Nine Australian early- and mid-career researchers will travel to Japan in 2015-16 under the Australia–Japan Bilateral Exchange Program, to work on a diverse range of projects.
The successful participants were put forward by the Academy after being selected by a committee comprising Fellows the Academy and representatives of the Australian Research Council and the Australian Academy of the Humanities from a competitive field of 53 nominations, including—for the first time—from humanities and social sciences.
Participants will be hosted by the National Institute for Materials Sciences, the University of Tokyo and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, among others. The projects include:
More information on the exchange program
Funding for this program was provided by the Department of Education and Training.
Expressions of interest are invited from scientists aged 30 years or younger to visit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US for a period of between six and thirteen weeks. Applicants can seek travel support to access the international leading-edge research facilities and staff of the NIH. Applicants should use the visit to initiate long-term collaborations and support their career development. Proposals in any health-related field of natural science will be considered, and only Australian citizens and permanent residents living in Australia are eligible to apply. At the time of application, applicants should be either in the first two years of a PhD degree or equivalent, have completed a Masters or Bachelors with Honours degree, or be in the first year of a Masters or Bachelors with Honours degree.
The closing date for expressions of interest is Monday 1 June 2015 for travel in 2016.
More information on the 2016 junior scientist USA visit
The title ‘HOPE’ signifies the promise held for young scientists and optimism for a bright science and technology future in the Asia–Pacific and Africa region.
A delegation of six researchers from Australia are travelling to Tokyo this month to attend the 7th HOPE Meeting, organised by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The subject fields for this year included physics, chemistry, physiology/medicine and related fields.
The title ‘HOPE’ signifies the promise held for young scientists and optimism for a bright science and technology future in the Asia–Pacific and Africa region.
Lecturers at the meeting include Dr Johannes Georg Bednorz, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1987; Professor Douglas Dean Osheroff, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1996; Professor Hideki Shirakawa, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2000; Professor Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2010; and Professor Dan Shechtman, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2011.
The Academy’s National Committees for Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, and Medicine and Public Health selected the following students and researchers to attend the HOPE meeting:
Funding for these participants to attend the meeting was provided by the Department of Education and Training.
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