iPREPWA are seeking final stage PhD candidates to participate in the next round running from 17th July- 25th August.

Candidates from any discipline who want to gain a unique experience, solve a business problem and work alongside other PhD candidates from the Perth universities, should apply for the iPREP $3000 scholarship. iPREP will be teaming with CERI (Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation) to take candidates through an intensive two-day Entrepreneurial Mindset Bootcamp valued at $2000, prior to the placement. Applications open Monday 8 May 2017.

For more information and eligibility requirements, visit the website: www.iprep.edu.au, or contact Steph Delaporte (iprepwa@ecu.edu.au).

Globally leading researchers Professors Jackie Marsh and Sonia Livingstone coming to Perth for a week in September.

The occasion is the Australian Research Council supported Digitising Early Childhood International Conference, at the Novotel Perth, 11 – 14 September, followed by a full-day ECR/HDR workshop on the 15^th of September.

The Digitising Early Childhood International Conference will celebrate and critique activities concerned with young children and their online presence. Over the course of five exciting days, a diverse range of local and internationally recognised academic researchers, present their findings. Keynote speakers include: Professor Brian O’Neil, Professor Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Associate Professor Tama Leaver, and Dr Donell Holloway.

This conference has special rates for students and provides a great opportunity to network with other like-minded individuals and experts in the field.

Our ‘Call for papers’ has been extended until Wednesday 31^st of May 2017. To submit an abstract please email to, digitisingearlychildhood@ecu.edu.au

All papers will be eligible for publication in the conference proceedings, or a special issue of a learned journal or a focused edited book.

To find out more about the conference, team or requirements for papers, please follow the links below.

Website: http://www.digitisingearlychildhood.com/

Email:digitisingearlychildhood@ecu.edu.au

Facebook:Digitising Early Childhood

Twitter:@DigitisingEC

PhD Symposium Grant: Australian PhD students in the life sciences are invited to apply for one of 10 travel grants to attend the 19th EMBL PhD Symposium in Heidelberg, Germany, from 19 to 21 October, 2017.

Short Term Travel Grants: PhD students and post docs in the life sciences are also still able to apply for one of 7 travel grants to attend a short course at one of EMBL's prestigious facilities.

How do I apply?

Information and application forms can be found at http://emblaustralia.org/careers-education/funding-and-grants/short-term-travel-grants-embl

Applications for grants of up to $3000 are open until 31 July.

For queries or further information, contact student.admin@emblaustralia.org

The 2017 Australian-French Entrepreneurship Challenge comes to Adelaide for the first time on 11 and 12 July at the world-renowned Adelaide Oval.

Based on its hugely-popular sister event in France ‘24 heures chrono de l’entrepreneuriat’, the Entrepreneurship Challenge brings together leading PhD students to brainstorm innovative ideas from concept to creation – all in the space of 24 hours.

Up to 70 participants are expected to compete in the Entrepreneurship Challenge this year for the opportunity to travel to France for a first-hand experience of the country's innovation system. 

For more information please visit: 

https://www.science.org.au/opportunities/travel/grants-and-exchange/australian-french-entrepreneurship-challenge

Applications are now being invited for the Crawford-in-Western Australia International Agricultural Student Awards!

The Western Australian Committee of the Crawford Fund offers a small number of competitive travel awards for tertiary students. The purpose of the awards is to facilitate active student participation in international agricultural projects, in order to help them gain valuable experience in developing countries.

The awards are open to Western Australian Honours and Postgraduate Students interested in gaining international agricultural research experience and expertise. Applicants should be in a relevant biophysical or socio‐economic aspect of agriculture, animal production, fisheries, forestry, natural resource management or food security.

The award takes the form of a bursary (up to $3000) and is designed to augment funding from other sources—for example, agricultural research and development assistance projects being undertaken in overseas countries where the students intend to work and gain experience. The projects that the students plan to link with can be governmental, non‐governmental (NGO), commercial, or in association with a university.

For more information on how to apply, please visit: 

https://www.crawfordfund.org/news/news-crawford-in...