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National Heart Foundation of Australia (NHF) Research Medal for Lifetime Contribution to Cardiovascular Research

Internal closing date:  TBA
External closing date:  TBA

The Heart Foundation Research Medal will be presented to an individual who has had a lifetime of outstanding achievements in the field of cardiovascular disease research and has served as a role model through service, research and teaching. In general, the recipient of this award must have had a career spanning at least 20 years. Up to two Heart Foundation Research Medals may be awarded in any year. The winner will be presented with the Heart Foundation Research Medal at the NHF at a suitable occasion. The award consists of a medal and travel and expenses for the recipient and spouse to the award ceremony.

Eligibility:

• Candidate must hold Australian citizenship

• Candidate has received national recognition of their research (awards, invited presentations)

• Candidate has published articles in peer-reviewed journals

• It is preferable that the candidate has some involvement with the NHF at the local or national level within the last five years, and/or a history of contributions to NHF’s goals and objectives.

Further information: http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/Professional_Information/Research/Available_Funding/Research_Prizes/Pages/default.aspx

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Australian Society for Medical Research – Research Award

Internal closing date:  23 September 2009
External closing date:  30 September 2009

The ASMR Research Awards support two postgraduate student members of the ASMR nearing completion of their studies or a recently graduated postdoctoral member to undertake a short period of research in a laboratory outside of Australia ($5,000) or in a distal laboratory ($2,000) within Australia. Applicants for these awards must have been members of the ASMR for at least 12 months immediately preceding the year in which the Award application is to be considered

Further information: http://www.asmr.org.au/Awards.html

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National Association of Research Fellows of NHMRC (NARF)
Postdoctoral Investigators Award

Internal closing date: 21 August 2009
External closing date: 28 August 2009

This annual award by NARF recognises outstanding independent health / medical / biomedical research achievement by an Australian postdoctoral fellow at an early stage of their research career. The intention of the award is to recognise such achievement and to encourage the career aspirations of young Australian investigators in health/medical/biomedical research.

Eligibility: The applicant must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident and within first 5 years (at 31/10/2007) of receiving their research doctorate.

Value: $1,500

Application procedure: Applicants should forward an electronic copy of their curriculum vitae, including a full list of published works (authors, title, journal details), and a PDF copy of their single best first-authored work over the past five years. The CV should include all academic and research achievements, and the date of the doctoral award. Full contact details should be provided for two academic referees, one of whom should be the applicant’s Head of Department.

Further information: http://www.wehi.edu.au/narf/

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Victorian Public Healthcare Awards
Online registration of interest: 18 May 2009
Applications:
Internal closing date: 4 June 2009
External closing date: 10 June 2009

The Victorian Public Healthcare Awards aim to celebrate quality, innovation and excellence in public healthcare, and honour the dedication and expertise of the people who provide healthcare to the Victorian community. The cornerstones of the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards are quality, innovation and excellence. Each year the awards aim to recognise organisations, initiatives, teams and individuals exemplifying these principles.

Eligibility: Entries are welcome from Victorian Government funded healthcare providers or initiatives which are majority funded by the Victorian Government. Private organisations that have worked collaboratively with a publicly-funded healthcare provider on a specific initiative can jointly nominate with that provider.

Categories:
The 2009 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards will bestow honours in the following categories:

  • Doing it Better Award - providing sustainable, well managed and efficient health services

  • Improving Access Award - providing timely and accessible health services

  • Most Appropriate Care Award - promoting least intrusive and earliest effective care

  • Safe Care Award - improving health service safety and quality

  • Prevent and Promote Award - strengthening the capacity of individuals, families and communities through effective prevention and health promotion

  • Reducing Inequalities Award - improving health and wellbeing for disadvantaged people and communities

The Premier’s Awards:

Health service of the year

  • Primary health service of the year

  • Rural health service of the year

  • Regional health service of the year

  • Metropolitan health service of the year

Excellence Awards

  • Tackling chronic disease and improving public health

  • Improving cancer care in Victora

The Minister’s Awards for outstanding staff achievement:

  • Outstanding achievement by an individual

  • Outstanding achievement by a team

Department of Human Services Secretary's Award:

Each year the Secretary of the Department of Human Services selects an important area of work that deserves recognition through the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards. In 2009 the Secretary’s Award will honour work that is improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people in Victoria

Health services should consider entering initiatives associated with children, youth, Indigenous Australians and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Further information: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/publichealthawards/

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GlaxoSmithKline Australia Award for Research Excellence
Internal closing date
: 24 September 2009
External closing date: 1 October 2009

The purpose of this award is to recognise a researcher with a demonstrated track record of significant work in human health, and for whom the award will facilitate career development and further achievements with potential importance to human health and Australian research.

Eligibility: The work will have been carried out mainly in Australia. The scientist will not be employed by a commercial organisation.

Value: $50,000 to further the scientist's work and knowledge and the GlaxoSmithKline Australia Award for Research Excellence Trophy.

Further information:
http://www.gsk.com.au/research-development_awards-grants_gskaawardforresearchexcellence.aspx

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Victoria Prize
Internal closing date
: 7 April 2009
External closing date: 14 April 2010

The Victoria Prize is awarded annually by the Victorian Government for a scientific discovery or technological innovation that significantly advances Victoria’s knowledge base or has potential to lead to a commercial outcome. Candidates may be nominated by individuals, groups of individuals or professional associations. The field of endeavour may be in research (pure or applied) or development (implementation of research outcomes in an industrial setting). It celebrates leadership, determination and creativity and highlights the many ways in which research and development of international significance is conducted locally.

The Jack & Robert Smorgon Families Foundation will award the Anne & Eric Smorgon Memorial Award to an institute supporting the Victoria Prize recipient in the research work for which he/she was awarded the Victoria Prize.

Eligibility: Australian citizens or permanent residents who have been resident in Victoria for at least three years prior to the call for nominations and have performed the major part of the work being acclaimed within Victoria.

Value: Victoria Prize $50,000; Anne & Eric Smorgon Memorial Award $100,000

Further information: http://www.business.vic.gov.au/BUSVIC.327998/STANDARD//PC_60155.html

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David Syme Research Prize
Internal closing date:
late 2009
External closing date: late 2009

The David Syme Research Prize is awarded for the best original research work in Biology, Chemistry, Geology or Physics, produced in Australia during the preceding two years, preference being given to work of value in the industrial and commercial interests of the country.

Eligibility: Candidates for the prize must have spent a minimum of five out of the last seven years in Australia and Professors are ineligible to apply.

Value: $11,000 and a bronze medallion

Further information: http://www.science.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships.php?awardId=11110

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Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation Medal
Internal closing date:
23 November 2009
External closing date
: 30 November 2009

Nominations are now invited for the annual Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation Medal. The award will be made to an individual within Australia who has made an outstanding contribution in the area of progressive neurological disorders or palliative care, either in basic or clinical research activities.

Value: The award will be marked by a medal and the sum of $5,000, to be presented in mid-2010. Nominations must be made with the consent of the nominee and should contain a short CV and brief assessment by the nominator of the achievement that the nominee has made in their field of expertise.

Further information: http://www.bethlehemgrf.com.au/newsitems.aspx?newsID=31

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Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation Prize
External closing date
: 20 April 2010

Nominations are now invited for the inaugural 2010 Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation Prize. The award will be made to a young researcher for excellence in the fields of neuroscience or palliative care..

Value: The award will be marked by a plaque and the sum of $5,000. Nominations must be made with the consent of the nominee, and should contain their CV, a page on their future directions and their NHMRC fellowship application.

Further information: http://www.bethlehemgrf.com.au/newsitems.aspx?newsID=32

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Premier's Award for Health and Medical Research
Internal closing date:
9 February 2010

External closing date: 16 February 2010

The Victorian Government is strongly committed to leading edge medical research, encouraging innovation and celebrating excellence. Each year the Premier’s Award for Medical Research is awarded to an outstanding Victorian postgraduate medical research scholar. The award recognises the contribution made by early-stage researchers and is an initiative of the Victorian Government and the Australian Society for Medical Research.

Eligibility: Applications are encouraged from PhD students or recently completed postgraduates whose research has or is being undertaken in a Victorian research institution in any field of medical research, including public health, health services, basic, applied or clinical research and health-related technology research.

Value: The Award includes a trophy, certificates and $40,000 in prize money: $16,000 for the winner and $8,000 for three commended applicants for their career development.

Jack & Robert Smorgon Families Award: In conjunction with the Premier’s Award for Medical Research, the $30,000 Jack and Robert Smorgon Families Award will be presented to the research institute that has supported the work of the Premier’s Award for Medical Research winner.
 

Further information: http://www.business.vic.gov.au/BUSVIC.327998/STANDARD//PC_60159.html

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DEST Prime Minister's Science Prizes:
- Prime Minister's Prize for Science
- Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year

Internal closing date
: 1 May 2009
External closing date:
8 May 2009

The Prime Minister's Prize for Science is one of the nation’s most highly-regarded awards and the premier national award for scientific achievement. It is awarded for an outstanding specific achievement in any area of science advancing human welfare or benefiting society, and has been awarded previously to such luminaries of Australian science as Frank Fenner, Donald Metcalf, Jacques Miller and Graeme Clark. The winner will receive a gold medallion and a $300,000 grant.
 

The Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year is awarded to scientists at an early stage of their research careers. To be eligible in 2008, nominees must have completed their PhD within the past ten years. At least four years of a Nominee’s research career must have been spent in Australia. The prize is awarded for outstanding achievement in science that benefits, or has the potential to benefit, human welfare or society. The winner will receive a silver medallion and a $50,000 grant.
 

Further information: https://sciencegrants.dest.gov.au/scienceprize/pages/home.aspx

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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
Internal closing date
: 30 April 2010
External closing date:
7 May 2010

The 2010 Eureka Prizes consist of 21 awards worth over $200,000 and include the largest line-up of prizes for research into environmental and sustainability issues facing Australia. The prizes reward outstanding performance in the fields of: research and innovation; science leadership; school science; science journalism and communication.

Further information: www.amonline.net.au/eureka

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Rolex Awards
Internal closing date: Next call for nominations will be in mid-2010
External closing date:
TBA

Rolex Awards support researchers with exceptional achievements, merit and international recognition. The awards are presented every two years in five areas: Science and Medicine, Technology and Innovation, Exploration and Discovery, the Environment and Cultural Heritage. The Science and Medicine award is awarded to an individual whose project contributes to human health and welfare. Anyone of any age, nationality or background can apply. The five winning applicants each receive US$100,000, a solid gold Rolex watch and worldwide recognition.

Further information: http://www.rolexawards.com

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Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research
Internal closing date: 23 June 2009
External closing date:
30 June 2009

The aim of the award is to honour a person who has made an outstanding discovery (or discoveries) in clinical or experimental biomedical research that has had an important impact on biomedical science, clinical medicine, or the way in which health care is delivered.

Value: $50,000 and a medal

The main conditions of the award are that:

  • The greater part of the work leading to the discovery (or discoveries) must have been conducted in Australia;

  • The nominee must have previously received support from the Ramaciotti Foundation at some time

  • The nominee must still be actively engaged in research

Please note that self-nominations are not acceptable.

Further information: http://www.perpetual.com.au/campaigns/ramaciotti_awards.aspx

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Australian Academy of Science Gottschalk Medal
Internal closing date: 24 July 2009
External closing date:
30 July 2009

The Gottschalk Medal recognises outstanding research in the medical sciences by scientists under 40 years at the closing date, except in the case of significant interruptions to a research career. The awardee may not be a Fellow of the Academy. The award is made annually and is restricted to candidates who are normally resident in Australia and for research conducted mainly in Australia. An honorarium of $1000 is paid and in the case of a shared award it is divided.

 

Further information: http://www.science.org.au/awards/gottschalk.htm

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