International Travel Grants - Supporting International Research Cooperation
Water Research Cluster of the University of Adelaide
One of the aims of the Water Research Cluster has been to foster international research cooperation. From 2004 to 2007, this has been done by providing funding support for international travel for academics within the Cluster and for international visitors to travel to Adelaide University. Support was provided primarily to supplement other funding and so at least 50% of the travel costs were met from other sources.
Priority was given to travel missions that were:
- designed to develop collaboration that is cross-disciplinary in nature;
- involved more than one member of the Cluster;
- supported an early career researcher within the Cluster to develop international linkages;
- resulted in the submission of applications for funding for postgraduate scholarships, post-doctoral fellows, ARC Linkage or other research grants, new research centres and/or other collaborative research activities;
- had high scientific merit.
A maximum of $2,500 was made available per applicant (i.e. an application to support travel of two Cluster members could request $5,000).
Each successful applicant was required to report to the Leadership Panel of the Cluster on:
- the opportunities for cooperation that emerged from the mission
- any submissions for joint funding that were prepared as a result
- the broader opportunities that emerged for other Cluster members
- follow up actions that are planned
- a small article of 250 words or less with a photo on the mission for including in the Cluster newsletter.
A summary of the trips funded is in the table below.
| 2007 | Researcher | Topic |
| $2,500 |
Prof Angus Simpson |
Visits to Europe and China for research and discussions with potential collaborators
|
| $1,500 |
Dr Peter Gell & Dr John Tibby |
Visit to Brisbane to discuss potential ARC Linkage proposal based on pilot study of Blue Lake, North Stradbroke Island |
| $2,500 |
Dr Kane Aldridge |
Visit to Max Planck Institute for Microbiology in Bremen, Germany to learn techniques for application to Lower Lakes project |
| $2,500 |
Ms Wai Sum (Grace) Chan |
Visit to China to interact with the Institute of Hydrobiology, part of The Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, and to present a paper at EcoSummit 2007 Beijing |
| 2006 | Researcher | Topic |
| $2,000 |
Assoc Prof David Chittleborough |
Visit to USA re Critical Zone Network, a National Science Foundation initiative
|
| $2,500 |
Assoc Prof Justin Brookes |
Visit to Switzerland to attend Emerging Technologies XXIV meeting and discussions with new director of AWWA Research Foundation |
| $2,500 |
Dr David Lewis |
Visit to China and Hong Kong for discussions with potential collaborators |
| $1,725 |
Assoc Prof Justin Brookes |
Visit to USA to attend the third meeting of the Global Lake Ecological Observation Network (GLEON) |
| $1,500 |
Dr Peter Gell |
Visit to China for discussions with potential collaborators, sampling of Lakes Caohu and Honghu, and to attend the Earth System Science Partnership meeting on Global Environmental Change in Beijing |
| $2,500 |
Assoc Prof Friedrich Recknagel |
Visit to China for discusssions with potential collaborators, and to establish basis for student exchanges and visits |
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