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Travel and equipment grants

  • Travel and conference grants
    Below is a list of links to granting bodies and schemes that provide funding for study, conferences and training, and travel for collaborative research within or outside Australia.
  • Equipment grants
    Below is a list of links to granting bodies and schemes that provide funding for special research equipment or infrastructure.

Sort by month closing*
* The closing date is estimated using the month the fellowship was last offered. This is subject to change and if you are interested in the fellowship you should refer directly to their website.
For current grants refer to new funding opportunities.

Travel and conference grants

 
Granting body and grant scheme Month closing
American Foundation for AIDS Research - Targeted and General Short-Term Travel Grants

June

Australian Egg Corporation Limited - Travel/Conference Funding

December

Australian Pork Limited - Travel Grants and Distinguished Visitor Awards

November

Australian Pork Limited - Travel Grants and Distinguished Visitor Awards

June

Australian Pork Limited - Travel Grants and Distinguished Visitor Awards

June

AW Howard Memorial Trust Inc - Travel Grants

March

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) - Travel Awards

November

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) - Travel Grants

September

CASS Foundation - Post-Doctoral Travel Grants 

August

CASS Foundation - Post-Doctoral Travel Grants 

February

CASS Foundation - Post-Doctoral Travel Grants 

August

CASS Foundation - Post-Doctoral Travel Grants 

February

Grains Research and Development Corporation - Travel/Conference Attendance and Conference Sponsorship Grants

September

Grains Research and Development Corporation - Sponsorship & Travel/Conference Attendance Grants

March

Ian Potter Foundation - Travel Grants

October

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) - Travel Grant Awards For Young Researchers 

January

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Australia - Travel Grants

April

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) - Travel Grants

October

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia - Travel Grants

March

Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust - Foreign Travel Grant September
STA Travel Trust - Travel Grants

September

Sugar Research and Development Corporation - Travel and Learning Opportunity Projects

September

Sugar Research and Development Corporation - Travel and Learning Opportunity Projects 

February

Cotton Research & Development Corporation - Research Projects, Postdoctoral Fellowships & Travel Grants

January

CSIRO Australia - Marine National Facility vessel RV Southern Surveyor - Applying for Sea Time

July

Association for Canadian Studies in Australia & New Zealand (ACSANZ) - Canadian Cultural / Academic Personalities Exchange Program (CPEP)

continuous

Association for Canadian Studies in Australia & New Zealand (ACSANZ) - Postgraduate Award for Canadian Studies Travel Grants

September

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia - Australia - China Exchange in the Social Sciences

July

Korea Foundation - Fellowships

July

Novartis Foundation - Bursary Scheme

various

Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) - JILA Visiting Fellows Program

October

Australian American Fulbright Commission - New Century Scholar Award

November

Department of the Environment & Heritage - ABRS Bursaries for Student Travel

September

Gastroenterological Society of Australia - Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Study

February + July

Grape & Wine R&D Corporation - Travel Funding  
Royal Australian & NZ College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists - Travelling Fellowships

June

Rural Industries Research & Development Corp - Conference/Workshop Travel Support

continuous

Equipment grants

 
Granting body and grant scheme Month closing
American Diabetes Association Lions SightFirst Diabetic Retinopathy Research Program - LCIF Equipment Grant Program  
ANZ Charitable Trusts - Medical Research Technology Grant  
ARC Linkage - Infrastructure (LIEF)

April

Australian Cancer Research Foundation - Equipment; facilities; capital works

May

Australian Kidney Foundation - Medical Research Equipment Grant  
Cancer Council Australia - International Research Infrastructure Support Funding

continuous

Collier Charitable Fund - Equipment Grants (for educational, not research purposes)

August

Cooper (Rebecca L) Medical Research Foundation Ltd  
Kresge Foundation

continuous

Leukaemia Foundation NSW (LFNSW) - Research Equipment Grants

August

NHMRC Equipment Grants

November

Ramaciotti (Clive and Vera) Foundations for Biomedical Research  
University of Sydney's Major Equipment Scheme

September

Important information

More Research Funding Opportunities

A Research Proposal Clearance Form must accompany all applications.

ALL applications must go through the Research Office. Contact the Research Office for internal closing dates.

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