Applications for Go8 European Fellowships are now open
The Group of Eight offers eight annual fellowships to early career researchers in Europe to work in Go8 universities for up to six months. Each Fellowship is worth AUD 20,000.
The Fellowships are open to eligible researchers in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.
The Go8 European Fellowship scheme recognises the importance of international contacts for early career researchers. It is envisaged that Fellows will continue to collaborate with Australian research partners when they return to their home institutions. > You are eligible to apply to be a Fellow if you:
a) have completed a PhD less than five years prior to application for the Fellowship;
b) are under 40 years of age at the time of application;
c) are a citizen of one of the designated countries listed above;
d) reside in one of the designated countries listed above (it need not be the same country as your citizenship);
e) have been employed (minimum half-time appointment) for at least six months prior to application by a university or research organisation (public or private) in one of the designated countries;
f) have sufficient competency in English to be able to adequately communicate with researchers in their host university;
g) are eligible to obtain an Australian Visiting Academic Visa (subclass 419) or equivalent Australian visa.
Applications must be submitted on the supplied pack (above). Eligibility and terms and conditions are outlined on page 3
Candidates are restricted to submitting one application per year
Each application must be supported by an academic supervisor at a Go8 university
Applications close on 31 October 2008.
All applicants will be informed of the outcomes in early December 2008 with successful candidates expected to commence their fellowships during 2009.
> For further information:
Group of Eight
Kerrie Thornton
Director, Communications and International
Ph: +61 2 6239 5488
The Australian National University
Mr Dave Pullen
Research Development Co-ordinator
Ph: 02 6125 4884
Email:
The University of Melbourne
Ms Alice Boland
Senior Research Grants Officer (International)
Ph: 03 8344 2052
Email:
The University of Adelaide
Dr Don McMaster
Research Grants Officer (International)
Ph: 08 8303 3347
Email:
Monash University
Dr Shae-Lee Cox
Co-ordinator Strategic Grants and Contracts
Ph: 03 9905 5536
Email:
The University of Queensland Ms Katie Cameron
Research Administration Officer
Ph: 07 3365 8268
Email:
The University of Sydney
Ms Annette McLaren
Team Leader, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph: 02 9351 4153
Email:
The University of New South Wales
Mr Lucian Hiss
Operations, Grants Management Office
Ph: 02 9385 7254
Email:
The University of Western Australia
Ms Olivia Langensiepen
Administrative Officer (Grants)
Ph: 08 6488 4708
Email:
> Profile of a Go8 European Fellow
Monash University is a very long way from his home town of Gdansk but this endocrinologist from Poland and Group of Eight Fellow says he feels a strong connection to Australia because its people are so open and friendly.
Dr Dominik Rachon arrived in Melbourne in late 2007 as one of four inaugural Go8 European Fellows who will spend up to six months working in a Go8 university. At the time he did not know anyone in Australia but in matters both professional and personal, he says he couldn't be happier. Within weeks of his arrival he was invited to spend Christmas with the family of a new colleague and to submit a review concerning postmenopausal hormone therapy for publication with his supervisor.
Dr Rachon says he particularly appreciates the opportunity to work with one of Australia's leading researchers in women's health, Professor Helena Teede at the Monash Institute of Health Services Research, with whom he will jointly publish an article before he returns to Poland.
The Go8 European Fellowships recognise the importance of international contacts for early career researchers and aim to help establish those contacts in Australia for talented young researchers from emerging European economies.
It may be the women of Australia who will benefit most from Dr Rachon's research given his particular interest and publication record on topics such as the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). His article, soon to be published in Climacteric - The Journal of the International Menopause Society, is based on data revealing that while oral HRT medication seems to increase the risk of blood clots, other methods such as patches which release oestrogen through the skin into the blood stream, when tailored to the needs of individual women, do not necessarily increase this risk.
The Go8 European Fellowships provide travel costs and a living allowance for up to six months and are currently open to eligible researchers from Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.
The Go8 will expand the number of Fellowships and eligible target countries from 2009. The next call for applications will be made in September 2008.
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The Group of Eight offers eight annual fellowships to early career researchers in Europe to work in Go8 universities for up to six months. Each Fellowship is worth AUD 20,000. 
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Monash University is a very long way from his home town of Gdansk but this endocrinologist from Poland and Group of Eight Fellow says he feels a strong connection to Australia because its people are so open and friendly.
