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RAO Alert - 26 February 2021
Investigator Grants Core Minimum Data Page - Update
RAO Alert 25 February 2021
Peer Review for Ideas Grants in 2021
Peer review for Ideas Grants in 2021
CEO Communique, February 2021
RAO Alert - 25 February 2021
Sapphire Maintenance
RAO Alert - 24 February 2021
Synergy Grant scheme for funding commencing in 2022 now open in Sapphire
RAO Alert 22 February 2021
RGMS is now online
NHMRC Tracker – 22 February 2021
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RAO Alert - 22 February 2021
RGMS Currently Offline
RAO Alert - 18 February 2021
Sapphire Update
RAO Alert - 17 February 2021
MRFF 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Research Grant Opportunity (Round 3) open for Expressions of Interest
Adding new cells to the mature central nervous system - Investigating their normal function and potential for repair
For people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the myelin that covers nerve fibres in the central nervous system (brain, optic nerves and spinal cord) is damaged, leading to impairment of cognitive, motor and sometimes sensory functions.
RAO Alert - 15 February 2021
Research Help Centre (RHC) and Sapphire Requests
RAO Alert – 10 February 2021
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative – 2020 Neurofibromatosis Research Grant Opportunity
RAO Alert - 10 February 2021
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Indigenous Health Research Fund – 2020 Indigenous Health Research Grant Opportunity
Tracker, 8 February 2021
Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.
How our immune cells kill cancer
With her team, she discovered that, when target cells do not die quickly, it can cause inflammation, which hampers the body’s immune response.
RAO Alert - 4 February 2021
Sapphire Maintenance
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.
Using digital innovations to address depression and binge drinking in young Australians
Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin is a psychologist and leads an international team at the Priority Research Centre for Brain and Mental Health at the University of Newcastle. Her research focuses on the development and translation of evidence-based treatments for comorbid mental disorders for young Australians.
RAO Alert - 3 February 2021
2021 Investigator Grants Round - Now Open
RAO Alert - 1 February 2021
Revised Relative to Opportunity Policy
RAO Alert 29 January 2021
Known Sapphire Issues - UPDATE
RAO Alert - 29 January 2021
Known Sapphire Issues
RAO Alert - 28 January 2021
Sapphire Maintenance
Improving the health and wellbeing of children by making it easy to be active throughout the day
Professor Jo Salmon from the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University received the Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award at last year’s NHMRC Research Excellence Awards. Her research focuses on how to effectively implement physical activity interventions at scale across the population, particularly in children. Physical inactivity is a leading modifiable risk factor for childhood obesity and other physical and mental health conditions.
RAO Alert - 27 January 2021
COVID-19 Travel Exemption Requests
NHMRC Tracker — 27 January 2021
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RAO Alert – 22 January 2021
Sapphire – Scheduled Outage
RAO Alert 20 January 2021
NHMRC-ERC Implementing Arrangement call for expressions of interest
Building Indigenous research capacity in Australia
For nearly three decades, Professor Jacinta Elston has worked in higher education, furthering efforts to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in Australia. Professor Elston is an Aboriginal woman from North Queensland and the inaugural Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) at Monash University.
NHMRC Tracker – 12 January 2021
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'10 of the Best': Showcasing health and medical research success stories
Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council has launched the 12th edition of 10 of the Best, showcasing significant projects that support the improvement of human health.
RAO Alert - 8 January 2021
Release of the Investigator Grants 2021 Key Changes Factsheet
RAO Alert - 07 January 2021
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Stem Cell Therapies Mission – 2020 Stem Cell Therapies Grant Opportunity update to funding profile for Stream 2
RAO Alert - 7 January 2021
MRFF Clinical Trials Initiative – Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases AND Unmet Need – COVID 19 Funding Outcomes Announced and Embargo Lifted
RAO Alert - 18 December 2020
NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program 2021 Grant Opportunity
RAO Alert - 22 December 2020
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) - Indigenous Health Research Fund - 2020 Indigenous Health Research Grant Opportunity is open for applications
RAO Alert - 16 December 2020
Research Help Centre availability over the holiday period
RAO Alert 16 December 2020
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – new grant opportunities now open for applications
$300 million for the improvement of health for all Australians
The Morrison Government is investing $300 million in ground-breaking health and medical research projects across Australia aimed at delivering better treatments, diagnosis and care.
CEO Communique – 15 December 2020
Key points
- $260 million investment in 283 Ideas Grants was announced today.
- $20 million of extra funding has been provided to assist the sector’s recovery from disruption of research by COVID-19.
- Streamlined peer review enabled the Ideas Grants round to be completed despite COVID-19.
- Outcomes were released before the end of the year thanks to exceptional support from peer reviewers across the sector.
Rao Alert - 14 December 2020
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) - Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative - 2020 Improving Diagnosis in Cancers with Low Survival Rates Grant Opportunity is open for applications
NHMRC Tracker – 15 December 2020
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No more than 10 a week and 4 a day…
National Health and Medical Research Council confirms new national guidelines for reducing the health risks from drinking alcohol.
Mapping the trajectory of depression in primary care to improve treatment
The Diamond cohort study — Better management of those at risk of persistent and disabling depression.
Measuring the effectiveness of cancer interventions
Economic evaluation is a tool used to decide which medical services and pharmaceuticals should be publicly funded. Professor Madeleine King, Director of the University of Sydney’s Quality of Life Office, has developed ways to measure quality of life for use in economic evaluation of cancer interventions in Australia and across the world.
Targeting dangerous heart attack and stroke-causing plaques
Heart attack and stroke are major causes of death and disability worldwide. With over 500,000 Australians suffering from some form of coronary artery disease.
Addressing the neglected global burden of child and drug-resistant tuberculosis
Ever since completing his PhD whilst working as a young paediatrician in South Africa, Professor Ben Marais from the University of Sydney has been on a mission to raise awareness of childhood tuberculosis (TB) and the transmissibility of drug-resistant TB — having seen first-hand the deadly impacts when this disease is left undiagnosed and untreated.
A smart needle for safer brain surgery
Almost 2000 Australians are diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour each year1 and, tragically, it is the leading cause of cancer-related death among children. Professor Robert McLaughlin’s team at the University of Adelaide, with colleagues at The University of Western Australia, set out to better diagnose the specific type of tumours, which can benefit patients’ treatment options and outcomes.
Breathing easy — Improving access to respiratory disease rehabilitation
The average adult takes up to 20 breaths every minute, something most people give little thought. However, breathing can be a daily struggle for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an umbrella term for a group of lung conditions that includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis and chronic asthma.