Grants Target Medical Research And Innovation
Twenty-five early and mid-career researchers from The University of Western Australia have received State Government funding to help make innovative discoveries that improve health and medical outcomes.
The Future Health Research and Innovation Fund awarded $6.8 million through the WA Near Miss Awards: Ideas Grants and Emerging Leaders programs to 45 WA researchers, with UWA researchers allocated $3.6 million.
Eleven health and medical researchers from UWA were awarded Emerging Leaders Grants.
The funding gives recipients the opportunity to enhance areas of their National Health Medical Research Council Investigator (NHMRC) application or a Fellowship that allows recipients to do the work proposed in their NHMRC application over three years.
Fellowship recipients
Grants
Fourteen researchers from UWA received funds from the WA Near Miss Awards Ideas Grants program to accelerate national grant success.
The program provides grants for up to 12 months for recipients to improve areas of their NHMRC Investigator Grant application so recipients can resubmit an enhanced application and increase their chances of winning a future grant.
The program recipients:
The grants are aimed at WA researchers who scored highly in their submissions to the NHMRC Ideas Grant and Investigator Grant programs but missed out due to the funding pool being exhausted.
https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/april/grants-target-medical-research-and-innovation