MACQUARIE GROUP FOUNDATION DIABETES
RESEARCH INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP

Travel Grant Awards

JDRF are happy to announce that our Travel Grant program is now proudly sponsored by the Macquarie Group Foundation as part of the new JDRF and MACQUARIE GROUP FOUNDATION DIABETES RESEARCH INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP.

The Program

The Macquarie Group Foundation Diabetes Research Innovation Partnership aims to advance the level and impact of type 1 diabetes research in Australia. The Young Scientist Research Travel Grants are funded by the Macquarie Group Foundation as part of this partnership. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) invites applications from young researchers for grants of up to $2,500 to allow travel to research institutions or scientific meetings, for the purpose of furthering the researcher’s expertise in the study of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes.

Eligible candidates for both forms of Travel Grants will be:

• Medical, science or allied health graduates who are undertaking type 1 diabetes research
• Researchers in the early stage of their career (eg PhD students or not more than 5 years post-doctoral)

Applicants for both forms of Travel Grants must also be:

• Australian citizens; or
• Permanent residents currently residing in Australia; or
• Temporary residents holding JDRF research awards who are currently working at an Australian institution.

The scientific meeting/research visit planned by the applicant must focus on one of JDRF's research goals:

• To restore normal blood glucose levels
• To prevent and reverse complications
• To prevent type 1 diabetes

Your Application

Please click here to download the Travel Grant Application Form.

Please click here to download the Allied Health and Nursing Research Travel Grant Application Form.

If you have trouble downloading this form, please email info@jdrf.org.au for an electronic copy.

Please note, all applications MUST include:

• Name of intended research laboratory/institution, or scientific meeting.
• Short lay description of the purpose of travel and its relevance to type 1 diabetes (maximum 1 page). This description must be easily understandable to the lay person.
• Curriculum vitae including date of birth, residency status and publications (max 4 pages).
• Copy of abstract submitted to scientific meeting;
• Budget (not to exceed $2,500 for researchers or $2000 for allied health and nursing professionals) and details of approaches to other sources of travel funds.
• Evidence of invitation to travel or copy of registration papers for scientific meeting.
• Letter of support from your supervisor commenting on your work, commitment to type 1 diabetes research, and the scientific benefits of the travel/visit (max 1 page).
• Name of institution to which cheque should be made payable.

Applications are to be emailed as one document in MS Word format to info@jdrf.org.au by the closing date.

Applicants also need to mail a copy of their application with any additional documents which cannot be emailed to:

Travel Grants
JDRF
PO Box 183
St Leonards NSW 1590

Timeline for 2008