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The Australian Government has announced that 229 high-performing researchers at all career stages will share in $422 million in funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council () . With this funding, chief investigators and their teams will undertake researcher-led investigation to advance knowledge in the national health and medical research sector.

鈥淭his year鈥檚 crop of incredible researchers will further cement Australia鈥檚 status as a world leader in health and medical research, and all Australians will benefit from their ingenuity and interest,鈥� Australia鈥檚 Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler said. 鈥淲e are fortunate to be living through a supercharged period of discovery and the 229 researcher-driven projects are more proof of that fact.鈥�

Those funded include:

• the 鈥檚 Associate Professor Linda Wakim leading research aiming to develop a novel universal 鈥榦ne-shot鈥� influenza vaccine that provides long-term protection against both seasonal and newly emerging pandemic influenza strains;
• 鈥檚 Professor Jayashri Kulkarni leading a team to develop life-changing new hormone treatments for women with premenstrual, perinatal and perimenopausal depression;
• 鈥檚 Professor Zornitza Stark, to accelerate rapid genomic diagnosis of rare diseases among critically ill children.
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The Investigator Grant scheme is NHMRC鈥檚 largest funding scheme. It supports the Australian health and medical research sector by providing a significant research support package and a salary, if required. 鈥淭he innovation, creativity and dedication of these outstanding investigators will help ensure we have the very best treatments, the very latest understanding, and the most evidence-informed health services,鈥� Butler said.

Full details of the researchers and projects funded are available to download , via NHMRC鈥檚 outcomes of funding rounds page.

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