Researchers awarded $245,000 to develop tool to improve community inclusion capacity in regional Victoria
25 June 2026
Researchers from the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences have been awarded a 2026 VicHealth Impact Resea...
University of Melbourne researchers to lead the National Social Enterprise Research Project
15 June 2026
A team of University of Melbourne researchers, led by Melbourne Social Equity Institute Director Professor Jo Barraket, has been commissioned by the Australian Government...
Malcolm Fraser Research Grant scholars re-examine a prime minister’s foreign policy legacy
10 June 2026
The inaugural Malcolm Fraser Research Grant, offered by Archives and Special Collections, has awarded two scholars the opportunity to undertake funded research within the Malc...
Dr Elena Balcaite and Dr Kathryn Coleman awarded 2026 GEM Scott Teaching Fellowships
2 June 2026
Dr Elena Balcaite and Dr Kathryn Coleman have been awarded the 2026 University of Melbourne GEM Scott Teaching Fellowships for excellence in educational scholarship...
$5 million funding boost to support better mental health for older Australians
29 May 2026
Award-winning mental health initiative Talking Mental Health will be scaled up thanks to a $5 million Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant from the Australian Govern...
University researchers’ success in ARC Linkage Projects scheme round two
22 May 2026
A project testing “power windows” which could make household windows generate solar power is among 20 collaborative research initiatives that will benefit from $11...
International collaboration secures funding to investigate new treatments for ALS
22 May 2026
Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences are part of an international collaboration which has secured funding to accelerate the search for new t...
Researchers secure $500k grant to advance AI vision technology
15 May 2026
The Australian Government’s Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund – Strategic Element (GSTDF-SE) has awarded $549,445 to a University of Melbourne research...
University of Melbourne researchers funded to investigate early-onset cancer
14 May 2026
Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) have been awarded more than $7 million through a joint funding initiative from NHMRC and Cancer...
University of Melbourne First Nations project receives $5 million to research experiences of family violence and child removals
23 April 2026
A First Nations-led research project led by Melbourne Laureate Professor Marcia Langton has received $5 million as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council&rsq...
Professors Shyamali Dharmage and Rebecca Bentley awarded 2025 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards
1 April 2026
Professor Shyamali Dharmage and Professor Rebecca Bentley have received NHMRC Research Excellence Awards, which celebrate top-ranked applicants to the National Health and Medi...
Five University of Melbourne researchers recognised in latest MS Australia grant round
12 March 2026
Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) have received a combined $474,556 as part of MS Australia’s 2026 grant funding round....
Dr Benjamin Leruth awarded Jean Monnet Chair in Public Policy
3 March 2026
Dr Benjamin Leruth, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Melbourne’s School of Social and Political Sciences, has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair ...
Associate Professor Bryony Nayagam awarded $1.3m Passe Williams Senior Fellowship
18 February 2026
Associate Professor Bryony Nayagam from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences has been awarded a Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Foundation Senior Fellowshi...
Twelve University of Melbourne researchers awarded Cancer Research Fellowships
5 February 2026
Twelve University of Melbourne researchers have received fellowships through Cancer Research Fellowships Victoria, a joint initiative between Cancer Council Victoria and...
Professor Martha Hickey to co-lead major international menopause and heart health study
2 February 2026
Professor Martha Hickey, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne, and Co-Director of the Gynaecology Research Centre and Head of Unit for Menopause...
University of Melbourne researchers awarded NHMRC Development Grants
28 January 2026
Four researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) have received a combined $4.6 million as part of the National Health and Medical Research C...
NHMRC scholarships to support high-impact graduate research projects at the University of Melbourne
14 January 2026
Twenty graduate researchers at the University of Melbourne have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postgraduate Scholarships worth a combin...
Grant awarded to student led foundation empowering Afghan women’s education
19 December 2025
The Pink Education Foundation, founded by University of Melbourne student Adiba Erfan, has been awarded an Edified Energiser Grant of $5000 to support education for Afghan wom...
University researchers to help lead new ARC Centre of Excellence for Renewable Fuels
11 December 2025
A University of Melbourne team will lead one of three research themes in the new $72m ARC Centre of Excellence for Renewable Fuels, announced this week....
ARC Research Centre to empower Australian workers in the digital age
9 December 2025
University of Melbourne experts will help lead research in the new $94.6 million Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quality Work in a Digital Age (QWiDA)....
Early-career researcher awards to strengthen Australia’s research capability
27 November 2025
Twenty-one early-career University of Melbourne researchers have received $10.8 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to further projects aligned with Australia&r...
New University of Melbourne fund supports local partnerships and community collaboration
13 November 2025
The University of Melbourne has awarded $128,905 to ten projects through its inaugural Civic and Community Impact Fund (CCIF), strengthening community-led research to address...
University researchers awarded grant to improve motorcycle safety
3 November 2025
A team of academics at the University of Melbournes Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the Victorian Department of Transpor...
University researchers’ success in ARC Linkage Projects scheme
31 October 2025
A project aiming to develop alternative and sustainable models for the design, economics, policy settings and delivery of First Nations communities is among five collaborative...
$2.5 million fellowships awarded to University of Melbourne scientists for pioneering lifelong immunity and AI-designed protein research
30 October 2025
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and health Sciences researchers Dr Carolien van de Sandt and Dr Rhys Grinter have received CSL Centenary Fellowships, valued at $1.25 milli...
2025 Google PhD Fellowships awarded to University of Melbourne researchers
29 October 2025
PhD students Thi Xuan May Le and Chengyi Cai have been awarded 2025 Google PhD Fellowships....
$500k University of Melbourne Genesis Pre-Seed Fund investment for AI tool to accurately dose chemotherapy
27 October 2025
An artificial intelligence tool designed to ensure cancer patients receive more precise chemotherapy doses, has secured $500,000 in funding from the University of Melbourne Ge...
University of Melbourne Research Fellow awarded Breakthrough Victoria Fellowship to advance AI skin cancer detection
17 October 2025
University of Melbourne Research Fellow, Dr Noor E Karishma Shaik has been announced as one of three recipients of Breakthrough Victoria’s new Fellowship Program....
University researcher awarded $1.5m to advance AI in mathematics
13 October 2025
University of Melbourne Professor Cezary Kaliszyk is among the first cohort to be awarded a $1.5 million (USD$1m) grant by the international AI for Math Fund, which seeks...
University of Melbourne secures grant to improve access to oral cancer screening
13 October 2025
The Melbourne Dental School in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences has received a $764,871 Government grant, to improve access to specialist oral cancer scr...
University of Melbourne researchers secure MMT grant
29 August 2025
University of Melbourne researchers Dr Sonja Molnar and Professor Jackie Dutton have received a Melbourne-Manchester-Toronto (MMT) grant together with the Global Humanities Al...
Health researchers receive $13.7m from the Medical Research Future Fund to accelerate genomics research
6 August 2025
Eight researchers from the University of Melbourne have been awarded a combined $13.7 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), as part of Australian Go...
Australian Research Council Training Centre for Transformative Health Sensing Technologies
5 August 2025
The University will lead a new $5m ARC Training Centre for Transformative Health Sensing Technologies, an Industrial Transformation Training Centre (ITTC) announced last week....
BlakAbility team secures funding from National Disability Research Partnership
31 July 2025
BlakAbility, an Australian Research Council (ARC), and University of Melbourne-funded project that aims to improve the lives of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people...
University of Melbourne researchers awarded NDRP funding for disability-led projects
30 July 2025
Two University of Melbourne research teams have been awarded grants through the National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP), as part of a $900,000 national investment in d...
Industry fellowships to drive research collaboration and impact
25 July 2025
Four University of Melbourne researchers have secured Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Fellowships in the latest funding round, with two at early career level and tw...
University awarded Maitri Scholarships, Fellowship and Grant to strengthen Australia–India ties
25 July 2025
Three graduate researchers from India have been awarded Maitri Scholarships to pursue high-impact research at the University of Melbourne, while one academic has received a Ma...
University of Melbourne excels in National Industry PhD Program
22 July 2025
The University of Melbourne has achieved outstanding results in Round 5 of the National Industry PhD Program, with six applications receiving funding. This builds on the Unive...
University of Melbourne researchers awarded more than $11.5m in Future Fellowships scheme
17 July 2025
Ten projects from the University of Melbourne have been awarded more than $11.5 million through the Australian Research Council’s 2025 Future Fellowships scheme....
Innovative research-based technologies receive funding for commercialisation
8 July 2025
New technologies based on University of Melbourne research will be developed and brought to market with industry partners thanks to a $4.4M funding boost from the Australia&rs...
Australian Research Council awards more than $4.5 million to University of Melbourne researchers
27 June 2025
Eight academics from across the University of Melbourne, working with 23 partners, have received over $4.5 million in funding under the Australian Research Council’s Lin...
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health academics have been accepted as strategic partners for WHO’s Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
10 June 2025
The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (the APO) is a collaborative partnership of interested governments, international agencies, foundations, and resear...
Funding the future: innovative research projects to tackle pressing health challenges
29 May 2025
Nineteen innovative research projects led by the University of Melbourne and partner organisations have been funded to address critical challenges across mental health, neurol...
Professor Linda Bennett awarded an Australia-Indonesia Institute Grant
27 May 2025
University of Melbourne Professor Linda Bennett has been awarded an Australia-Indonesia Institute Grant for collaborative curriculum development of cervical cancer patient edu...
Fellowships awarded to researchers tackling racism to improve health outcomes
16 April 2025
Two University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded highly competitive VicHealth Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to lead innovative projects addressing racism and its...
University of Melbourne researchers receive NHMRC Research Excellence Awards
27 March 2025
University of Melbourne researchers Associate Professors Louise Cheng, Garron Dodd and Professor Laura Mackay have been honoured with the NHMRC’s most highly-ranked rese...
Melbourne Centre for Cities awarded grant to build capacity for subnational diplomacy
17 March 2025
The Melbourne Centre for Cities has been awarded $495,000 by the federal government's National Foundation for Australia-China Relations as part of the foundation's 2024-5 gran...
Innovative research translation and commercialisation accelerated through funding boost
12 March 2025
AI tools, quantum imaging and mental health therapeutics are among 22 innovative University of Melbourne research projects to receive a critical federal funding boost....
NHMRC awards researchers $83m in Investigator Grants
26 February 2025
The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology have received a total of $83.7m in...
Researchers awarded $2.55m NHMRC Developments Grants to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and to treat chronic lung diseases
18 December 2024
Researchers in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences have been awarded two two-year Development Grants from the National Health and Medical Research...
University of Melbourne projects receive $42 million in NHMRC Ideas Grant funding to address cancer, chronic and infectious diseases
18 December 2024
Thirty-six University of Melbourne researchers have had their projects funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grants scheme i...
Graduate researchers receive National Health Medical Research Council scholarship funding
18 December 2024
Seventeen researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences have received funding for Postgraduate Scholarships from the National Health and Medical Rese...
Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund Strategic Element grant
16 December 2024
An international team of researchers will help drive the manufacturing of carbon neutral, affordable modular housing at scale, thanks to a grant from the Australian Government...
Dr Maria Di Biase awarded the Al & Val Rosenstrauss Fellowship
10 December 2024
Dr Maria Di Biase, a researcher in the Department of Anatomy & Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences has received an Al & Val Rosenstrau...
2025 INCITE Program Grant from the US Department of Energy
3 December 2024
A high-performance computing team led by Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Associate Professor Giuseppe Barca has been awarded a 2025 INCITE Program Grant by t...
New Fellows of the 2025 National Library of Australia Scholarships and Asia Study Grants announced
3 December 2024
Jesse Seeberg-Gordon, Caitlin Hughes and Michael Haryo Bagus Raditya from the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts are among the 23 researchers elected to the 2025...
Dr James Thompson awarded the Universitas 21 Fellowship for academic staff
3 December 2024
Dr James Thompson, a Lecturer in Teaching and Learning with an academic developer role in the Built Environment Learning and Teaching (BEL+T) group within the Faculty of Archi...
Belinda Fischer awarded the Universitas 21 Scholarship for professional staff
3 December 2024
Belinda Fischer, a Team Leader in Service Delivery (Course Planning) in Student and Scholarly Services, has been awarded the Universitas 21 Scholarship for professional staff....
51 research projects awarded Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants
28 November 2024
Over 100 University of Melbourne researchers working on 51 research projects have been awarded $31,744,984 in funding in round one of the Australian Research Council’s (...
University of Melbourne researchers awarded 2024 Heart Foundation Grants
30 October 2024
Six University of Melbourne researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology were awarded 2024 He...
Researchers awarded $5m NHMRC Synergy Grant to improve immunotherapy against melanoma
3 October 2024
Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences have been awarded a five-year, $5 million Synergy Grant from the National Health and Medical Research C...
Researchers awarded $36m funding from MRFF for projects across health and science
23 September 2024
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have been awarded over $36 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to advance a wide range of health proje...
Dr Jack Pascoe awarded ARC Discovery Indigenous scheme to support the management of Maar Country
20 September 2024
Dr Jack Pascoe from the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystems Science has secured $858,790 from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to integrate Traditional Ecological...
Five new University of Melbourne Centres of Research Excellence funded by NHMRC
30 August 2024
The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded five new University of Melbourne Centres of Research Excellence (CREs) $15 million over five years, to undertake c...
University of Melbourne early-career researchers awarded over $6 million from the Australian Research Council
29 August 2024
Fourteen early-career researchers from the Faculties of Arts, Engineering and IT, Science, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Business and Economics have been awarded...
Professor Marta Garrido receives funding for research into the perceptual experiences of people with psychosis
22 August 2024
Professor Marta Garrido, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, has been awarded $1.3 million funding from the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation to study the perceptions of people...
Researchers secure $1.6m to scale-up direct air capture technology for reducing CO2 emissions
19 August 2024
A team of researchers from the University of Melbourne and their collaborators have been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the Australian Government’s Carbon Capture Tec...
Professor Sandra Eades funded to investigate the commercial determinants of Health in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
7 August 2024
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Professor Sandra Eades has received over $1, 27 Million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding for...
Wellcome Trust awards University of Melbourne researchers grant for climate change and health research in Kyrgyzstan
6 August 2024
A team lead by Associate Professor Angus Campbell, Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health has been awarded a $4.9 million researc...
ARC awards over $6 million to University of Melbourne researchers
2 August 2024
Six academics from across the University of Melbourne have received over $6 million in funding under the Australian Research Council’s 2024 Future Fellowships scheme....
ARC awards three University of Melbourne researchers Australian Laureate Fellowships for ground-breaking research excellence
29 May 2024
Professor Jacqueline Peel from the Melbourne Climate Futures research initiative and Professors Michael Kearney and James McCaw from the Faculty of Science were awarded the fe...
University of Melbourne graduate researcher awarded one of five inaugural Maitri Scholarships
28 May 2024
A graduate researcher from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology has been awarded just one of five inaugural Maitri Scholarships for his work developing novel...
University of Melbourne researchers awarded NHMRC funding for disability and diabetes research
20 May 2024
Dr Rachel Toovey and Professor Elif Ekinci have been awarded funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to support research to improve community par...
$3.1 million ARENA grant fuels mega-scale liquid hydrogen storage
17 May 2024
A team of University of Melbourne researchers will work with leading Australian and international industry partners to develop mega-scale liquid hydrogen storage systems and i...
Professor Robyn Sloggett awarded ARC Laureate Fellowship
10 May 2024
Professor Robyn Sloggett from the Faculty of Arts has been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Laureate for the five-year program ‘Safe Keeping: E...
NHMRC awards $61 million to University of Melbourne researchers
10 May 2024
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and partner organisations have been awarded $61 million in funding from the latest NHMRC Investigator Grant round, announced last...
University of Melbourne researcher funded by the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation
27 March 2024
A team team led by University of Melbourne researcher Dr Dane Cheasley at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has been awarded $480,000 by the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation...
University of Melbourne-led health projects awarded $17m from Medical Research Future Fund
5 March 2024
Twelve researchers from the University of Melbourne and partner organisations, the Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, the Royal Women’s, the Royal Melb...
University of Melbourne researchers funded by MS Australia
5 March 2024
Three University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded funding by MS Australia to prevent disability and stop disease progression in people living with multiple sclerosis...
University of Melbourne researchers receive Medibank Better Health Foundation funding for loneliness research
4 March 2024
A new project which aims to form a national picture on how younger Australians experience loneliness during life transitions, A-Part of the Crowd, will be led by the ALIVE Nat...
New trial to explore genetic test for cancer risk in GP setting
23 November 2023
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have received $2.4 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to explore whether a new DNA test collected via a simple s...
More than $1.18 million awarded for University of Melbourne collaborative research
15 November 2023
Three University of Melbourne research projects have been awarded a combined total of more than $1.18m as part of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects scheme...
University of Melbourne researchers awarded over $26 million in ARC Discovery grants
2 November 2023
University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded 48 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects 2024 Round One grants worth over $26 million....
University of Melbourne researchers awarded Medical Research Future Fund grants for Indigenous health research
30 October 2023
Three researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) have been awarded Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grants for the Indigenous Health Res...
University of Melbourne researchers awarded ARC funding for Indigenous disability research
5 October 2023
A University of Melbourne project to investigate how Australian universities can advance life outcomes for Indigenous people with disability has been awarded nearly $2 million...
T cell expert Dr Daniel Utzschneider awarded Leukemia Research Foundation grant
3 October 2023
Dr Daniel Utzschneider, an NHMRC Investigator Fellow and Laboratory Head in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immu...
Two health Centres of Research Excellence announced by NHMRC
3 October 2023
Two new health Centres of Research Excellence (CREs) will be established at the University of Melbourne, each supported by $2.5 million from the National Health and Medical Re...
Multiple sclerosis research innovations supported by MS Australia grants
5 September 2023
Two researchers from the University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences have been awarded MS Incubator Grants by MS Australia to investigate the ne...
University of Melbourne researchers awarded MRFF funding for mental health research
4 September 2023
Four projects led by University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded a combined $3 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Million Minds Mental Health Resea...
University of Melbourne early career researchers receive over $9 million in ARC grants
29 August 2023
Twenty-one University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded over $9 million in grant funding in the first round of the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Discovery...
Nossal Institute awarded fellowship to build Indonesian disability inclusion advocacy skills
15 August 2023
The Nossal Institute for Global Health has been granted an Australia Awards Fellowship to work with Fellows from four Indonesian organisations of people with disability (OPDs)...
University of Melbourne team to establish researcher network for decarbonising the building industry
14 August 2023
A research team led by Professor Tuan Ngo will build a Researcher Network for Decarbonising the Building Industry (RNDBI), thanks to a $2 million Australian Government Interna...
Designing inclusive schools for students with disability receives ARC support
9 August 2023
A multidisciplinary project to make schools more inclusive for students with disability - embracing government, industry, and disability support sector partners and exper...
New technologies funded for research across Victorian universities
1 August 2023
The University of Melbourne has welcomed more than $14 million in funding to boost critical medical and agricultural research capabilities across a number of Victorian univers...
Ten University of Melbourne researchers awarded ARC Future Fellowships
27 July 2023
Ten University of Melbourne researchers have been named recipients of Australian Research Council Future Fellowships....
Industry-led innovations supported by Cooperative Research Centres Projects grants
6 July 2023
Four industry-led innovation projects drawing on expertise from the University’s Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology will be supported by more than $10 mil...
Two ‘Unnati’ India collaboration grants for University of Melbourne researchers
28 June 2023
Two researchers from the University of Melbourne have been awarded Australia India 'Unnati' Research Collaboration Grants, which aim to boost and deepen research collabor...
Dr Matt Faria awarded grant for modelling to aid future mRNA therapies for brain cancer
28 June 2023
Biomedical engineer Dr Matt Faria and his team have been awarded a $98,659 grant from mRNA Victoria’s Research Acceleration Fund to build data-informed computational mod...
Virtual Reality therapy for young people with psychosis supported by Wellcome Trust
20 June 2023
Dr Roos Pot-Kolder and Professor Andrew Thompson from the University and Orygen Digital will receive a share of the £16.8M pool of funds from the Wellcome Mental Health Award...
Dr Zoe Aitken and Dr Bronwyn Hradsky awarded ARC Early Career Industry Fellowships
9 May 2023
Dr Zoe Aitken and Dr Bronwyn Hradsky have been awarded Australian Research Council (ARC) Early Career Industry Fellowships for research on disability statistics, and predator...
Dr Angela Van de Wouw awarded ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowship for fungicide resistance research
24 April 2023
Dr Angela Van de Wouw from the Faculty of Science has been awarded a 2023 Mid-Career Industry Fellowship from the Australian Research Council....
Collaborative funding awarded for dementia research
3 April 2023
Two academics from the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health have received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Japan Age...
University projects receive Medical Research Future Fund support
17 March 2023
Fifteen University of Melbourne projects have received funding under schemes announced by the Australian Government's Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)....
Multiple Sclerosis research, treatment innovations supported by MS Australia
22 February 2023
Researchers working to prevent, treat and cure Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been awarded grants from MS Australia to support their efforts....
University researchers receive ARC Discovery Project funding
28 November 2022
Fifty-seven University of Melbourne researchers and research teams have received funding through the 2022 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects scheme....
Centre for Muscle Research receives international grant to investigate Duchenne muscular dystrophy
16 November 2022
Scientists at the University’s Centre for Muscle Research (CMR) have been awarded a grant from the United States’ Muscular Dystrophy Association to investigate how...
35 researchers awarded NHMRC Investigator Grants
14 October 2022
The University of Melbourne, along with partner organisations, has been awarded funding for 35 projects in the 2022 Investigator Grants scheme by the National Health and Medic...
University teams receive NHMRC partnership grants to support young people
6 October 2022
The NHMRC Partnership Project scheme provides funding for researchers and partner organisations to work together to define research questions, undertake the research, and inte...
Australian Research Council Future Fellows announced
16 September 2022
Nine University of Melbourne mid-career researchers have been awarded Australian Research Council Future Fellowships across areas including engineering, health and social scie...
Dr Mohammad Taha receives Defence Science Institute Collaborative Research Grant
14 September 2022
Dr Mohammad Taha has been awarded a Defence Science Institute (DSI) Collaborative Research Grant, to support their research to develop an adaptive coating for buildings using...
Professor Michael Stumpf awarded prestigious ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship
30 August 2022
Mathematical biologist Professor Michael Stumpf has been awarded $3.4 million through the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship scheme to develop mathematical models...
First Hokkaido-Melbourne Joint Research Workshops Fund awarded
28 June 2022
The first recipients of the Hokkaido – Melbourne Joint Research Workshops Fund have been announced at a ceremony hosted by Hokkaido University in Japan....
Professor Richard Sandberg awarded NCI Australia 2022 Australasian Leadership Computing Grant
24 May 2022
Professor Richard Sandberg has been awarded a 2022 Australasian Leadership Computing Grant (ALCG) from National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) Australia....
Dr Kade Paterson awarded MRFF grant for knee pain intervention
3 May 2022
Dr Kade Paterson has been awarded a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant to investigate appropriate interventions for knee pain in adolescents....
Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky awarded Rebecca Cooper Fellowship
27 April 2022
Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky has been awarded $1.35 million over five years by the Rebecca L. Cooper Foundation to study high-tech psychiatric therapies, based on electr...
MRFF funding to support health initiatives at the University of Melbourne
1 April 2022
Congratulations to researchers and their teams from University of Melbourne and affiliates who have been allocated funding as part of several Medical Future Fund projects...
Professor Devi Stuart-Fox awarded more than $1m to study vivid reptile skin pigments
25 March 2022
Professor Devi Stuart-Fox has been awarded a more than $1 million by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organisation (HFSPO) to study a special class of pigment...
Bushfire researcher Dr Hamish Clarke awarded Westpac Research Fellowship
16 March 2022
Dr Hamish Clarke’s research into the impact of climate change on the critical drivers of bushfire will be supported by a Westpac Research Fellowship....
$2.1M in drought resilience grants for Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
16 March 2022
Dr Dorin Gupta has been awarded a major Australian Government Innovation Grant of just under $2 million for a drought resilience project to be completed at the Drought Resilie...
Dr Natalie Fini awarded grant to help address stroke recovery care gap
23 February 2022
Dr Natalie Fini from the Department of Physiotherapy has been awarded a Stroke Foundation grant to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of different levels of physica...
Funding boost for innovative research to improve cancer screening participation
20 January 2022
Professor Mark Jenkins and Dr Claire Nightingale will each receive Australian government funding to advance their innovative cancer screening participation programs....
Health and medical researchers awarded NHMRC funding
17 January 2022
Thirteen postgraduate researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) at the University of Melbourne and affiliates have received National Healt...
Dr Selina Parry awarded Al and Val Rosenstrauss Fellowship at Cooper Foundation
14 January 2022
Dr Selina Parry from the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne is one of three outstanding applicants to be awarded a prestigious five-year Al & Val R...
PhD candidate Jennifer Habel awarded prestigious CEIRR Training Fellowship
13 January 2022
PhD Candidate Jennifer Habel, a member of the Kedzierska Laboratory at the Doherty Institute, has been awarded a prestigious Centres of Excellence for Influenza Research and R...
MDHS researcher Dr Rachel McQuade receives Impetus Grant
16 November 2021
Dr Rachel McQuade has received a highly competitive Impetus Grant from the USA....
Thermal energy harvesting, tissue repair research receives funding under International Research Partnerships Program
5 November 2021
Researchers in biomedical engineering and chemistry will receive funding from the Victorian Government's $3.6 million International Research Partnerships Program, delivered by...
Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis receives Medical Research Future Fund award for development of chronic disease management technology
7 October 2021
Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis has received a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) award for the development of technology to facilitate detection and management...
Melbourne Law School professor awarded prestigious fellowship
9 July 2021
Professor Sundhya Pahuja from Melbourne Law School has been awarded a prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowship for her research on global corporations and international law....
Simons Foundation Grant to MATRIX
21 June 2021
MATRIX, Australia’s residential research institute for the mathematical sciences, has been awarded $US600,000 over three years from the US-based Simons Foundation. The f...
Synchron secures $52 million to launch US clinical trials of implantable brain device to help severely paralysed patients
8 June 2021
Synchron, a brain interface platform company founded by University of Melbourne Associate Professors Thomas Oxley and Nicholas Opie, has secured AU$52 million in a Series B in...
Funding to improve disability inclusion in humanitarian responses
23 March 2021
Dr Alex Robinson from the Disability Inclusion Unit at the Nossal Institute for Global Health has received almost $140,000 of funding from ELRHA to identify innovations t...
Dr Greg Armstrong awarded Innovation Research Grant from American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
18 March 2021
Dr Greg Armstrong from the Nossal Institute at the Melbourne School of Population Growth and Health (MSPGH) has been awarded an internationally competitive Innovation Research...
$246,000 grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Essential Open Source Software for Science program
24 February 2021
Dr Nuwan Goonasekera, bioinformatics developer at Melbourne Bioinformatics, FMDHS, will share a $246,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s (CZI) Essential Open...
DECRA success for 2021
24 November 2020
Dr Julie Miao, Senior Lecturer in Property and Economic Development at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning has received a 3-year Discovery Early Career Res...
Faculty of Science researchers receive ARC funding
19 November 2020
The Federal Government has announced $84 million for 200 new projects under the ARC DECRA scheme and a further $7.1 million in funding for research that improves the lives of...
FVAS researchers win 2021 Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards
19 November 2020
Two staff of the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences were successful in applications for the Australian Research Council's (ARC) 2021 Discovery Early Career Resear...
Melbourne health researchers recognised with swathe of new project backing
18 November 2020
It’s been a great few weeks for University of Melbourne researchers in STEMM with a host of new project funding being announced to further understanding and possible tre...