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AINSE

AINSE Ltd (AINSE) facilitates access to the special facilities at Lucas Heights by universities and other tertiary institutions and provides a focus for cooperation in the nuclear scientific and engineering fields. AINSE arranges for the training of scientific research workers and the award of scientific research studentships in matters associated with nuclear science and engineering.

The AINSE Trust
The purpose of the AINSE Trust, established in 2008, is to provide scholarships and fellowships for Australian students and researchers who are participating in AINSE programs. The Trust is a Deductible Gift Recipient Body. Donations, gifts and bequests larger than $2 are tax deductible. We ask friends of AINSE to consider making a donation to the Trust.

Research Fellowships 2009

Research Fellows 2009

AINSE is pleased to announce that Dr John Daniels and Dr David Turner have been apppointed 2009 Research Fellows.

More information... (PDF)

John Ferris Scholarship

John Ferris Memorial Scholar 2009

John Dawson of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at James Cook University, Townsville - has won a $15,000 top-up to his PhD scholarship to use radiocarbon dating tools to understand the impacts of climate change on reef islands.

The scholarship, which commenced on 1 July 2009, is administered by AINSE Ltd and means that John can travel to use sophisticated accelerator facilities at ANSTO. It is called the John Ferris Memorial Scholarship. More information ...

Images

Top Dr John Daniels (L) and Dr David Turner

Below: John Dawson (left) with ANSTO Environmentalist, Heink Heijnis next to a memorial tree (Angophora costata) planted in September 2007 by John Ferris' friends and colleagues. (Click on image for larger photo)

 

 

Current Items

Post-doc position available immediately
The University of Namur, Belgium, is seeking a postdoctoral researcher specialised in accelerator based analytical techniques (PIXE, RBS, ...) More information ...

AINSE Awards an Honorary Fellowship to Professor John White, Australian National University.
AINSE Honorary Fellowships are awarded by the AINSE Council to individuals for distinguished and dedicated services to AINSE. Professor John White, CMG MSc Sydney MA DPhil Oxford, FRSC, FRACI, FAPS, FAA, FRS, is an outstanding Australian scientist and has given years of service to AINSE. Professor White was presented with his Honorary Fellowship by AINSE President, Professor Allan Chivas at the AINSE Council Seminar on 10 December. See Citation

The Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association
Download The 2nd AONSA Newsletter PDF

Public Transport for AINSE Visitors

ANSTO operates a direct mini-bus service between ANSTO and Sutherland railway station for visitors and staff. The cost of the transport is $5 one way. For AINSE alight at the 'ANSTO Motel' stop. AINSE visitors are welcome and encouraged to use this new service.

See Timetable

Conferences

Terrestrial Archives of Past Climate and Biodiversity Change
Defining the environmental backdrop to human colonization of the Asia-Pacific, 2 - 6 February, 2010. Preliminary announcement ...

The 27th Australian Colloid and Surface Science Student Conference will be held at the University of Adelaide, 1 - 5 February, 2010. More information ...

AusBioSAS 2010 2nd Australian Biomolecular Small-Angle Scattering Workshop, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, 4 - 5 February, 2010. Preliminary information ...

American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS 2010), Ottawa, 26 - 30 June, 2010. Call for papers ...

See AINSE Conference Page for details about current AINSE supported conferences and for information about any AINSE subsidy for attendance at these conferences. More information ....

The AINSE Trust

The purpose of the AINSE Trust, established in 2008, is to provide scholarships and fellowships for Australian students and researchers who are participating in AINSE programs.

The Trust is a Deductible Gift Recipient Body.
Donations, gifts and bequests larger than $2 are tax deductible.

You can help by providing a donation to the AINSE Trust. More information ...

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