Tag: NHMRC

New committees to steer medical research funds

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The funding strategies of the federal government’s flagship health and medical research funds, which collectively award more than $1.5 billion in grants every year, are set to become more...

Research should not be limited by national priorities: Foley

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s chief scientist has highlighted the importance of not limiting the scope of fundamental research and suggested it shouldn’t be bound by national research priorities. Dr Cathy Foley was...

Health and medical research grants worth $33m unveiled

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Western Australian government has opened applications for a share of $10 million in health and medical research grants, which followed a federal announcement on Tuesday of $23 million...

Medical research skills gap looms

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The nation’s medical research institutes have called on government to fund an additional 300 investigator grants over three years to support early and mid-stage career scientists to remain in...