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Applications for Medical Research Grants 2005

The main objective of the Foundation is to promote medical research, primarily for the benefit of war veterans’ and their dependants.

 

Applications are called for the following areas of research:

1. Cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on prevention, early detection and clinical management.

2. Cancer with an emphasis on prevention and prostate cancer.

3. Clinical evaluation of post traumatic stress disorder

 

Grants are available for individual projects in the sums of $15,000 and $20,000.

Applicants should note that:

(i) Applications need to be directed to the treatment of specific veteran groups or the military.
(ii) Applications must address the significance of the proposed studies to this population.
(iii) Successful applicants must be prepared to present their work at the Foundations symposium.
(iv) Preference will be given to high quality applicants in the early stages of their careers, i.e. 8 years or less
postdoctoral applicants.
(v) Applications should be forwarded by email to - eddunlop@vicnet.net.au  by 27 June 2005.

Click the button to download an application form

Application Form

Or by contacting the Administration Officer:

Claire Montesano
Tel: (03) 9387 7833

Email: eddunlop@vicnet.net.au

Applications should be lodged no later than  Monday 27 June 2005


The Medical Research Committee assesses applications for research projects that include a broad mix of basic and clinical research from all states in Australia as well as overseas. The committee members are:

Professor John McNeil
MBBS MSc PhD FRACP FAFPHM

(Chairman)

Professor and Head of Department
Department of Epidemiology &
Preventative Medicine
Monash University Vic

Professor Bill Louis
MBBS MD MRACP FRACP

(Deputy Chairman)

Professor of Clinical Pharmacology &
Therapeutics, University of Melbourne
Director of Hypertension Services
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre
Heidelberg West Vic

Professor Jeffrey Zajac
MBBS PhD FRACP

Head of Department of Medicine
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre
Heidelberg West Vic

Dr Mario De Luise
MBBS FRACP BmedSci PhD

Endocrinologist
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre
Heidelberg West Vic

Dr Maurice Fabiani
BSc (Hons) PhD Grad Dip Drug Eval
Pharm Sc MBA candidate

Senior Research Fellow
Department of Medicine
University of Melbourne
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre
Hedelberg West Vic

Dr Sandy Ferguson
AM RFD VRD MBBS FRSH FRACGP FASMF DPhysEd

General Practitioner
Hawthorn Vic

Professor Michael Hill PhD
Associate Dean (Research)
Faculty of Life Sciences
RMIT University
Bundoora Vic

Associate Professor Bruce Jackson
MBBS PhD FRACP

Nephrologist and General Physician
Northern Hospital
Epping Vic 

Professor Mark Cooper

Dr Graeme Killer


Projects approved in 2003 include:

Prostate Cancer

Wound Healing

Cardiovascular Disorders

Diabetes Research

Muscle Wasting


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