Media Release
Description: Research grants open opportunities with China Date: 14 April 2008 |
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Research grants open opportunities with China
Australian health researchers will study in China for the first time under a new grants program funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
NHMRC has funded six grants for 2008 totalling almost $1.4 million to support research under the Australia-China Exchange Fellowship Program.
The program aims to increase collaboration between Australian and Chinese health and medical researchers by supporting exchange between the two countries.
Chinese postdoctoral researchers will spend two years in Australian research institutions to build their capacity and expertise, while one Australian postdoctoral researcher, Kit Yee Chan, from the University of Melbourne, will expand her capacity and expertise in a Chinese research institution for two years and another two years in Australia.
Ms Chan will explore the HIV risks of internal migrants working in the Zhu Jiang Delta, China’s most significant export processing zone.
NHMRC CEO Professor Warwick Anderson said the exchange program offered an excellent opportunity for Australian researchers to broaden and develop their experience in an emerging research market.
“Importantly, it also allows us to further develop links with China in the health and medical field.
“I expect the program to progressively incorporate researchers from other regional countries as it develops,” he said.
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