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This new face of funding opportunities, introduced in April 2006, has brought an exciting look to our newsletter with databases and new features of enhanced functionality. Redesigned with input from various databases, our new page is easier to use --- which means more efficient searching and applying for grants that meet your needs.
Do stay tuned as new funding databases become available to support your research.
Roadmap for Research Infrastructure, http://www.dest.gov.au/default.htm
On 28 February 2006 the Minister for Education, Science and Training announced the Roadmap for Research Infrastructure. This Roadmap outlines priority areas for major research infrastructure investment.
Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) plus http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spinmain.asp
SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) is a computer database with detailed and up-to-the minute information about thousands of government and private funding opportunities from Australia and overseas (University only).
For brief instructions on SPIN, SMARTS and GENIUS download the SPIN Quick Reference Guide at http://australia.infoed.org/main.asp, or consult the Research Office on your campus.
Community of Science (COS), http://fundingopps.cos.com/
COS is the largest and most comprehensive research funding database on the Web. Updated daily, COS Funding Opportunities includes more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion (University only).
Philanthropy Australia, http://www.philanthropy.org.au/
Philanthropy Australia is the national membership organisation for grant making trusts and foundations. Its mission is to promote and protect the interests of family, private, corporate and community giving in Australia.
US Federal Government Funding Opportunities, http://www.grants.gov/
The database of Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 1000 grant programs offered by all Federal grant-making agencies. It allows organisations to electronically find and apply for more than $400 billion in US Federal grants. Simple key words can be used to search the database.
JASON, http://www.jason.edu.au/ JASON is a search engine that contains information about postgraduate scholarships for Australia. The scholarships in the database apply to Australian students wishing to study at home or abroad, and to international students wishing to study in Australia.
The Rotman International Centre for Pension Management, Toronto, Canada, http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/icpm/research.htm
University of Tasmania Research Partnerships http://www.research.utas.edu.au/grants/research_news/socsci.ht
The Myer Foundation
The categories of funding include Arts and Humanities; Australia in the Asia-Pacific Region; Education; Poverty and Disadvantage; and Sustainability and the Environment. Funds are administered through Large Grants and Small Grants programs.
Please note that Myer will fund individual applicants only if they have a funding partner, i.e. “an organization working in the same or similar field as you, who is willing to accept a grant on your behalf [and who is] endorsed by the Australian Tax Office as an Income Tax Exempt Charity.”
The Toyota Foundation
Funding is offered for any project committed to realising greater human fulfilment and contributing to the development of a human-oriented society. Activities supported may include individual or group research projects, conferences or publications. Research themes are announced annually, usually consisting of a Key Theme and Special Subject grants.
Partnerships for research with European context
Does your research involve a European topic? Could you be working on a theme specific to Australia or a third country which may also have implications in, or be applicable to, a European context? Would you like to collaborate with European colleagues?
If your answer is YES, the following links offer opportunities to pursue your research interests. But do bear in mind that collaboration with Europe may require certain protocols and that the term "Science" often includes Social Sciences and Humanities.
Links
European Commission's Delegation to Australia
European Commission Research website
European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)
European Science Foundation (ESF)
European Union Research in Social Sciences and Humanities website
EU Community Research and Development Information Service
Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
How to collaborate … Please refer to the archives section for recommendations and guidelines on “ How to engage with Europe” as provided by Michaela Bauer, Senior Science and Research Officer, Australian Embassy/Australian Mission to the European Union in Brussels. This information was detailed in the previous issue of our newsletter dated 21 June 2006.
The Academy of Social Sciences in Australia , http://www.assa.edu.au/
Australian Academy of Humanities , http://www.humanities.org.au/
Opportunities for Links with Britain
The Australian Academy of the Humanities is offering up to ten Fellowships to improve the capacity of Australian scholars to conduct research in all parts of the world.
Travelling Fellowships of up to $4,000 for short-term - not less than two weeks - research abroad in the coming year, are available to permanent resident scholars in Australia and working in the field of the Humanities (The Arts, Asian Studies, Cultural & Communication Studies, Classics, Literature, European Languages & Cultures, History, Linguistics, Philosophy & Religion, and Prehistory & Archaeology) who require access to resources held overseas.
The Humanities Travelling Fellowships Scheme is one of the Academy's most popular programs, attracting several dozen applicants per year. The Scheme has operated in various forms since 1985, and has assisted 143 scholars over that time.
Further details from http://www.humanities.org.au/Grants/HTF/htf.htm
Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia
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Monika
Monika Bhatia
Project Manager and Editor, Quality4life
14 July 2006
