From: <dbarnes_at_email.protected>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 08:40:28 +1000

Hi all,

Aus-VO participants might be interested in the following
ARC discussion paper:

http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/e-Research_support_discussion_paper.pdf

"A PILOT IN E-RESEARCH SUPPORT DISCUSSION PAPER"

Following is the text of the ARC announcement, including tentative
dates for short workshops in most capital cities. It would be good
to have Aus-VO and/or APAC Astronomy Grid Project representation at
some of these workshops.

 - David.

>Dear Colleagues
>
>Newly proposed SRI: e-Research Support - request for consultative State
>capital city workshops
>
>The ARC plans to introduce a new initiative for e-Research support. The
>attached discussion paper was forwarded to Pro Vice-Chancellor
>(Research)/Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) with a copy to the
>Vice-Chancellor of each university in Australia. This discussion paper is
>also available on the ARC web site at
><http://www.arc.gov.au/publications/arc_publications.htm#2004>http://www.arc.gov.au/publications/arc_publications.htm#2004.
>
>
>The ARC is initiating a process of consultation with the Higher Education
>sector by running a series of Sate capital city workshops on the most
>effective ways to provide incentives for researchers to engage in
>e-Research. The ARC would appreciate your cooperation in this matter,
>including:
>* disseminating the discussion paper as widely as possible within your
>university;
>* confirming the proposed times of the workshops;
>* providing a room (large enough to house the anticipated number of
>participants), with a projector for hooking up a laptop;
>* advertising the State capital city workshops and encouraging
>interested personnel to attend;
>A tentative schedule of the workshops is shown at the bottom of this
>message and the detailed arrangements will be available as soon
>as they are confirmed with the Universities.
>
>In addition, the ARC is sponsoring a workshop on 10th June in Sydney
>involving representatives from government
>agencies, infrastructure providers, user communities, and application
>service providers to consider the most
>effective ways forward for providing access to researchers to the existing
>computer/network/data infrastructure.
>
>The outcomes of the access workshop on 10 June, together with comments and
>feedback from the State capital city
>consultative workshops will shape a pilot competitive funding scheme which
>the ARC plans to take to the ARC Board
>for its consideration in its July meeting. When approval is given by the
>Board, the ARC plans to run a competitive
>funding program under the ARC Special Research Initiatives program, and
>will call for submissions aiming to
>provide funding to the successful applicants by the beginning of 2005.
>
>To confirm the dates and/or discuss any logistic issues of the workshops
>please contact Ewa Karpinska, Assistant Director, Mathematics, Information
>and Communications Sciences, tel: 02 6284 6669, e-mail:
><mailto:<a href="mailto:ewa.karpinska_at_arc.<!--nospam-->gov.au>ewa.karpinska_at_arc.<!--nospam-->gov.au.
_at_arc.gov.au?Subject=Re:%20Fwd:%20ARC%20Announcement%20on%20e-Research">ewa.karpinska_at_arc.gov.au</a>>ewa.karpinska_at_arc.gov.au.
>
>If you have any further questions please contact Professor Ah Chung Tsoi,
>Executive Director, Mathematics Information and Communications Sciences,
>tel: 02 6284 6697, e-mail:
><mailto:ahchung.tsoi_at_arc.gov.au>ahchung.tsoi_at_arc.gov.au.
>
>
>Thank you
>
>Disciplines and Programs
>Australian Research Council
>
>===================================================================================
>Tentative Schedule of State Capital City Consultative Workshop
>===================================================================================
>
>Tentative schedule:
>
>City Date Venue
>=================================================================================================
>Brisbane 15th June 2004 UQ (lunch), QUT (morning) and
>Griffith University (afternoon)
>Sydney 16th June 2004 UTS (morning), University of Sydney
>(lunch), UNSW (afternoon),
>Melbourne 21st June 2004 Monash (morning), University of
>Melbourne (lunch), La Trobe University (afternoon)
>Canberra 24th June 2004 Australian National University (lunch)
>Perth 28th June 2004 UWA (lunch), Curtin (morning),
>Murdoch (afternoon)
>Adelaide 30th June 2004 University of South Australia
>(morning), University of Adelaide (lunch), Flinders (afternoon)
>=================================================================================================
>
>The times for each of the workshops are as follow:
>
>Morning 9:30 to 11:00
>Lunch 12:30 to 14:00
>Afternoon 15:00 to 16:30
>
>More details:
>* It is expected that each workshop will take approximately 1 hour and
>30 minutes.
>* For researchers based at regional universities, it is hoped that they
>can participate in their nearest capital city workshops.
>* Each workshop will begin with a short presentation by Professor Tsoi,
>and then it will be open for comments and discussions.
>* It is hoped that University of Tasmania researchers can participate
>in the workshops that will take place in Melbourne.
>* It is hoped that University of Canberra researchers can participate
>in the workshop that will take place at ANU.
Received on 2004-06-02 08:41:08