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Partnerships to boost impact of cancer research and healthcare innovation grant programs 08 March 2024 The Co-Funding Partnerships Program (Co-FPP) was established to secure new funding for research and innovation in WA. The Co-FPP enables partnerships to be established to develop new funding programs or maximise the impact of existing funding programs that are aligned with the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Priority Goals and that are funded by both partners. The FHRI Fund has awarded $4.32 million to establish two co-funding partnerships, with funding to be matched by the partner organisations. The FHRI Fund will partner with the Cancer Council WA to co-fund the Cancer Research Project Grant Scheme, which supports Western Australian researchers focusing on early-stage research ideas. This program will be administered by the Cancer Council WA and launched later in 2024. The Royal Perth Hospital Research Foundation and the FHRI Fund will partner to maximise the fun...
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Location change for FHRI Fund March Open Day 06 February 2024 Due to unforeseen circumstances the next WA Government’s Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Open Day on Friday 8 March 2024 will now be held in Nedlands at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. The event willbe hosted by the Office of Medical Research and Innovation in collaboration with the WA Centre for Rural Health and the Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance. The FHRI Fund Open Days providean opportunity for attendees to hear about exciting WA health and medical research and innovation developments, FHRI Fund programs that are open for applications, as well as recently awarded FHRI Fund grant recipients. Aligned with International Women’s Day on 8 March 2024, the Open Day will have a theme of ‘Women’s and children’s health’ with an emphasis on research and innovation in partnership with Aboriginal communities in the Pilba...
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Funding for Clinicians to undertake important research 04 December 2023 Four successful recipients of Clinician Research Fellowships (CRF) have been granted a total of $1.36 million. The CRF Program provides support to WA Health employees so they can pursue high-quality research projects that will lead to better outcomes in Western Australia’s public health system, while continuing to perform some of their clinical duties. The CRF Program is a joint initiative of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund and the Raine Medical Research Foundation. Health experts involved in clinical duties, including allied health and health sciences, dental, medical, nursing and midwifery professions, are eligible to apply for the Program. The initiative covers the costs of back-filling some of the Fellows’ clinical work and can be for up to three years, depending on the research proposal. Further information about the CRF Program recipients can be foun...
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Fellows to advance health and medical research in WA 28 November 2023 The Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Distinguished Fellows Program was established to attract outstanding and innovative world-class health and medical research leaders to WA. Two Fellows have been awarded nearly $5.5 million from the FHRI Fund which will be matched by contributions from the Fellows host and partner organisations, bringing the total value of the Fellowship funding packages to almost $11 million over 5 years. Telethon Kids Institute will host Associate Professor Kathryn Modecki, currently Research Excellence Lead at Griffith University's Centre for Mental Health, who aims to advance youth mental health by addressing the mechanisms through which early experiences and social inequalities shape children’s future mental health. This research program will leverage WA’s unique cohort studies and smartphone technology to understand how children&rs...
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Investment in innovation projects to improve mental health in children and young people 28 November 2023 Nearly $5,000,000 has been awarded to innovation projects across Australia through Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Innovation Challenge: Child and Youth Mental Health program. The aim of the Challenge is to stimulate the development of an innovative solution to a significant unmet need in the area of child and youth mental health in WA. The Challenge was based on an openly competitive application process, and had two selection stages: Stage 1 – Innovation Feasibility: In this first stage 11 applicants were selected by an expert review panel to receive up to $50,000 each to undertake feasibility studies and/or build prototypes around the problem that they had identified, within a 6-month period [ Future Health Research and Innovation Fund - Investment in innovation projects to improve mental health in children and young people]. Stage 2 – Innovation Development and Im...
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04/09/2023