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Early Career Research
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Sponsor
The Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Early Career Research is sponsored by Macquarie University.
Description
The Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Early Career Research is awarded for outstanding scientific research conducted by an individual (or groups) of early career researcher(s) who are 35 years old or younger.
prize
$10,000
Purpose
Macquarie University is home to some of the world's most pre-eminent researchers who attract significant research funding to the University. Our concentrations of research excellence span a wide range of disciplines including Cognitive Science, Lasers and Photonics, Biomolecular Frontiers and Wireless Communications just to name a few.
Macquarie University values, recognises and rewards the significant contribution that young researchers make to their field and to science in Australia.
Judging Criteria
Entries should specifically address how their work meets the following judging criteria:
1. Originality: Describe how your research is original.
2. Scientific Rigour: Describe the scientific rigour of your research, including evidence that the research has undergone peer-review.
3. Potential Impacts: Describe the potential impacts and benefits of your research.
Conditions of entry
The prize is open to individuals or groups.
Individuals entering this prize must be 35 years or younger at the time of close of entries. For a group entry, all members of the group must be 35 years or younger at the time of close of entries.
Individuals may be nominated for their significant role (lead researcher or key researcher) in a group research project, where not all group members are 35 years of age or younger.
Research entered for this prize must have been undertaken:
• in Australia by an Australian citizen(s) or Australian resident(s). Where the entry is by a research group, all members of the group must meet this criterion;
• undertaken no more than 5 years before the closing date for entries.
Entrants may either enter themselves or be nominated by others. If nominating an entrant, please ensure that they have the opportunity to provide input to the documentation provided in support of their nomination.
You must submit an online entry form including all supporting documentation by midnight AEST Friday 7 May 2010 to be eligible for this prize.
Entries with insufficient sets of supporting documentation will not be considered.
Submitted material will not be returned.
Any entries received after midnight AEST Friday 7 May 2010 will not be considered.
Hard-copy applications will not be considered.
The research entered/nominated for this prize may not be entered/nominated for another Australian Museum Eureka Prize.
The deliberations of the judging panel remain confidential. All recommendations and decisions taken are binding and final and no correspondence will be entered into on such matters.
Information provided by the entrant(s) in relation to the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes (including photos), may be used by the Australian Museum for promotional/publicity purposes. This may include, and is not restricted to, the information being used on websites, social media, printed material, advertisements, press releases etc.
Personal information provided in connection with the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes will be used only by the Australian Museum and only in connection with the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
How to enter
1. You must prepare and attach the following supporting documents to your online entry form. (Please clearly label your attachments as per below.)a) Research Summary: a brief description of the activity/research entered, including objectives and results to date (two page maximum)
b) Judging Criteria: a brief description of how the entrant's activity/research addresses each of the judging criteria (two page maximum)
c) Published Article: You may, if you wish, include a copy of one published article about the research in an internationally respected journal(s), book(s) or equivalent electronic publications;
d) Assessor Reports: a maximum of four (4) written reports addressing each of the judging criteria from assessors who are familiar with the entrant's work (two page maximum per report). NOTE: Judges rely on assessor's reports to provide additional perspective and informed opinion on entries. Therefore, assessors should not be personally or directly involved in the activity entered in this prize.
Supporting documentation can be uploaded in Microsoft Word (.doc), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Microsoft Excel (.xls) or JPeg (.jpg). Collectively, attachments can be no larger than 5MB.
2. Submit an online entry form with your attached supporting documents by midnight AEST Friday 7 May 2010.
If you require further information or help, please call the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes Unit on +61 2 9320 6483 or email eureka@austmus.gov.au
