veski Innovation Fellowships
Applications are open for one of Victoria’s leading research fellowships programs, the veski Innovation Fellowships.
Announced by the Victorian Minister for Innovation, Louise Asher, the veski Innovation Fellowships provide $150,000 over three years against matched and in-kind funding to support researchers working overseas in relocating their research activities to Victoria.
The fellowships are open to expatriate Australian and non-Australian researchers working in biotechnology, biomedical, advanced manufacturing - including food science and bioengineering, environmental technologies and enabling sciences.
The fellowships are managed by veski and funded by the Victorian Government. veski was established in 2003 with an endowment from the Victorian Treasury. The annual interest earned is used to help fund the fellowships.
Applications close on Friday, 14 November 2014.
Go to the veski website for more information and how to apply.
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