The Rudd Government is providing more than $150 million to boost the nation’s health and medical research efforts. Projects range from research into malaria ($12,735,000) and epilepsy ($16,450,000) through to finding a treatment for stuttering ($4,775,000) and ways to improve chronic disease outcomes for Indigenous Australians ($8,190,000).
The funding is provided under the National Health and Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grants, the Australian-European Union (NHMRC-EU) Collaborative Research Grants, the NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships scheme and the NHMRC Training Fellowships.
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Two outstanding female scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have been awarded research fellowships worth $1.75 million to continue their cancer research.
The inaugural five-year Cory Fellowship, sponsored by the institute, has been awarded to Dr Clare Scott and the inaugural five-year Dyson Fellowship, sponsored by the Dyson Bequest, has been awarded to Dr Marnie Blewitt.
At a ceremony on 25 February, Nobel Prize winner for medicine Professor Elizabeth Blackburn announced Dr Scott and Dr Blewitt as the successful fellowship recipients.
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[10 Mar 10] Australia’s higher education system could become an international example, says expert
Australia’s higher education sector has the potential to be the most diverse and therefore among the most effective in the world, according to a leading international expert.