The Morrison Government is opening two medical research grant rounds, worth $90 million to help accelerate Australian-led genomics and cardiovascular research, which will improve and save lives.
\nThe grants are available through the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and focus on two of the Fund\u2019s key initiatives \u2013 the Genomics Health Futures Mission ($56 million) and the Cardiovascular Health Mission ($34 million).
\nThe Genomics Health Futures Mission aims to fund research to integrate genomics knowledge and technology into clinical practice, and the Cardiovascular Health Mission aims to reduce the toll of Australia\u2019s number one killer, cardiovascular disease.
\nMinister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt, said Australia was taking a lead role in improving and saving lives\u2014through better detection, prediction and treatment, and better long-term recovery from acute events.
\n\u201cThe goal of the Genomics Health Futures Mission is to save or transform the lives of more than 200,000 Australians through genomic research by delivering better testing, diagnosis and treatment,\u201d Minister Hunt said.
\n\u201cHeart disease and stroke are the leading causes of premature death, disability and avoidable hospital admissions, costing more than $10.4 billion each year in direct health care costs. The Cardiovascular Health Mission will help mobilise research, encouraging collaboration and enabling translation of research findings into clinical practice.
\n\u201cBoth of these research grants will accelerate Australian-led research and help improve the lives of all Australians.\u201d
\nThe Cardiovascular Health Mission has $34 million available over three years from 2021\u201322 through five priority areas identified in the implementation plan:<\/p>\n
The Genomics Health Futures Mission has up to $56 million available over two years from 2021\u201322 through six streams to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects:<\/p>\n
More information on the grants can be found at\u00a0www.grants.gov.au<\/a>. Further details about each Mission:\u00a0Genomics Health Futures Mission\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0Cardiovascular Health Mission<\/a> The Morrison Government is opening two medical research grant rounds, worth $90 million to help accelerate Australian-led genomics and cardiovascular research, which will improve and save lives. The grants are available through the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and focus on two of the Fund\u2019s key initiatives \u2013 the Genomics Health Futures Mission ($56 million) … Continue reading “$90 million to help Australians live longer and healthier lives”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Morrison Government\u2019s $20 billion MRFF, is a long-term, sustainable investment in Australian health and medical research, helping to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to the sustainability of the health system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"