Macular Disease Foundation Australia’s Research Grants Program has opened its fourth round of grants.
Grants are open to researchers based in eligible Australian institutions to pursue research into medical, social, low vision, and nutritional research of macular degeneration. Grants for Australian researchers undertaking research with international partners are also available. The grants are awarded following rigorous evaluation, based largely on the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) process, along with international peer review, to ensure that the successful applicants meet the highest standards.
Julie Heraghty, Chief Executive Officer of Macular Disease Foundation Australia said she was very excited to open the fourth round of grants, “Our Foundation is now the leading not-for-profit organisation funding peer reviewed research into age-related macular degeneration in Australia. We are very proud to be extending our commitment to research with a further AU$800,000 investment in 2017.”
The Research Grants Program was launched in 2011 to support the Foundation’s mission to research to reduce the incidence and impact of macular degeneration. To date, over $3 million has been committed to world leading Australian researchers. This year’s investment into research of $800,000, includes $200,000 from the Blackmores Macular Disease Foundation Australia Grant for nutrition research.
Our Foundation is now the leading not-for-profit organisation funding peer reviewed research into age-related macular degeneration in Australia
In 2015 the research grants program funded projects by Professor Mark Gillies, Save Sight Institute, The University of Sydney; Associate Professor Chi Luu, Centre for Eye Research Australia; Dr. Gerald Liew, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, The University of Sydney; Professor Steven Krilis, St George Hospital, UNSW Australia; Dr. Isabelle Jalbert, UNSW Australia School of Optometry and Vision Science; and Dr. Laura Downie, Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne.
How to Apply
Applications for the fourth round of grants open on 1 March and will close with electronic submission on 5 June 2017. Successful applicants will be announced on World Sight Day, 12 October 2017.
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