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Travel Grants
JDRF offers travel grants to young researchers throughout Australia in order to strengthen the knowledge of type 1 diabetes amongst the research community.
The Program
The Macquarie Group Foundation Diabetes Research Innovation Partnership aims to advance the level and impact of type 1 diabetes research in Australia. The Young Scientist Research Travel Grants are funded by the Macquarie Group Foundation as part of this partnership. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) invites applications from young researchers for grants of up to $2,000 for domestic travel and up to $4000 for international travel to enable travel to research institutions or scientific meetings, for the purpose of furthering the researcher's expertise in the study of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes.
Eligible candidates for both forms of Travel Grants will be:
- Medical, science or allied health graduates who are undertaking type 1 diabetes research
- Researchers in the early stage of their career (eg PhD students or not more than 5 years post-doctoral)
Applicants for both forms of Travel Grants must also be:
- Australian citizens; or
- Permanent residents currently residing in Australia; or
- Temporary residents holding JDRF research awards who are currently working at an Australian institution.
The scientific meeting/research visit planned by the applicant must focus on one of JDRF's research goals:
- To restore normal blood glucose levels
- To prevent and reverse complications
- To prevent type 1 diabetes
Your Application
Please submit one of each of the following documents as a part of your application. These include:
If you have trouble downloading this form, please email info@jdrf.org.au for an electronic copy.
Please note, all applications MUST include:
- Name of intended research laboratory/institution, or scientific meeting.
- Short lay description of the purpose of travel and its relevance to type 1 diabetes (maximum 1 page). This description must be easily understandable to the lay person.
- Curriculum vitae including date of birth, residency status and publications (max 4 pages).
- Copy of abstract submitted to scientific meeting;
- Budget (not to exceed $2,000 for domestic or $4000 for international travel) and details of approaches to other sources of travel funds.
- Evidence of invitation to travel or copy of registration papers for scientific meeting.
- Letter of support from your supervisor commenting on your work, commitment to type 1 diabetes research, and the scientific benefits of the travel/visit (max 1 page).
- Name of institution to which cheque should be made payable.
Applications are to be emailed as one document in MS Word format to info@jdrf.org.au by the closing date. Alternatively they can be mailed to:
Travel Grants
JDRF
PO Box 183
St Leonards NSW 1590
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2010 Timetable for JDRF Travel Grants
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| Round 1 Jan 2010 |
Round 2 Apr 2010 |
Round 3 Jul 2010 |
Round 4 Oct 2010 |
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| Applications Called (flyer issued) | Fri 8 Jan | Fri 2 Apr | Fri 3 July | Fri 1 Oct |
| Closing dates for applications | Fri 5 Feb | Fri 30 Apr |
Fri 3 Aug | Fri 29 Oct |
| Applications sent to PAP and LRP | Fri 12 Feb | Fri 7 May | Fri 7 Aug | Fri 5 Nov |
| PAP responds to chair | Fri 12 Mar | Fri 4 June | Fri 4 Sept | Fri 26 Nov |
| PAP chair advises JDRF of PAP rankings | Fri 19 Mar | Fri 11 June | Fri 11 Sept | Fri 3 Dec |
| JDRF emails LRP with PAP scoresheets | Fri 19 Mar | Fri 11 June | Fri 11 Sept | Fri 3 Dec |
| LRP Teleconference | Mon 5 Apr | Mon 28 June | Mon 28 Sept | Mon 13 Dec |
| Board Approves Grants | Fri 9 Apr | Fri 2 July | Fri 2 Oct | Fri 17 Dec |
| Announcement and cheque sent | Fri 16 Apr | Fri 9 July | Fri 9 Oct | Fri 24 Dec |
| Travel Grant Recipients Round One 2009 | ||
| Applicant Name | Institution | $ Amount Funded |
| Vickie Wong |
University of Melbourne |
2500 |
| Tanya Samarasekera |
The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine |
2464 |
| Nicole Wong |
University of Melbourne |
2464 |
| Travel Grant Recipients Round Two 2009 | ||
| Applicant Name | Institution | $ Amount Funded |
| Pamela Sheahan |
Heart Research Institute |
2232 |
| Paul Benitez-Aguirre |
Westmead Childrens Hospital |
2500 |
| Peter Campbell |
St Vincents Institute |
2500 |
| Emma Carrington |
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research |
795 |
| Anna Serlachius |
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute |
2000 |
| Yoon Hi Cho |
Childrens Hospital of Westmead Institute of Endocrinology & Diabetes |
2500 |
| Ashleigh Lin |
Royal Childrens Hospital |
2200 |
| Jennifer Harrington |
Adelaide Womens & Childrens Hospital |
2500 |
| Eliana Marino Moreno | Garvan Institute of Medical Research | 2500 |
| Travel Grant Recipients Round Three 2009 | ||
| Applicant Name | Institution | $ Amount Funded |
| Anna Watson |
Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute |
2500 |
| Katie Edwards |
Institute of Health & Biomedical Innovation, QUT |
2500 |
| Dr Trang Ly |
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children |
2500 |
| Karly Sourris |
Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute |
2000 |
| Claire Jessup |
University of Adelaide |
2500 |
| Darling Rojas | University of Adelaide | 2000 |
| Shirley Elkassaby | Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | 2000 |
| Travel Grant Recipients Round Four 2009 | ||
| Applicant Name | Institution | $ Amount Funded |
| Katrina Binger |
Dept. Of Immunology - Monash University |
4000 |
| Eliana Moreno |
Garvan Institute of Medical Research |
4000 |
| Charis Teh |
The John Curtin School of Medical Research | 2000 |
