$1 million for new Australia-India Fellowship program

The Australian Academy of Science today announced a new Australia-India Fellowship program to enable Australian scientists to work with leading Indian research institutions. The fellowships are open to Australian researchers from the public, not-for-profit and commercial sectors to support research in any field of natural science and to initiate or consolidate collaboration with cutting-edge Indian host organisations.

The Australia-India Early Career and Senior Visiting Fellowships are supported by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education through the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund, Australia’s largest fund dedicated to bilateral research with any country. The $1 million scheme will allow Australian scientists to access up to $52,500 for early career researchers and $8500 for senior visiting fellows.

“Australia’s links and collaborations with countries in our region are essential to tackle the urgency of the problems facing the world in the 21st century,” said Professor Andrew Holmes, Foreign Secretary of the Australian Academy of Science.

“Science and technology are particularly promising areas for collaboration between Australia and India.

“Our scientific communities have complementary strengths and shared interests in a range of areas, including agriculture, biotechnology, renewable energy and information and communications technology.

“These Fellowships are an opportunity for emerging and established scientists to expand research activities and establish sustainable collaborative networks to support both countries’ research and innovation priorities.”

Applications close 27 July 2012.