NHMRC awards $31m for innovative health and medical research

28 grants in total, including 24 Ideas grants, 3 Development grants, and a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaborative Research Grant have been awarded.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Emma Johnston congratulated all of the researchers who were awarded funding and looks forward to seeing how each project continues to advance.

“Sydney is proud to have longstanding strength in health and medical research. Our academics were amongst the first to link melanoma and latitude, laid the early groundwork for the bionic ear and discovered that, together with a genetic predisposition, allergens in the environment trigger asthma.”

“I look forward to seeing these new research projects get off the ground and how they will make an impact in the years to come”, said Professor Emma Johnston.

The NHMRC (NIHR) Collaborative Grant supports Australian participation in international collaborative research through the United Kingdom’s Health Technology Assessment Programme.

Professor David Beard from the Faculty of Medicine and Health was awarded a $2.54 million NIHR Collaborative Grant to explore stratified accelerated repairs of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament for knee injuries.

The NHRMC Ideas Grants support researchers at all career stages undertaking innovative and creative research projects in any area of health and medical research from discovery to implementation.

The NHMRC Development Grants provide financial support to individual researchers or teams to undertake research within Australia at the proof-of-concept stage, that specifically drives towards a commercial outcome. The scheme supports the commercial development of a product or procedure that will result in improved health care or disease prevention.

“It’s so pleasing to see these three leading scientists and their ground-breaking research recognised by NHMRC. Their projects will receive the much-needed support to expedite their journey from lab to market, making a real difference to the current commercial offerings in their respective fields and improving patient outcomes in the long-term”, said Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Enterprise), Professor Julie Cairney.

The University of Sydney was also recently recognised as the top university in Australia for bringing innovations to market.