Over $500m for NHMRC grants
The Australian Government has allocated $580.2 million to fund 848 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants.
The grants, which will help ensure Australia remains a world leader in medical research, include the following:
- 555 Project Grants ($421.1 million)
- Eight Partnership Projects ($7.3 million)
- 19 Centres of Research Excellence ($47.3 million)
- 125 Early Career Fellowships ($39.4 million)
- 58 Career Development Fellowships ($24.1 million)
- 10 Translating Research into Practice Fellowships ($1.7 million)
- 47 Equipment Grants ($6 million)
- 26 Independent Medical Research Institutions Infrastructure Grants ($32.7 million)
The funding was announced by Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Minister for Health Peter Dutton.
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