DAAD Information Centre Sydney

Research Stays for Go8 Researchers - Group of Eight Australia – Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme

Objective
The scheme aims to foster research collaborations between Australian researchers from Go8 universities and German researchers by supporting exchanges between Australian and German researchers.

Total Funding
The Go8 and the DAAD have each agreed to provide approximately 160,000 euros (AUD250,000) per year for the period 2008-2010 (approximately AUD1.5 million) to support the scheme.

Requirements
• - Applicants must be Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents
- Applicants must be employed as academic staff members in a teaching and research or research only role or a PhD student involved in the research project submitted by an eligible staff member at a Go8 university (ANU, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, Monash University, UNSW, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, University of Western Australia)
- Well-defined research proposals necessitating research collaboration between Australian and German researchers
- Preference for projects that facilitate exchanges between early career researchers
- The DAAD particularly welcomes applications in the natural and engineering sciences

Application address and deadlines:

The current round (applications for stays in 2010) closed on the 30 June 2009.

Please note: To be successful, Australian applicants must ensure that their German collaborators submit a corresponding application with the same title to the DAAD in Germany!

Further information

- Please contact the relevant contact officer in each institution's research office
- Further information and application forms may also be obtained from the website of the Go8: http://www.go8.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=174