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Travel Grants
JDRF offers travel grants to early-stage researchers throughout Australia in order to strengthen the knowledge of type 1 diabetes amongst the research community.
The Program
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the Macquarie Group Foundation continue their support of excellence and innovation in research in the field of type 1 diabetes through the Macquarie Group Foundation Diabetes Research Innovation Partnership. The partnership aims to advance the level and impact of type 1 diabetes research in Australia.
The Early-Stage Scientist Research Travel Grants and The Allied Health and Nursing Travel Grants are funded by the Macquarie Group Foundation as part of this partnership.
JDRF invites applications from early-stage researchers for grants of up to $2,000 for domestic travel or $4,000 for international travel to research institutions or scientific meetings, for the purpose of furthering the researcher's expertise in the study of type 1 diabetes.
Eligible candidates for both forms of Travel Grants will be:
- Medical or science 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)
OR
- Allied health or nursing professionals undertaking work or research impacting on the lives of people with type 1 diabetes and their carers and families; or
- Allied health or nursing students, enrolled in a post graduate program, whose work/research will impact on the lives of people with type 1 diabetes and their carers and families
Applicants must also be:
- Australian citizens; or
- Permanent residents currently residing in Australia; or
- Temporary residents holding JDRF research awards, currently working at an Australian institution
Note that previous winners of this award are eligible to reapply.
The visit planned by the applicant must be relevant to type 1 diabetes and focus on one of JDRF's therapeutic areas:
- Beta Cell Therapies;
- Immune Therapies;
- Complications Therapies; or
- Glucose Control.
Your Application
Applications remain open year round, and are considered in four funding rounds throughout the year. Travel must be taking place after the announcement of awards. The closing dates for consideration in each round, for 2010 are as follows:
| Cut off for consideration Announcement of Awards |
||
| Round | Cut off for consideration |
Announcement of Awards |
| Round 1 |
Friday, 5th February |
Friday, 16th April |
| Round 2 |
Friday, 30th April |
Friday, 9th July |
| Round 3 |
Friday, 30th July |
Friday, 8th October |
| Round 4 | Friday, 29th October | Friday, 24th December |
Please submit one of EITHER of the following documents as a part of your application:
Early Stage Scientist Travel Grant application form
Allied Health and Nursing Travel Grant application form
If you have trouble downloading this form, please contact JDRF travel grants administration (travelgrants@jdrf.org.au or 02 9966 0400 ext. 225) for an electronic copy.
Along with the appropriate application form, applications must include the following:
- 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);
- Name of intended research laboratory/institution, or scientific meeting;
- Copy of abstract submitted to scientific meeting, if applicable;
- Evidence of invitation to travel or copy of registration papers for scientific meeting;
- Budget (not to exceed $2,000 if travel is within Australia, or $4,000 for international travel) and details of approaches to other sources for travel funds; and
- 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).
Applications are to be e-mailed as one document in MS Word format to travelgrants@jdrf.org.au.
| 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 |