Grants calendar

 

ROYAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
COMPETITIVE GRANTS APPLICATION CALENDAR

2008 - 2009
 

GRANT

No

MAXIMUM VALUE OF EACH GRANT

TERM OF GRANT

CLOSING DATE

DATE AWARD TO BE ANNOUNCED

Research Project Seeding Grant (New Researcher)

2

$75,000 pa

2 years

30 April 2008

October 2008

Research Project Seeding Grant (Established Researcher)

2

$75,000 pa

2 years

30 April 2008

October 2008

* Allied Health Research Project/s

$60,000

1 year

30 April 2008

October 2008

Queensland Regional Research Project

2

$50,000 pa

2 years

30 April 2008

October 2008

* Nursing Research Project/s


$60,000

1 year

30 April 2008

October 2008

Research Skills Development Scholarships for Nurses

2

$30,000

1 year

27 October 2008

December 2008

Postgraduate Scholarships (Nursing and Allied Health)
Part-time applications considered

4

$20,000 – pro-rata for part-time

3 - 5 years

27 October 2008

December 2008

“Top-up” postgraduate Scholarships

2

$5,000 pa

3 years

27 October 2008

December 2008

Clinical Training Fellowships

3

Registrar Salary at seniority level

1 year

8 September 2008

December 2008

Clinical Postgraduate Research Scholarships

2

$40,000 pa

3 years

27 October 2008

December 2008

** “Near Miss” Funding


$100,000

1 year

After NHMRC awards announced

December 2008

* One single project or any number of smaller projects will be funded up to the maximum amount available for the grant


** Funding may be divided amongst up to four researchers who have just missed external funding.  Guidelines will be published on our website later in the year


If applications that meet the specific criteria are not received, or if the standard of applications is not considered to be appropriate, the Foundation reserves the right to withhold some scholarships in any given year.