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.

Honours Scholarship Program

The AINSE Honours Scholarship program is a new initiative at AINSE aimed at supporting excellent students and research projects. The Scholarship includes a stipend of $5000 as well as facility access fees and a travel and accommodation budget.

AINSE will be providing 10 Honours Scholarships.

If you are interested in applying for an Honours Scholarship, your supervisor must submit an application for an AINSE Research Award by 15 September 2010. The form is now up on our web site. Unfortunately applications from students whose Supervisor has not submitted an AINSE Research Award application by this date cannot be considered.

The application form asks for the names of research students that will be involved with the project, and your name should be followed by the words 'Honours Student'.

If the Research Award application is selected for support, AINSE will ask your supervisor, in December, to forward a certified copy of your academic transcript for consideration.
Evaluation of applications for the scholarships will be based primarily on academic record.

New positions at the Australian Plasma Fusion Research Facility at ANU

As part of the Australian Government's Education Infrastructure Fund grant for the upgrade of the Australian Plasma Fusion Research Facility at the Australian National University, several positions for specialists and physicists have become available. More information ...

Current Items

AINSE Membership 2010

AINSE is delighted to advise that CSIRO and the University of the Sunshine Coast have joined as members.

AINSE Fellows
The appointment of the two new AINSE fellows in August 2010 will bring the total number of AINSE fellows appointed since 2006 to ten. Both new appointees will be continuing at Flinders University, one working in neutron scattering and the other in neutron activation analysis.

Dr Rachel Popelka-Filcoff is using k₀-neutron activation analysis (NAA) for characterization and source Dr Roman Dronov is researching the self-assembly of proteins on porous materials through neutron based surface analysis. More information ... See also Unlocking the secrets of Aboriginal Australian artwork

AIINSE Research Award Applications
AINSE Research Award applications for 2011 are now open. More information ...

AINSE has reviewed its research outputs (publications) for 2003 - 2009 with some interesting results. More information ...

Public Transport for AINSE Visitors

ANSTO operates a direct mini-bus service between ANSTO and Sutherland railway station for visitors and staff. For AINSE alight at the 'ANSTO Motel' stop. AINSE visitors are welcome and encouraged to use this new service.

The location of the pick up / drop off at Sutherland Station has changed to "bus stand, ramp down from the railway station.

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Conferences

AANSS 2010: Neutron and X-ray Scattering - from Biology to Physics, Lucas Heights, 1 - 3 December 2010. Registration Brochure

3rd AONSA Neutron School
Location: Mumbai, India
Date: 4 - 9 October
AINSE support: AINSE is providing a return airfare to Mumbai for 5 students who are enrolled at an AINSE member university. Interested students should send their applications for consideration to James Hester, James.Hester@ansto.gov.au.

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 ....

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