relocation costs. Fellows can receive up to AU$203,248 per year for up to four years.
Closing date: 30 Nov 13 (Forecast)
Note: Monash Research Office Closing date is early-mid Nov (tbc)
Further information – Contact: Michelle Armstrong

PhD scholarship investigating primary lymphoedema (national): Australian Rotary Health
This supports research in any area of primary lymphoedema. The annual value of the scholarship is AU$29,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years.
Closing date: 13 Dec 13

PhD scholarship investigating children’s heart disease – national: Australian Rotary Health
The scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for a postgraduate student undertaking full-time research in children’s heart disease. The annual value of the scholarship is AU$29,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years.
Closing date: 13 Dec 13

PhD scholarship investigating oncology – national applications: Australian Rotary Health
The scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for a postgraduate student undertaking full-time research in gynaecological oncology. The annual value of the scholarship is AU$29,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years.
Closing date: 13 Dec 13

Health research grants: BUPA Health Foundation
The purpose of this programme is to fund health research in the strategic key areas of wellbeing, chronic disease, healthy ageing, empowering people about their health, and promoting affordable healthcare in Australia. Initiatives applying for between AU$100,000 and AU$500,000 for up to three years will be considered.
Closing date: 17 Dec 13 (Forecast)

It is important to submit your publications to the Office of Research for processing as soon as possible after publication. When submitting a published article, book chapters or book, please ensure you provide all relevant information to expedite the process.

In the front of the publication information folders, which were provided to all research staff, is the documentation needed to facilitate the submission process. Forms are listed with each category – for example, C1, B etc.

The current Fields of Research (FOR) codes (for Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences) are available on-line.

The author is responsible for completing the FOR codes and providing all the information requested on the Publication Form (eg. A1 Books, C1, C4 Journal articles etc). Please ensure that all this information is sent with a copy of the article to Janelle McGrail (janelle.mcgrail@monash.edu) in the south east or Sandra Paschkow (sandra.paschkow@monash.edu) in the north west. Once the publication has been entered onto the system it will appear in your ROPES profile.

Campus Travel has recently launched the Campus Travel Qantas Travel Grant. The grant is open to employees or students from any Australian university, school, research or academic organisation. The application period runs from 1 September 2013 through to 15 November 2013.The grant includes $5,000 worth of air credit from Qantas and $1000 from Campus Travel to be used towards hotel accommodation, transfers or tours.

Campus Travel are looking for applicants who wish to use travel to enrich their studies or work in the academic sector. Applicants will be asked to submit a written statement to them why they believe they qualify for the grant and how they would use the funds to further their work, education or studies through travel.

For more information visit the Campus Travel website.

All education, clinical, research staff and students are invited to join us on the second Wednesday of each month, either in Bendigo, Gippsland, or Mildura in person or by tele/videoconference link.

Article:  ‘Specialist outreach to isolated and disadvantaged communities: a population-based study’

Facilitator:  Belinda O’Sullivan

When:         9 October 2013

Time:          12 noon- 1pm

Where:       Meeting Room 3 (Level 2), School of Rural Health, 26 Mercy St Bendigo or by videoconference (IP 130.194.213.113) or teleconference (9903 5988) from other sites

An appraisal sheet will be sent out with the article. Please contact Cathy Ward for copies.

Please inform Cathy Ward if you are able to attend this journal club – 5440 9046.