Strong Foundations for Health and Medical Researchers and Innovators
A total of $9.8 million has been awarded to eleven Western Australian researchers and innovators to increase the scale and excellence of health and medical research and innovation in Western Australia by supporting local infrastructure.
The inaugural Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Enabling Scheme has provided capital infrastructure support of between $500,000 and $1,500,000 to WA researchers and innovators to co-fund upgrades to laboratories or facilities, upgrade major equipment, or purchase new equipment used for health and medical research or innovation, to increase the industry offering.
Applicants were competitively assessed based on merit by an assessment panel. The FHRI Fund Enabling Scheme recipients are shown below:
| Recipient | Responsible entity | Activity title | Funding awarded |
| A/Prof Sandra Bellekom | Ear Science Institute Australia | Australasian hearing registry and biobank | $500,000 |
| Dr Benjamin Dwyer | Curtin University | Western Australian organoid Innovation hub | $501,175 |
| A/Prof Raelene Endersby | Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of UWA | Cancer radiotherapy research platform (X-RAD SmART) for image guided radiation research in rodent models | $884,450 |
| Dr Belinda Hales | Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of UWA | Expansion of cryogenic biobanking infrastructure for paediatric research | $597,618 |
| A/Prof Juliana Hamzah | Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research | Strengthening multidisciplinary capabilities for innovative biodiscovery and translational research | $568,054 |
| A/Prof Charlene Kahler | University of Western Australia | Physical containment level 3 capability for innovative research opportunities in Western Australia | $1,500,000 |
| Dr Malcolm Lawson | University of Western Australia | Replacement and update of essential laboratory animal research facility equipment and infrastructure used in medical and health research | $506,593 |
| Dr Nat Lenzo | Cyclowest Pty Ltd | New facilities to produce alpha and beta therapeutics for cutting-edge cancer research | $1,446,740 |
| Mr Troy Morse | RPH Medical Research Foundation Inc. | RPH Research Foundation laboratories redevelopment project | $1,500,000 |
| Prof Jeremy Nicholson | Murdoch University | Supporting Western Australian research infrastructure: A helium recycling system for sustainable and resilient biomedical magnetic resonance spectroscopy | $552,750 |
| A/Prof Rakesh Naduvile Veedu | Murdoch University | Establishment of a clinical-grade manufacturing facility for synthetic small RNA therapeutics for early-phase human clinical trials in WA | $1,255,000 |