Innovation Fellowship funding to support innovation in Western Australia
29/11/2022
A total of $622,351 has been awarded to Western Australian innovators through the Innovation Fellowships 2022 program.
This program provides Fellowships to talented Western Australians to enable them to develop innovative early-stage processes, products and/or services that address a problem that arises from an unmet health or medical need or opportunity in Western Australia.
The program is funded by the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund which provides a secure source of funding to drive health and medical research, innovation and commercialisation.
Five Fellowships have been awarded as outlined in the table below.
| Innovation Fellow | Responsible Entity | Activity title | Funding awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| A/Prof Anthony Kicic | Telethon Kids Institute | Enabling the establishment of a phage bioreactor facility for human therapeutic application | $145,036 |
| Mr Nikhilesh Bappoo | VeinTech Pty Ltd | Developing a commercialisation-ready and clinical compatible prototype of the VeinWave to reduce cannulation insertion failure | $143,273 |
| Dr Kelly Martinovich | Telethon Kids Institute | Developing a potency assay essential for manufacturing batch verification of a novel live biological vaccine | $114,642 |
| Dr Thomas Iosifidis | Telethon Kids Institute | Towards preventing respiratory deterioration: a new class of mucosal repair therapeutics | $110,726 |
| Mr Phillip Lawrence | St John of God Midland Public Hospital | Real-time ambulatory video EEG: Delivering the hospital to the home | $108,674 |
Last Updated:
30/11/2022