Applications are now open for two awards that were
established last year for female researchers in quantitative biomedical science:- Georgina Sweet Award for
Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science: In 2017 up to three awards
of $25,000 will be made to female researchers who demonstrate excellence
in the area of quantitative biomedical science*. Applicants would
normally have completed their PhD more than 7 and less than 15 years
ago. The closing date for applications
for this year’s awards is 31 May 2017.
- Georgina Sweet Travel
Support for a Female Keynote Speaker in Quantitative Biomedical Science:
Up to three awards of $3,000 are available each year to support attendance
of a female keynote speaker at an Australian quantitative biomedical
science* conference. Applications are
open at any time until awards have been allocated for the year.
*Definition: Quantitative Biomedical Science is
biological/biomedical research that employs a quantitative approach,
particularly in areas such as computational biology, biophysics,
bioinformatics, biochemistry, genomics, structural biology, cell biology etc.
Both
awards were created as part of Professor Leann Tilley’s (UniMelb) Laureate
Fellowship commitment to foster, support and promote female researchers in
quantitative biomedical sciences. Applications are open to
researchers within Australia . For more information, guidelines and how to apply please visit:
If you have any questions about
these schemes, please contact adm-researchgrants.contracts@monash.edu,
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