Forum: NHMRC fellowship schemes

The NHMRC released a consultation paper on current and emerging issues – NHMRC Fellowship Schemes on Thursday 2 April 2015.

Professor Matthew Gillespie, Acting Deputy Dean (Research), will host a session on Tuesday 28 April 12:00 – 1:00 in Lecture Theatre S9 (16 Rainforest Walk) and this will be available by video links to other sites.

This session will discuss:

1. The current activities that the Medical Research Endowment Account (MREA) supports – such that there is an appreciation of the current constraints on the MREA. Also, if there are suggestions of reallocation of support within the MREA, the potential impacts may be more obvious.

2. To promote discussion about the consultation paper, particularly each of the questions that are contained within the discussion paper, to inform individual submissions and a submission that I will prepare on behalf of the Faculty.

Monash tops the board for NHMRC funding with the largest grant going to a school in FMNHS

Monash University has received $72 million – the largest amount given to a university in last week's NHMRC project grants funding announcement.

Monash ranked first for both the number of grants and the total amount funded in this year’s round. Stroke, prostate cancer, chronic back pain and lung disease, are just a few examples of the 107 Monash University research area to receive funding from the NHMRC.

10 Monash Researchers awarded Research Fellows of the National Health and Medical Research Council

On 29 August 2014, the Minister for Health, the Hon Peter Dutton MP, announced funding for 74 new Research Fellowships and 28 current fellowship extensions ($58.5 million), 17 new Practitioner Fellowships ($8.0 million) and four Targeted Calls for Indigenous Youth Suicide research grants ($.5 million).

Ten staff of the Faculty were awarded NHMRC Research or Practitioner Fellowships, and two Fellows received extensions. This is a great achievement for the individuals listed below, and the awards are made in recognition of their research vision, output and leadership, and contribution to research.