{"id":2424,"date":"2017-11-01T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T04:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wahtn.org\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2017-11-01T12:53:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T04:53:32","slug":"mtpconnect-opens-call-for-eoi-for-5m-biomedtech-horizons-program-supported-by-mrff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/2017\/11\/01\/mtpconnect-opens-call-for-eoi-for-5m-biomedtech-horizons-program-supported-by-mrff\/","title":{"rendered":"MTPConnect opens call for EOI for $5m BioMedTech Horizons program supported by MRFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian innovators in 3D printing and precision medicine can now apply for finance after a call was put out for \u00adexpressions of \u00adinterest for a slice of $35 million in government funding.<\/p>\n<p>The first $5m will consist of $3m for ideas in precision medicine, a new approach for disease treatment and prevention, and $2m for ways to \u00addevelop 3D anatomical printing for everyday medical use.<\/p>\n<p>The first $5m will be available through the Biotech Horizons program and will be managed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtpconnect.org.au\/Story?Action=View&amp;Story_id=82\">MTPConnect<\/a>\u00a0the medical technologies and pharmaceuticals industry growth centre.<\/p>\n<p>MTPConnect chief executive Sue MacLeman said 3D anatomical printing and precision medicine had been identified for the first share of funding because Australia punched above its weight in those areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expressions of interest open: 1 November 2017<\/li>\n<li>Closing date for EOI: 10 December 2017<\/li>\n<li>Closing date for stage 2 applications: 15 January 2018<\/li>\n<li>Announcement of successful applications: expected late February 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information and EOI forms, visit\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtpconnect.org.au\/biomedtechhorizons\">www.mtpconnect.org.au\/biomedtechhorizons<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtpconnect.org.au\/Story?Action=View&amp;Story_id=82\">.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian innovators in 3D printing and precision medicine can now apply for finance after a call was put out for \u00adexpressions of \u00adinterest for a slice of $35 million in government funding. The first $5m will consist of $3m for ideas in precision medicine, a new approach for disease treatment and prevention, and $2m for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}