
	Australian Rotary Health Grants, Fellowships and Scholarship Opportunities Australian Rotary Health is Australia's largest non-government funding body of mental illness research. They also fund research in other health related areas. Australian Rotary Health has a broad vision of health. They are a catalyst for projects that improve the quality of life for people who are least able to assist themselves. See Australian Rotary Health website for current grant and scholarship opportunities.Australian Rotary offers a range of grants, fellowships and scholarships. Please visit www.australianrotaryhealth.gov.au to find out more and download application forms. Applications close 13 August 2010 for: Mental Health Research Grants Colin Dodds Post Doctoral Fellowship Geoffrey Betts Post Doctoral Fellowship Applications close 18 October 2010: Ian Scotts PhD Scholarships - Investigating Mental Health Queensland Health – Office of Health and Medical Research - Applications close at 5pm on Monday 23 August 2010 Health Research Fellowships - Round Two The Health Research Fellowships provide funding of up to $150,000 pa for five years as salary support which will allow health districts to back-fill the clinical time of practicing clinicians or other health professionals to undertake clinical or health service research. Successful applicants will undertake research that has the potential to lead to improved patient care in Queensland by influencing health policy and clinical practice. Please note the changes in eligibility criteria to this fellowship from previous rounds. For further information see http://www.health.qld.gov.au/ohmr/html/rpu/health_res_fel.asp or contact us +61 (0) 7 3405 6121 The Royal Australasian College of Physicians - Jacquot Awards - closing date 30 August 2010. These are grants for Nephrology research. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians offers upward of 50 awards each year. The Fellowships and scholarships provided by the Research and Education Foundation are available only to Fellows and Advanced Trainees of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and its Faculties and Chapters. The majority of awards are designed for Fellows or Advanced Trainees at an early stage of their careers and strong preference will be given to these applicants. Several awards are, however, available to more established researchers. There are over 40 Fellowships available within the following categories, although not all are offered each year: Research Entry Scholarships Post Higher Degree Awards The Jacquot Awards Rural & Remote Practitioners Awards Faculty, Chapter and Specialty Society Awards New Zealand Awards Eric Susman Prize A copy of the 2011 awards booklet can be found on our website http://www.racp.edu.au/page/research-ed Queensland Health – Office of Health and Medical Research - Applications close at 5pm on 6 September 2010 Clinical Academic Fellowships - Round Two Funding of up to $75,000 pa for five years towards the salary of a new clinical academic position Please note that individual researchers are not eligible to apply for this fellowship. The application process for the Clinical Academic Fellowship requires the collaboration of Queensland Government funded health care facilities and universities (“joint applicants”) to design new positions that will increase research activity and provide a focus on clinical excellence. For further information see http://www.health.qld.gov.au/ohmr/html/rpu/clin_academ_fel.asp or contact us +61 (0) 7 3405 6121 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice - Deadline for receipt of 2011-12 applications is September 13, 2010. The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to spend up to 12 months in the United States, conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts. Find out more by visiting www.commonwealthfund.org/fellowships or contact Robin Osborn, Vice President and Director of the International Program in Health Policy and Practice, at The Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021, U.S.A. (Tel: +1 212 606 3809 or Email: ro@cmwf.org) or Jane Hall, Professor and Director, Center for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE), University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (Tel: 61-2-9514-4719 or Email: jane.hall@chere.uts.edu.au