NHMRC scholarships to support high-impact graduate research projects at the University of Melbourne

Twenty graduate researchers at the University of Melbourne have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postgraduate Scholarships worth a combined $3 million.

These scholarships provide outstanding health and medical graduates with funding to attain a PhD or research master’s degree, offering early support for their research careers and training them to conduct internationally competitive research.

The funded projects will focus on a range of topics, including the impact of green spaces on child mental health, evaluating a mental health triage and navigation model for culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and exploring models of care to support cancer patients to be safely managed at home.

Almost a third of all scholarships awarded by the NHMRC were provided to University of Melbourne recipients, with over half of all applicants from the university being successful in receiving a scholarship.

“These are highly sought after scholarships awarded to those who have demonstrated immense promise as future research leaders,” said Professor Mike McGuckin, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

“These outcomes are an excellent result for the faculty, and will build future research capability by enabling scholarship recipients to pursue high-impact research very early in their careers.”