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Expert Committee to review Australian Dietary Guidelines
Applications are invited from experts to join the review of the Australian Dietary Guidelines.
RAO Alert - 23 November 2020
Research Help Centre – New Sapphire Account Requests
RAO Alert - 18 November 2020
Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change – Now open in Sapphire
COVID-3D: A small leap to scale up to COVID-19
Early in 2020, the University of Melbourne’s Bio21 team was working on protein modelling to better understand antimicrobial resistance for improved drug development. In March they turned their attention to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which had already undergone many mutations. In September, the team’s work was published in Nature Genetics.
NHMRC Tracker – 16 November 2020
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Case study: Neurodegenerative disease and metals
The formation of abnormal proteins in the brain has long been suspected to contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Yet many individuals with abnormal protein formations do not go on to develop such diseases.
RAO Alert - 10 November 2020
Research Help Centre – New Sapphire Account Requests
Using antimicrobials to prevent infections in our hospitals
Professor Mark Willcox from the University of New South Wales received the Marshall and Warren Ideas Grant Award at this year’s NHMRC Research Excellence Awards. Professor Willcox’s research targets hospital-acquired infections. Half of all hospital-acquired infections are from microbial colonisation of medical devices such as catheters and hip replacements. Professor Willcox and his team are developing new antimicrobial coatings that can be applied to medical devices to reduce the incidence of these infections.
RAO Alert - 3 November 2020
The due date and time for Minimum Data for the MRFF – 2020 International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) 20.1 Grant Opportunity was 5pm Wednesday 28 October 2020.
NHMRC Tracker – 2 November 2020
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RAO Alert - 29 October 2020
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Million Minds Mission – 2020 Mental Health Research Grant Opportunity application close date extended.
Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious Disease Emergencies
APPRISE is the Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious Disease Emergencies. It was established in 2016 with an investment of $5 million funded by NHMRC and an additional $2 million in 2020 to undertake a range of studies to inform the public health and clinical responses to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Twenty years of preparation
Over the past 20 years, NHMRC has invested more than $23 million in 37 projects on pandemic preparedness.
RAO Alert - 26 October 2020
Sapphire unavailable Tuesday 27 October 2020 between 7:00AM – 8:00AM AEDT
Tracker - 19 October 2020
Tracker is a fortnightly email newsletter that informs the Australian research community about major NHMRC activities and funding opportunities.
RAO Alert - 16 October 2020
Key dates for NHMRC 2021 Development Grant scheme
RAO Alert - 16 October 2020
FOR INFORMATION - FAQ UPDATE
RAO Alert - 13 October 2020
Nominate to participate in Peer Review Panels for 2021
RAO Alert - 13 October 2020
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – new grant opportunities now open for applications
$35 million for new Centres of Research Excellence to improve health outcomes
The Australian Government is investing $35 million in 14 new Centres of Research Excellence through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), announced in the 2020-21 Budget.
Development grants to boost commercial outcomes of Australian medical research
The Australian Government is investing almost $15 million to drive health and medical research in Australia towards commercial outcomes, announced in the 2020-21 Budget.
More than $20 million investment in partnerships for health and medical research
The Australian Government is providing more than $20 million for research partnerships that lead to improved health outcomes and preventative measures for conditions such as coronary heart disease, severe depression and gestational diabetes, announced in the 2020-21 Budget.
$3.3 million investment for research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The Australian Government is investing $3.3 million in medical research to improve understanding of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, announced in the 2020-21 Budget.
RAO Alert - 7 October 2020
Medical Research Future Fund – Funding outcomes announced and new grant opportunities open for applications
RAO Alert - 7 October 2020
NHMRC Funding Outcomes Announced and Embargo Lifted
Budget 2020-21
Support for the critical role of health and medical research in improving the health of the Australian community continues in the 2020-21 Budget handed down on 6 October by the Treasurer, the Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP.
Tracker - 6 October 2020
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Repairing the nervous system with patients’ own stem cells
Associate Professor James St John from Griffith University received the Marshall and Warren Innovation Award at the 2020 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards. His research involves the development of cell transplantation therapies to repair the nervous system, particularly peripheral nerve and spinal cord injuries.
RAO Alert - 25 September 2020
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Million Minds Mission – 2020 Mental Health Research Grant Opportunity Application Form Now Available in Sapphire
Tracker - 21 September 2020
Tracker is a fortnightly email newsletter that informs the Australian research community about major NHMRC activities and funding opportunities.
NHMRC Dementia Research News
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) remains committed to supporting dementia research in Australia following the end of the Australian Government's Boosting Dementia Research Initiative (BDRI).
Improving kidney health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Associate Professor Jaqui Hughes from the Menzies School of Health Research received the 2019 NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Award at NHMRC’s Research Excellence Awards ceremony in March 2020. Kidney disease is a significant health priority among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The cohort study being led by A/Professor Hughes will describe the long-term changes in kidney function over 10 years. This will provide critical data to inform regional and national policy on identification and care of people with kidney disease.
RAO Alert - 17 September 2020
NHMRC Postaward activity survey
RAO Alert - 11 September 2020
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Million Minds Mission – 2020 Mental Health Research Grant Opportunity: Urgent Update to Application Form
NHMRC Tracker – 8 September 2020
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RAO Alert - 7 September 2020
Medical Research Future Fund – 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Research Grant Opportunity- Round 2 EOI form is now available in Sapphire
RAO Alert - 4 September 2020
Targeted Call for Research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS TCR) – Funding outcomes released under strict embargo
RAO Alert - 2 September 2020
MRFF Primary Health Care Research Initiative – Primary Health Care Research Funding Outcomes Announced and Embargo Lifted
RAO Alert - 2 September 2020
Medical Research Future Fund – 2020 Grant Opportunities open for applications
RAO Alert - 2 September 2020
Targeted Call for Research into End of Life Care – Now open in Sapphire
Unravelling the pathobiology of non-Alzheimer dementias and degenerative motor syndromes
Professor Glenda Halliday from the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health and the Brain and Mind Centre received NHMRC’s Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award at this year’s NHMRC Research Excellence Awards. Her research aims to identify and understand the pathobiology of non-Alzheimer dementias and degenerative motor syndromes. These syndromes are currently under-recognised, mainly affect people in their prime, can kill rapidly, and have no mechanistic therapies.
RAO Alert - 26 August 2020
Sapphire will be unavailable today between 4:30pm – 6:30pm ACT local time
NHMRC Tracker – 24 August 2020
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RAO Alert - 21 August 2020
Rare Cancers Rare Diseases and Unmet Need – COVID-19 grant opportunity
RAO Alert - 19 August 2020
NHMRC funding outcomes under strict embargo
RAO Alert - 14 August 2020
Sapphire back online
RAO Alert - 14 August 2020
Targeted Call for Research into End of Life Care – Opens on Wednesday 2 September
RAO Alert - 13 August 2020
Sapphire Profile and Assessment functions are currently unavailable
RAO Alert - 13 August 2020
Extension to Partnership Projects 2020 PRC1 close – applications now due Friday 14 August 2020
NHMRC Tracker – 10 August
Tracker is the easiest way to keep up to date with the latest opportunities and key dates.