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[Research Training]

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email Research Training, Research Office: scholars at reschols.usyd.edu.au

Previously advertised scholarships can be found on our website:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/reschols/scholarships/

Week beginning: 19 April 2004

    RESEARCH
Information Technologies; Eye Banking; Batten Disease

    OVERSEAS
Spinal Cord Injury and Other Neurological Conditions Research

    VACATION
Norman McCann Summer Scholarship

    OTHER
Australia Folk Festival Fellowship


Category: Research Scholarships

Postgraduate Scholarship in PET and PET/CT Research
Open to candidate with an Hons or higher degree, and have been enrolled or
will be enrolled in Masters or PhD degree program at the School of IT,
USYD; the project is “Smart Information Use for PET-CT Quantitative
Molecular Imaging”; 18,484 pa; up to 3 years.
Closing Date: 01 May 2004
Further information: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/reschols/scholarships/, use
the New Search
Engine and search under Research Scholarships (in “Show Me”) and by title
(in “Optional Keywords”).

Postgraduate Scholarship in Video Research
Open to candidate with a Masters/Hons degree, and will be enrolled in a PhD
degree at the School of IT, USYD; the project is “ The development of the
video interaction mark-up language”; 18,484 pa; up to 31/12/04;
possibility of extension from further funding from other sources;
applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of Australia.
Closing Date: 29 April 2004
Further information: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/reschols/scholarships/, use
the New Search
Engine and search under Research Scholarships (in “Show Me”) and by title
(in “Optional Keywords”).

J & M Claffy Fellowship
Open to qualified Medical Practitioner to undertake full-time research
leading to a Higher Degree e.g. Masters Degree with possibility of
converting to PhD; the research is in the area of Eye Banking including
the challenge to provide sight-saving surgery through corneal
transplantation; $18,000 - $21,500 pa; up to 3 years.
Closing Date: 30 April 2004
Further information: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/reschols/scholarships/, use
the New Search
Engine and search under Research Scholarships (in “Show Me”) and by title
(in “Optional Keywords”).

The Batten Disease Support and Research Association (BDSRA) Pre-doctoral
Studentships
Available for research in the development of novel therapeutic approaches
to treatment for NCL, development of new and novel animal systems for
researching and understanding the pathogenic mechanisms of NCL, and
development of treatments that will alleviate the symptoms of Batten
Disease and other projects that further the understanding of NCL; up to
$22,000 pa; up to 2 years.
Closing Date: 15 June 2004
Further information: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/reschols/scholarships/, use
the New Search
Engine and search under Research Scholarships (in “Show Me”) and by title
(in “Optional Keywords”).

Category: Overseas Scholarships

Spinal Cord Injury and Other Neurological Conditions Research Grants
Program – Travel Scholarships
Up to 3 scholarships available to PhD students in NSW to present research
at international conferences/ institutions and to visit overseas
laboratories or centres of excellence; the PhD students must be at the
stage of submitting, or have submitted their doctoral thesis within the
last 12 months, and are nominated by their Uni as eligible to receive such
an Award; up to $10,000.
Closing Date: 03 May 2004
Further information: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/reschols/scholarships/, use
the New Search
Engine and search under Overseas Scholarships (in “Show Me”) and by title
(in “Optional Keywords”).

Category: Vacation Scholarships

National Library of Australia - Norman McCann Summer Scholarship
Open to students who have commenced or are intending to proceed to
postgraduate study for research on the Library’s collections, not the
completion of a thesis; applicants must be < age of 30 on 1/3/04 and be
drawn from the disciplines of Australian history, literature,
librarianship, archives administration or museum studies; 6 weeks from 3/1
to 11/2/05; $300/wk for the duration of the scholarship, return economy
airfare, accommodation and meals at a Canberra University college;
applicants must be permanent residents or citizens of Australia.
Closing Date: 18 June 2004
Further information: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/reschols/scholarships/, use
the New Search
Engine and search under Vacation Scholarships (in “Show Me”) and by title
(in “Optional Keywords”).

Category: Other Scholarships

National Library of Australia - Australia Folk Festival Fellowship
Open to established and emerging performers across music, dance and spoken
words to research original source materials in the National Library
folklore archives; living expenses up to $10,000, 4 weeks accommodation
for non-Canberra residents, return economy airfare from and to Canberra
within Australia and guaranteed performance at the National Folk Festival
following the residency.
Closing Date: 30 June 2004
Further information: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/reschols/scholarships/, use
the New Search
Engine and search under Other Scholarships (in “Show Me”) and by title (in
“Optional Keywords”).










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