National Day of Mourning Thursday 22 September

Monash University will observe National Day of Mourning (Thursday 22 September) as a one-off public holiday, in line with the Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and Professional Staff) 2019. This will create a four-day weekend, which includes the Grand Final public holiday on Friday 23 September and standard weekend (Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 September). For further details around pay and teaching, please see The Insider. For information about overtime procedures, please consult the After Hours form on the SCS intranet and the University's Policy.

Science and Industry Endowment Fund – Australian Academy of Science Fellowships to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

A SIEA - AAS Fellowship is provided to ECR applicants that demonstrate a strong commitment to their principal field of studies, that is in physiology and medical sciences related disciplines, and to interdisciplinary work, for example by double degrees or interdisciplinary projects. 

The registration fee for the 2023 meeting is €2,500 (EUR) per attendee. The Academy’s grant-in-aid will contribute up to $4,000 (AUD) towards this fee for each attendee. The Academy will pay the registration fee at the conclusion of the meeting. If the final figure for the registration fee exceeds $4,000 (AUD) after conversion the attendee must pay the difference to the Academy before 31 July 2023.

As per the guidelines for this scheme, Monash University may only submit a total of one application per department, up to a maximum of two applications across the University.

Final applications are due to the funder via SmartyGrants by 5pm Wednesday 28th of September 2022. The following deadlines are advised to give applicants the maximum amount of time to draft a full application:

• Deadline for submission of EOI to Faculty: 10AM 19th of September 2022
• Reviewing by cross-Faculty panel and notification of outcomes: by the 26th of September 2022
• MRO deadline for compliance check (via Pure): 27th of September 2022
• Deadline for submission of final applications: 5pm 28th of September 2022

The two shortlisted Monash applicants will be advised to proceed with their full application submission and entry of their application into Pure

Monash EOI template.

Further information on this scheme can be found at the followinglink

Please feel free to contact MRO Applications Team in case of any further questions.

Dr Christine De Nardo appointed as SCS School Manager

Posted on behalf of Acting Head of School, Professor Julian Smith

I am pleased to announce that Dr Christine De Nardo has been appointed as SCS School Manager, effective 5 September 2022.  Christine brings with her more than 10 years of expertise in research and operations management at medical research institutions in Australia and Germany.

Christine obtained a PhD from the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne in 2009. Since then she has built a strong foundation in operations management, alliance management, the coordination and management of collaborative academic and commercially-driven research programs, multinational competitive funding applications, technology transfer agreements and research contracts with major industry partners.

She began as Scientific Coordinator of the Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), before taking on Scientific Coordinator and General Manager roles at the University of Bonn in Germany. During this period, she played a key role in the establishment of the ImmunoSensation Cluster of Excellence, securing EUR 28 million from the German Research Foundation. Concurrent with this, Christine managed the PR and Communications strategy for the Life and Medical Sciences Institute in Bonn, Germany. Since returning to Australia, Christine has acted as Scientific Coordinator of the Chemical Biology Division at WEHI, Scientific Coordinator within the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University, and more recently as General Manager for immuno-oncology biotechnology company, oNKo-innate Pty Ltd.

Christine will be in touch and get to know everyone as she settles into her new role.  Please make her feel welcome.