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Alliance researchers awarded more than $36m in NHMRC funding

Alliance researchers awarded more than $36m in NHMRC funding

Twenty researchers from the Alfred Research Alliance have received a total of more than $36.1 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants, announced yesterday. The Investigator Grant scheme is the largest of the NHMRC’s funding schemes, and aims to support the research program of outstanding investigators at all career… Read More

Heart Foundation funding success for Alliance researchers

Heart Foundation funding success for Alliance researchers

The Heart Foundation has announced their 2022 Award Recipients, for research projects commencing in 2023. This year, 14 researchers from the Alfred Research Alliance were successful, recognising our precinct’s excellence in cardiovascular disease research. Future Leader Fellowship, Level 2 Xiaowei Wang, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Personalised medicine for cardiovascular diseases Future Leader Fellowship, Level… Read More

Alfred Monash ECMO grant

Around the Precinct – 6 October 2022

On World Heart Day, the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon. Mark Butler MP, attended the precinct along with local MPs Josh Burns and Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah to announce a $1 million grant for extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine research. The visit came in the same week that Monash/Alfred researchers led… Read More

A/Prof Xiaowei Wang, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Around the Precinct – 29 September 2022

As September draws to a close, several precinct partners are celebrating significant funding success, from support for early career researchers to multi-million-dollar MRFF grants. The funding covers a range of different health conditions including dementia, epilepsy, COVID-19 vaccinations and cardiovascular diseases. In a tough funding environment, these grants are testament to the excellence of the… Read More