Opportunities for scientists—September 2022

September 30, 2022

Academy opportunities

Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund – Strategic Element

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), in collaboration with the Australian Academy of Science, will deliver the Australian Government’s $18.2 million Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund – Strategic Element, a key part of the new $60.2 million GSTDF fund.

Over the next four years, the fund will support international collaboration to enhance Australia’s profile in science and technology research and application. Australian business, entrepreneurs and researchers can capitalise on international opportunities to commercialise their cutting-edge products and services and strengthen scientific collaborations.

More information on the Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund – Strategic Element

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellowships

The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Foreign Researchers provides opportunities for Australian postdoctoral researchers to conduct cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions.  Applications are invited from suitably qualified researchers in any field of the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, technology and medicine.

Fellowships are awarded for a period of 12–24 months and include flights, a monthly maintenance allowance, a settling-in allowance and insurance cover.

Applications close 12 December 2022.

More information on the JSPS Fellowships

External opportunities

The Danone International Prize for Alimentation

The purpose of the Danone International Prize for Alimentation is to encourage and support cutting edge, innovative and multidisciplinary scientific research in Alimentation – € 100,000.

Applications close 16 October 2022.

More information on the Danone International Prize for Alimentation

IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award

The award acknowledges and promotes the work of women in chemistry/chemical engineering worldwide.

Applications close 1 November 2022.

More information on the IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award

Dreyfus Prize

The Dreyfus Prize is awarded biennially and recognises an individual for exceptional and original research in a selected area of chemistry that has advanced the field in a major way. The 2023 Dreyfus Prize topic is ‘Imaging in Chemical Sciences’ – US$250,000.

Applications close 1 December 2022.

More information on the Dreyfus Prize

A.M. Turing Award

The purpose of the award is to recognise major contributions of a technical nature to the computing community – US $1 million.

Applications close 15 December 2022.

More information on the A.M. Turing Award

Gruber Prizes

Honours individuals in the fields of cosmology, genetics and neuroscience, whose ground-breaking work provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture – US$500,000 for each category.

Applications close 15 December 2022.

More information on the Gruber Prizes

José Vasconcelos Award

Awarded to a renowned educator, an authority in the field of teaching, or to an individual who has promoted education policies, who has had a significant influence on the advancement in the scope of culture for mankind - US$10,000.

Applications close 16 December 2022.

More information on the José Vasconcelos Award

Albert Einstein World Award of Science

The award recognises those who have accomplished scientific and technological achievements which have brought progress to science and benefit to mankind – US$10,000.

Applications close 16 December 2022.

More information on the Albert Einstein World Award of Science

 

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