Blog

Applications close 27 September 2018, 1.00 pm (AWST)

Raine Visiting Professor Awards

These Awards facilitate the visit of distinguished scholars to Western Australia for the purpose of advancing medical research. Nominations are invited for 2019 and are open to medical researchers from academic institutions or affiliated medical research institutions in Western Australia.

Charter Hall Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar Award

This Award facilitates the visit of a high-achieving postdoctoral research scholar who is in the early stages of their career, for the purpose of advancing medical research. Nominations are invited for 2019 and are open to medical researchers from academic institutions or affiliated medical research institutions in Western Australia.

Healy Research Collaboration Awards 

These Awards are for early-career researchers in Western Australia to establish and develop research collaborations, both nationally and internationally, to seek a better understanding of the cause and treatment of human disease. A maximum of $30,000 shall be available for each Award.

Cockell Research Collaboration Awards

These Awards are for researchers in Western Australia from early-career, mid-career, to senior scientists, to develop research collaborations that investigate the cause and treatment of mental illness. A maximum of $30,000 shall be available for each Award.

BrightSpark Research Collaboration Awards

These Awards are for early-career researchers in Western Australia, to develop research collaborations that investigate the cause and treatment of childhood illness and disease. A maximum of $30,000 shall be available for each Award.

Raine Research Prize

This Prize is awarded for the best scientific paper arising from research undertaken by an early-career medical researcher in Western Australia. The successful applicant will receive a travel allowance to the value of $5,000 and a medallion.

Strachan Memorial Prize

This Prize is awarded to a Western Australian early-career clinical scientist for the most outstanding scientific paper that may translate medical science into better health outcomes. The successful applicant will receive a travel allowance to the value of $5,000 and a medallion.

Please visit  website for Guidelines and Conditions and online application forms.

For enquiries, please contact Amanda Cleaver on 9386 9880 or amanda.cleaver@rainefoundation.org.au.

The Department of Health invites applications from Western Australian medical and health researchers for infrastructure support through the Medical and Health Research Infrastructure Fund (MHRIF).

Applications close:  1.00pm Thursday 11 October 2018

Applicants must have received a minimum of $510,000 in medical or health research grant income from nationally and internationally competitive, peer-reviewed funding sources during the previous three consecutive calendar years (2015-2017).

The Guidelines and Conditions document and the Application Form are available on the Research Development Unit MHRIF webpage: 

http://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Corporate/Articles/J_M/Medical-and-Health-Research-Infrastructure-Fund

For further information please email the Research Development Unit via ResearchDevelopment@health.wa.gov.au  or phone 9222 2069.

Information on other funding programs administered by the Research Development Unit can be found on the Research Funding Programs webpage:  http://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Corporate/Articles/N_R/Research-funding-programs

 

 

Please find below a link to an announcement by the Federal Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt

https://www.greghunt.com.au/18-million-for-medical-research-to-improve-womens-health/

While the detail is unclear hopefully the WAHTN as a member of the Australian Health Alliance (AHRA) hopefully will be involved. AHRA is at present forming a Women’s Health Network which should be well placed to be involved in many of the proposed projects. We hope that members of your research community can benefit from this investment in Women’s Health.

WAHTN’s representative is Dr Jacqueline Frayne, she is a GP and works at the University of Western Australia as a Senior Lecturer within the School of Medicine. Jacqueline can be contacted on email via jacqueline.frayne@uwa.edu.au for any queries.

What is iPREP?

iPREP WA is a unique collaboration between the five WA universities and has been established for PhD candidates who may not have had previous industry experience. The program involves interdisciplinary teams, working on a six week project (with scholarship) for an industry partner during their thesis examination period.

How to get involved:

The next round of iPREP will be 8^th October – 16^th November 2018. We are currently recruiting PhD students so we can match to industry projects. The deadline for both industry EOIs and student applications is 20^th August 2018.

If you are interested in participating in iPREP WA 2018 and submitting a project for an EOI (Round 2, 2018 EOI), please see the website for more information about what the iPREP program can offer and how you can support this initiative as an industry host.

 

Website for more information: www.iprep.edu.au

Are you an early-mid career researcher or practitioner? Do you want to see your research inform government and other agency decision making but not sure how to go about it?

You might be interested in registering for PHAIWA’s new free, fully online research translation course – Pathway to Policy.

The aim of the course is to provide researchers and practitioners with the skills to provide key messages and more detailed findings in outputs other than traditional methods such as reports and peer reviewed journal articles. This will involve completing five online courses, assessed by an online quiz.

Topics which will be covered include:

• Defining Key Messages
• The Importance of Language
• Getting your message out there – using Twitter as a form of research dissemination
• Getting your message out there – press releases, TV & radio
• Getting your message out there – blogging
• Introduction of key messages via a policy framework

This online course is Phase 1 of PHAIWA’s broader research translation project. Phase 2 will link selected participants with a policy maker relevant to their area of research.

While examples used in the course will focus on public health research and policy, the course will be relevant to anyone interested in learning how to add value to robust evidence so that it may be used in a variety of settings, policies and environments.

Please email phaiwa@curtin.edu.au if you would like to register.”

Flyer

WAHTN presents an opportunity to submit an expression of interest (EOI) for an Early Career Fellowship in Health Research Translation. Fellowships will be open to clinicians and to health service managers, health science researchers and health informatics personnel.

WAHTN is offering up to ten Early Career Fellowships to undertake projects in the prioritised areas, aligned to Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), national and WAHTN priorities.

The intent of these Fellowships is to encourage and support researchers that are in the early stages of their research career. We encourage WA based emerging researchers who are within 10 years of your basic degree or within 5 yrs of a postgraduate research degree eg PhD, and employed at a WAHTN partner organisation, to apply for a WAHTN Early Career Fellowship. Consideration will be given for career breaks and/or career changes.

Funding can be sought for a part time to full time Fellowship costed up to $120,000 p.a. full time. Part time candidates must devote a minimum 0.5 FTE to achieving the outcomes of the Fellowship.

Please submit your completed WAHTN-2019-Early-Career-Research-Fellowship to the WAHTN (info@wahtn.org) by 5pm Friday 24 August 2018. The EOI character limits must be adhered to and late applications will not be accepted.

 

The Australian Government’s Medical Technology, Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical (MTP) Industry Growth Centre – in collaboration with the Western Australian Government and The University of Western Australia (UWA), established the Western Australian Node (the WA Node) of MTPConnect in Perth recently, to support the state’s burgeoning life sciences sector.

The creation of a Western Australia life sciences precinct will bring together university researchers and industry partners to generate new business opportunities in medicine, health, agriculture and biodiversity.

Western Australia has an established background in health and medical research and this initiative will support the development of ground-breaking products and services to help improve the commercialisation of life sciences research.

The WA Government will commit $1.2million over four years and work with MTPConnect and UWA towards the acceleration of medical and biotechnologies through the creation of this life science precinct; establishing WA as a world leader in this area.

Please visit https://www.mtpconnect.org.au/ for more information.

The 2019 Spinnaker Grants aim to foster a culture of research where ECRs are encouraged and nurtured to excel. Capacity building and research collaborations as well as research translation underpin the ethos of Spinnaker.

For the first time, Consumer and Community Involvement will form part of the Spinnaker grant assessment.

You have the opportunity to meet with a consumer advocate to discuss consumer and community involvement opportunities for your research projects

Consumer and Community Health Research Network available to assist researchers with their application drop-in sessions

Booking essential!

Click here to book your 30 minute appointment

Drop in sessions at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Education Centre, Room 1.8

Dates:

Wednesday 27th June 11.30am – 4.30pm

or

Friday 6th July 9.00am – 1.00pm

For enquiries email:

ipir@telethonkids.org.au

For online resources go to:

www.involvingpeopleinresearch.org.au

Spinnaker Grant Conditions and EOI Form

Visit  website for more details including conditions, criteria and EOI form.

Expressions of Interest close Thursday 12 July COB.

 

 

• McGowan Government’s $1.5 million investment attracts world-class medical researchers
• Internationally recognised Premier’s Science Fellow and talented Premier’s Early to Mid-Career Fellow appointed
• Fellows will undertake phenomics research and data analysis to improve healthcare
• Fellows will attract research investment and create jobs in WA

Two key appointments were announced, Professor Elaine Holmes as the Premier’s Science Fellow and Dr Ruey Leng Loo as the Premier’s Early to Mid-Career Fellow.

The new Fellows will turbocharge our State’s existing strengths through world-leading human phenomics research using metabolite profiling and data analytics with clinical applications.

Phenomics is the study of the interaction of genes and environmental influences. While our genes set the stage for human health and disease, what is actually happening in our bodies right now is a result of the dynamic interactions between our genes and environmental factors including lifestyle, diet, drug treatment and our gut microbes.

Profiling of metabolites in our bodies, which provides a snapshot of our current internal status, will help improve and tailor disease prevention, detection and treatment.

Professor Holmes, currently at Imperial College London, will conduct research on WA-focused areas such as maternal and infant health, liver and gastrointestinal diseases, metabolic diseases such as diabetes, and dementia.

Dr Loo, currently based at the Medway School of Pharmacy, near London, will support Professor Holmes’ research and undertake complementary research in personalised nutrition and health.

WAHTN was instrumental in bringing the Fellows to WA. The Fellows will make our State a leading centre in this cutting-edge area of medical science and attract research investment and interest from domestic and international students, creating jobs in WA.

Comments attributed to Premier Mark McGowan:

“The State Government is making an investment of $1 million over four years to support Professor Holmes and $500,000 to support Dr Loo, to deliver significant returns and opportunities to WA.

“This support will contribute to this Government’s commitment to make our State a medical research and health innovation powerhouse, and add to the benefits that will be generated by the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund.”

Comments attributed to Science Minister Dave Kelly:

“I am delighted that Murdoch University and Edith Cowan University are collaborating as the host organisations for these Fellows, and that they have matched the State Government’s funding.

“These Fellows will also develop significant international collaborations, including through the Australian National Phenome Centre’s membership of the International Phenome Centre Network.”

Comments attributed to Health Minister Roger Cook:

“I am excited that we have been able to attract researchers of this calibre to advance the important and growing medical research area of human phenomics, which was ‘kick-started’ in WA by the Department of Health.

“The new Fellows will tap into and build on the strong existing collaborations on phenomics research and infrastructure within the WA-based Australian National Phenome Centre, which is a core enabling platform of the WA Health Translation Network.”

ANPC includes all the Universities, Research Institutes and health Centres of WA, already linked together through the WAHTN.

WAHTN seeks to enable the translation of health and medical research in WA into better patient care, informed health care policy, practice and commercialisation opportunities, and hence job creation in WA. It is linked through the Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA) to the six other Advanced Health Research Translation Centres in Australia, and will be the national centre for application of metabolomics to data analysis in clinical trials and new therapeutics in the country.

Comments attributed to Chief Scientist Peter Klinken:

“The State has clearly defined strengths in many areas of science and we can build on these comparative advantages by recruiting highly skilled people to WA.

“The Premier’s Science Fellowship Program is absolutely essential for recruiting some of the world’s most talented scientists to WA.”

Premier’s office – 6552 5000

Science Minister’s office – 6552 6100

Health Minister’s office – 6552 6500

 

You’re invited to attend the WA BioInnovation Showcase and Networking Event 2018

Dates : Thursday 6 and Friday 7 September 2018

Venue : Ernst & Young Building, 11 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth

• Hear about the latest WA biotech and healthcare investment and partnering opportunities
• Learn about WA’s R&D and research translation capabilities
• Find out what pharma and medtech companies are looking for
• Discuss and develop collaborations with WA researchers
• Celebrate the Federal funding of the WAHTN
• Network with pharma and medtech companies and investors

 

More information and opportunity for registration to follow.