Great chance to get funding to spend 4-6 months of your PhD (or post doc) in Oz.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Meaghan OBrien</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Meaghan.OBrien@science.org.au">Meaghan.OBrien@science.org.au</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:14 AM<br>Subject: Funding opportunity in Australia: Apply now for the Australia Endeavour Awards<br>To: <br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Greetings from the Embassy of Australia! We are writing to share
<font color="#202020"><span style="color:#202020">a great opportunity for researchers, staff and academics to build international professional links and institutional collaborations with Australia.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#202020" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020">The Endeavour Awards is the Australian Government’s internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program providing opportunities
for citizens of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. Awards are also available for Australians to undertake study, research and professional development abroad.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#202020" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020">We would ask you to please publicise these funding opportunities to
</span></font><span lang="EN-AU">researchers, academics and staff at the NSF who <font color="#202020">
<span style="color:#202020">may be interested in applying. Applications for 2012 are now open; the application deadline is 30 June 2011. Further information can be found online at
</span></font><span><b><font color="#f79646"><span style="color:#F79646;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.australiaawards.gov.au/" target="_blank"><font color="#f79646"><span style="color:#F79646;text-decoration:none">http://www.australiaawards.gov.au</span></font></a></span></font></b></span><font color="#202020"><span style="color:#202020">.</span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#202020" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020">Please find a summary of the Endeavour Awards below:</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><font size="2" color="#202020" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020;font-style:italic">Apply for an Endeavour Research Fellowship</span></font></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#202020" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020">Conduct postgraduate or postdoctoral research in Australia.</span></font><span lang="EN-AU">
<font color="#202020"><span style="color:#202020">The Endeavour Research Fellowships provide financial support up to AUD$23,500 for postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the US to undertake short-term research (4-6 months) towards a Masters or
PhD (which they are enrolled in a participating country) or postdoctoral research in any field of study in Australia. The Endeavour Research Fellowships support comparative or collaborative research in Australia as part of a postgraduate or postdoctoral research
program.</span></font><font color="#f79646"><span style="color:#F79646"> <a href="http://www.gostudyinaustralia.org/endeavour-research-fellowships" target="_blank">
<b><font color="#f79646"><span style="color:#F79646;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Click here</span></font></b></a></span></font><font color="#202020"><span style="color:#202020"> for more details.</span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#202020" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020">Research Fellowships are also available for
<i><span style="font-style:italic">Australian</span></i> postgraduate or postdoctoral students who wish to come to the US to conduct research. If you are interested in attracting Australian researchers, please feel free to encourage them to apply for the Endeavour
research fellowship for</span></font><b><font color="#ffc000"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#FFC000;font-weight:bold">
</span></font></b><span><font color="#f79646"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#F79646;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.deewr.gov.au/International/EndeavourAwards/AusApp/Pages/CheungKong.aspx" target="_blank"><b><font color="#f79646"><span style="color:#F79646;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Australian
applicants</span></font></b></a></span></font></span><font color="#202020"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#202020">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><font size="2" color="#202020" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020;font-style:italic">Apply for an Endeavour Executive Award
</span></font></u></i><i><font color="#202020"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#202020;font-style:italic"><img border="0" width="1" height="5" src="cid:image003.gif@01CC1553.3DD91ED0" alt="Description: Description: Description: https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/SpacerImage.gif"><u></u></span></font></i></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="2" color="#202020" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#202020">Build professional links and collaborations with Australia. The Endeavour Executive Award
provides up to AUS$18,500 for mid-career professionals in business, industry, education or government to undertake 1-4 months of professional development in Australia. Examples of professional development include management training, peer-to-peer learning,
mentoring, and short courses. Applicants must be nominated by an Australian host organisation and the professional development activity must be vocationally useful and not geared toward completion of a degree, or an immediate commercial outcome.
</span></font><font size="2" color="#f79646" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#F79646"><a href="http://www.gostudyinaustralia.org/endeavour-executive-award" target="_blank"><b><font color="#f79646"><span style="color:#F79646;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Click
here</span></font></b></a></span></font><font size="2" color="#202020" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#202020"> for more details.</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Many thanks in advance for your assistance in publicising this information to researchers, academics or staff who may be
interested in this opportunity. <font color="#202020"><span style="color:#202020">We’d be happy to answer any questions about the Endeavour awards. Or, if we can help you in further developing your relationships and partnerships with Australia, please let
us know.</span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Jen</span></font></p>
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