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...