Helen Triantafyllou Early Career Researcher Conference Support Grant 2013
In memory of Helen Triantafyllou, who passed away suddenly on 27 November 2012, the Sydney Medical School will be offering conference support grants for early career researchers.
Helen Triantafyllou was well known in the Sydney Medical School, having spent eight years in the Faculty as Office Manager, Postgraduate Education Manager and finally as the Manager of the Office of Research and Research Training. Helen was passionate in supporting and championing early careers researchers. We are privileged to be able to honour Helen’s memory in this way.
The program is aimed at teaching and research academic staff in the first seven years of their PhD award. The goal is to help our newer members of staff to develop their research profiles. If you meet the criteria below, and are considering or are attending a conference between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013, please apply to Mr George Carayannopoulos, Office of Research and Research Training, Sydney Medical School attaching the requested information.
Eligibility
- To be considered an early career researcher under this scheme the applicant must have been awarded their PhD in 2006 or since and hold an academic appointment in Sydney Medical School up to and including Level B at the date of application
- The applicant must hold an academic appointment in Sydney Medical School at 0.4 FTE or above for at least 12 months beyond the dates of travel
- Researchers working within the Medical Research Institutes are eligible provided that they meet the above criteria and have a formal salaried, conjoint, clinical, adjunct or other appointment at the University and affiliate with Sydney Medical School and/or the University of Sydney in the by-line of all presentations.
- These grants will not be awarded to researchers who are Chief Investigators A (CIAs) on any Category 1 grant which has funding in the year of application, other than training fellowships (e.g. NHMRC Career Development Awards, C J Martin Fellowships)
- Applicants must provide all documentation as outlined below
Applications
Applicants are required to provide the following documentation:
- Completed Information Cover Sheet
- Abstract of your presentation
- Supporting documents relating to eligibility criteria above
- A brief Curriculum Vitae (no more than 3 pages)
It is expected that you will make a presentation at the conference. Applications will be ranked and allocated funding based on the track record of the applicant relative to opportunity, the plan for the conference and the potential for future career development. Preference will also be given to outstanding applicants to attend conferences where the opportunity to raise the researcher’s profile is high and where papers are selected on a competitive basis.
A condition of the support is that you provide a one page (maximum) report on your trip within three months of your return.
We will consider applications for support of up to $5,000. This sum can be claimed in advance of travel on submission of appropriate invoices/dockets/receipts, and can be used to offset fares, subsistence and/or conference registration. The awarded sum must be acquitted on return from the conference trip (i.e. receipts must be retained for this purpose), or unspent monies returned. Awards may be shared.
Successful applicants who do not attend the specified conference will be required to repay the grant.
Guidelines and Information Cover Sheet- pdf
Applications are now open
Applications close Friday 31st May 2013
Inquiries
Mr George Carayannopoulos
Office of Research and Research Training
Sydney Medical School
Ph. 9114 0800
Email:
Early Career Researcher Overseas Conference and Research Visit Support 2013
The Sydney Medical School, in partnership with the DVC (Research), is funding international conference support, preferably coupled with a visit to a collaborator/potential collaborator. The program is aimed at teaching and research members of academic staff in the first seven years of receiving confirmation of PhD (as of 30 June, 2013). The goal is to help our newer members of staff to develop their international profiles.
A call for applications will be made in the coming months.
Inquiries
Mr George Caraynnopoulos
Office of Research and Research Training
Sydney Medical School
Ph. 9114 0800