Results of the 2009 Call for Applications

Out of 76 applications for Fellowship Awards for 2009, 38 were granted.

The details of these awards can be found in the attached list.

The Co-operative Research Programme is sponsoring 6 Conferences(/Workshops) in 2009:

• Workshop on "Managing the Biosecurity Threat to Forests in a Changing Global Environment: links between science, policy, regulation and management", taking place within the Forest Biosecurity Conference in Rotorua, New Zealand, 16-20 March 2009.  The workshop is organised by Brian Richardson of Scion Research

• OECD Symposium on "What Future for the Agriculture and Food Sectors in an Increasingly Globalised World?", taking place at the OECD in Paris on 30 and 31 March 2009: www.oecd.org/agriculture/policies/symposium09

• "Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change: science, policy and ethics", taking place in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 29 June to 1 July 2009.  For more information, please see http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=3938 or contact: Tom.Sauer@ars.usda.gov, mleclerc@griffin.uga.edu, or jmnorman@wisec.edu

• "Flavobacterium 2009", taking place in Paris, France, from 21 to 23 September 2009. Click here https://colloque2.inra.fr/flavobacterium_eng/ to access the conference website.

• "Exploiting Genome-wide Association in Oilseed Brassicas: a model for genetic improvement of major OECD crops for sustainable future farming", taking place in Crawley, Perth, Australia, 9-12 November 2009.  For more information, please contact: wcowling@cyllene.uwa.edu.au The conference website is: http://www.oecd-genomeassociation-oz09.com/

• "Biosecurity in the New Bioeconomy: threats and opportunities", being held from 19 to 21 November 2009 in Canberra, Australia.  For the conference website, use this link: http://www.csiro.au/events/Biosecurity-Symposia.html. For more information, please contact: andy.sheppard@csiro.au