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  • WA Child Research Fund 2019/20 Now Open

    The WA Department of Health in conjunction with the Channel 7 Telethon Trust has announced the eighth round of the WA Child Research Fund (formerly the Telethon-Perth Children’s Hospital Research Fund) is now open for applications, with funding to be awarded in 2020.

    Funded research activities may be wide-ranging but must address areas of direct significance to child and adolescent health. Research may include basic, clinical, health service, or population health research.

    If you need assistance navigating the new Consumer and Community Involvement criteria please contact the Consumer & Community Health Research Network.

    Click here for further information, along with the Guidelines and Conditions and the Application Form.

    If you have any questions please contact the Research Development Unit.

     

    Closing date is 1pm, Friday 28 February 2020.

  • Raine Medical Research Foundation Grants – Closing Soon!

    Please note the below funding opportunities all close 1pm (AWST), Thursday 19 September, 2019. Guidelines, Conditions and Applications Forms

     

    Visiting Fellow Awards

    Raine Visiting Professor Awards

    These Awards facilitate the visits of distinguished scholars to Western Australia for the purpose of advancing medical research. Nominations are invited for 2020 and are open to medical researchers from WA Universities or affiliated medical research institutions in Western Australia.

    Charter Hall Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar Awards

    This Award facilitates the visit of a high-achieving postdoctoral research scholar who is within seven years of completing their PhD, for the purpose of advancing medical research. Nominations are invited for 2020 visits and are open to medical researchers from WA Universities or affiliated medical research institutions in Western Australia.

    Read more about the Visiting Fellow Awards

     

    Research Collaboration Awards

    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 nature, origin, and cause of human diseases, and their prevention and treatment. 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 disease. A maximum of $30,000 shall be available for each Award.

    Charter Hall 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 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.

    Read more about the Research Collaboration Awards

     

    Publication Prizes

    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.

    Read more about the Publication Prizes

  • NHMRC-NIHR Collaborative Research Grant Scheme funding in 2020

    The National Health and Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research Collaborative Research (NIHR) Grant Scheme supports Australian participation and collaboration in leading international collaborative research through the United Kingdom’s NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme. This round will focus on priorities for funding in 2020.

     

    The HTA Programme funds independent research about the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests. Projects involving Australian researchers based in Australia which are chosen by the NIHR for funding maybe eligible for NHMRC support.

     

    NHMRC is supporting Australian researchers for the following NIHR HTA research topics:

    • Antipsychotics for anorexia nervosa
    • Combination treatment for dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia
    • Care planning intervention for people with dementia who do not have regular contact with an informal carer
    • Vagus nerve stimulation for highly treatment-resistant depression
    • Extended treatment in early intervention in psychosis services

     

    Successful applicants will have grant funding for five years and a total of $3 million is available.

     

    Applications close Friday 26 July 2019

    Read more about the National Institute for Health Research Collaborative Research Grants 2020

    Or visit the GrantConnect page

     

     

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