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The Ian Potter Foundation is seeking to support outstanding tertiary institutions, medical research institutes or suitably qualified public health organisations which conduct translational public health research projects.

In assessing the research project, The Ian Potter Foundation is particularly interested in the applicant’s program to involve and support outstanding individuals that strengthen the public health research workforce.

You must speak with a Program Manager before submitting an Expression of Interest (EOI) to be considered eligible to apply. After the initial conversation, the Program Manager will invite suitable candidates to apply.

Applications for this program area are considered once a year by the Board of Governors.

Expressions of interest close on Friday, 22 November 2019.

For more information about this funding opportunity, including the application process, please visit The Ian Potter Foundation website.

The Future Fellowships reflects the Australian Government’s commitment to excellence in research by supporting excellent mid-career researchers to undertake high quality research in areas of national and international benefit.

The Future Fellowships grant duration is four consecutive years on a full-time basis. There is an opportunity to undertake the Fellowship on a part-time basis subject to the employment conditions of the Administering Organisation and provided that the Fellowship does not exceed eight years from the project start date.

The Future Fellowships scheme objectives are to:

• support excellent basic and applied research and research training by outstanding mid-career researchers to be recruited and retained by universities in continuing academic positions,
• support national and international research collaboration, and
• enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas.

Applications close: 5pm (ACT local time), Wednesday 27 November 2019 

For more information about this grant opportunity, including eligibility criteria, and to apply please click here.

The Australian Laureate Fellowships grant opportunity encourages applications from the highest-quality researchers by providing eligible Australian Laureate Fellows with project funding in addition to a salary supplement and salary-related (on-cost) support.

The Australian Laureate Fellowships funding and grant duration is five consecutive years on a full-time basis.

The objectives of the fellowship are to:

• support ground-breaking, internationally-competitive basic and applied research,
• forge strong links among researchers, the international research community and/or industry and other research end-users,
• enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas,
• attract and retain outstanding researchers and research leaders of international reputation, and
• provide an excellent research training environment and exemplary mentorship to nurture early-career researchers.

Applications Close: 5pm (ACT local time), Wednesday 4 December 2019

For more information about this grant opportunity, including eligibility criteria, and to apply please click here.

Being held, for the very first time, in Fremantle Western Australia, the 2019 ASMR National Scientific Conference will explore the ebbs and flows between basic, fundamental science that drives clinical translation and implementation.

With over 45 speaking slots, the ASMR NSC is an inviting space for student, early-career, mid-career and senior researchers to take a fresh approach to discovery and communication.

Featuring invited presentations from world-leading scientists, the program will excite, inspire, and generate new and innovative exchanges and collaboration between researchers from all areas of health and medical research.

Abstracts from all fields of health and medical research are being sought for this truly interdisciplinary conference. The conference will run from November 20 – 21.

Abstract submission, registration and program details can be found here.

The Western Australian Future Fund Amendment Bill has been introduced to the WA Parliament paving the way for hundreds of millions of dollars to be invested in health and medical research and innovation.

The Amendment Bill allows for interest from the WA Future Fund to be used to fund health and medical research and innovation in WA.

The $1.3 billion WA Future Fund currently earns approximately $40 million in annual interest. Funds committed to health research and innovation will ramp up gradually, with $52 million being committed over a three-year period between 2020-21 and 2022-23. Alongside existing State Government research funding, this will deliver a total of $126.6 million over the next four years and transform WA into a leader in health research and innovation.

Formation of the WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund delivers on a McGowan Government election commitment, it will grow local jobs, retain WA’s brightest health researchers and innovators and attract more leading research projects and partnerships from around the world.

The funding boost will also ensure that WA does not lose potential innovation and commercialisation opportunities stemming from local research discoveries and innovative practices.

Read the full media release here.

The Forrest Research Foundation is offering up to 9 four-year PhD scholarships to outstanding researchers from around the world to conduct paradigm-shifting research at any of Western Australia’s five universities.

These generous scholarships, which are open to candidates of any nationality, working in any subject area, provide for all tuition fees, and a stipend accommodation package valued at over AU$50,000 per annum which includes a luxury self-contained studio apartment in Forrest Hall.

If you have an outstanding academic track record (with a minimum GPA of 3.8/4.0), are a creative thinker, an excellent communicator, a passionate researcher and wish to join this elite group of exceptional Forrest Scholars, visit the Foundation’s website for further details. Applications must be submitted via the online application form by 31 October 2019.

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in December 2019, and PhD scholarships must be commenced between January and August 2020.

Apply now 

On behalf of the local organising committee and HUGO, you are invited to submit an abstract for the 24th Annual Human Genome Meeting to be held in Perth, Western Australia on April 5 – 8, 2020. The committee encourages applicants to submit recent work for consideration in either an Oral Presentation and/or Poster Presentation. Inclusion of original work not previously published is highly encouraged. The contribution of presenters like yourself is crucial to the success of the Conference and we greatly value your input.

The themes for this year’s meeting include:

• Precision Oncology
• Clinical Genomics
• Single Cell Genomics
• Regulatory Regions and Epigenetics
• Functional Genomics
• Genetic Diagnosis
• Population Scale Genomics
• Neurogenomics
• Human Evolution
• Ethics
• Genomic Therapies
• New Genomic Technologies
• Non-coding RNAs

The Human Genome Meeting is an international meeting with a long history and broad audience of researchers and clinicians applying leading edge genomic technologies to study the human genome and diagnose and treat disease.

The 2020 meeting is broadly spread across three themed days covering genome function, genome variation and clinical application. We have secured high profile international and national speakers across each of these themes.

Oral Abstract Submissions close: Midnight (AWST), Friday 10 January 2020
Poster Abstract Submissions close: Midnight (AWST), Friday 7 February 2020

To submit an abstract, click here.

The Cancer Council WA have two funding opportunities now open for applications.

The opportunities are:

• Cancer Council WA PhD Top Up Scholarship – Applications close Wednesday 30 October 2019
• Cancer Council WA Paul Katris Honours/Master Scholarships – Applications close Wednesday 16 November 2019

Cancer Council WA PhD Top Up Scholarship
PhD Top Up Scholarships are awarded to highly ranked PhD students with a Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend or equivalent. The amount offered is up to $36,000 for up to 3 years full-time, with a maximum payable rate of $12,000 per annum. These scholarships are offered to students with an outstanding track record in academic achievement and research potential to pursue full-time PhD studies in Western Australia in cancer-related research.

The Baguley Family Bladder Cancer PhD Top Up will also be offered this year. This scholarship will be awarded to a student with an outstanding track record in academic achievement, and who is conducting research into the understanding and/or treatment of bladder cancer.

The guidelines and application forms are available on the Cancer Council WA website.

Cancer Council WA Paul Katris Honours/Master Scholarships
These scholarships are available for research projects in any relevant cancer related research field such as laboratory, clinical, epidemiological, psychosocial and/or behavioural science. Awarded in memory of Paul Katris, a member of Cancer Council WA family for more than 20 years, consideration is given to the relevant criteria, and research excellence, with one scholarship earmarked for a psycho-oncology research project.

These scholarships are awarded to highly ranked Honours students commencing cancer research in 2020 as part of their Honours degree. The total value of the Scholarship is up to $7,500 for 1 year full-time, with $6,000 to be allocated as an allowance and an additional amount of $1,500 to be allocated to research costs.

The guidelines and application forms are available on the Cancer Council WA website.