MRFF Stem Cell Mission Grant Opportunity NOW OPEN

Funding Pool for this round is $6M. Minimum and maximum amounts of funding that can be requested for each grant are $250,000 and $1 million total, respectively. Grants are for up to 2 years.

Reminder: MRFF Traumatic Brain Injury Mission Call NOW OPEN

Funding Pool for this round is $5M. Minimum and maximum amounts of funding that can be requested for each grant are $1M and $2M total, respectively. Grants are for up to 3 years.

Study finds male ageing does affect outcomes for couples with idiopathic infertility who undergo IVF/ICSI cycles

Fabrizzio Horta

Researchers from Monash University have found that a man’s age does play a part in the success of IVF and ICSI treatments in couples where there is idiopathic (unexplained) infertility, regardless of the woman’s age.

In 2017, 40,375 Australian and New Zealand couples accessed In-vitro fertilization (IVF) or Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatments.

Dr Fabien Vincent receives research fellowship to investigate lupus in Indigenous Australians

SCS researcher, Dr Fabien Vincent, has received a $50,000 Arthritis Australia Fellowship for his vital research into lupus.

A research fellow in the Rheumatology Research Group, Dr Vincent’s project investigates identifying molecular signatures in Indigenous Australians with systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus).

Monash researchers evaluate world-first study involving stem cells for premature babies with chronic lung disease

Monash researchers with one of the
infants involved in the study.

Monash University researchers have assessed the long-term outcomes of their world-first study that used placental stem cells in premature babies with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a form of chronic lung disease.

Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton awarded OAM

Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton

Congratulations to Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton who received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to emergency medicine in the recent Australia Day Honours.

Professor Egerton-Warbutron is the Director of Emergency Medicine Research at Monash Medical Centre and the Co-Chair of Monash University’s Emergency Research Collaborative (MERC). She has nearly three decades of experience in Australian emergency departments.

SCS welcomes new HR staff

SCS would like to welcome Joanne Warner and Ryan Bayros who have taken over from Christina Ratcliffe (Yu) and Mariam Awad to support the HR activities for the School of Clinical Sciences.

National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation (NFMRI) 2020 grant rounds

The National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation (NFMRI) 2020 grant rounds (General, Alzheimer's, and Cystic Fibrosis) are now open for applications until mid-March.

Congratulations to Abul Hasnat on receiving the Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) Travel Award

Congratulations to Abul Hasnat on receiving the Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) Travel Award for his work entitled “Role of myeloid cell autophagy in a mouse model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)”.  This prestigious award is sponsored by the ANRF to advance research in the areas of arthritis, lupus, and general autoimmunity.

LabArchives

Make a News Years resolution: think LabArchives!

Don’t have one yet ?  Not sure how to use it to your best advantage?

2020 is the year to resolve this.

We are calling for expressions of interest to hold a LabArchives training session in the second half of January.

Mental Health First Aid and self-care over the holiday season

If you need Mental Health First Aid and self-care over the holiday season, phone counselling is open 24/7.  This confidential, free service is available for all staff and students.  Please see contact numbers below:

• Students: 1300 STUDENT (1300 788 336)
• Staff: 1300 360 364 

MRFF- Frontier Health Stage 1 grants in 2020 - What's changed?

Guidelines for the upcoming round of Frontier Health Stage 1is available on:
https://business.gov.au/Grants-and-Programs/Frontier-Health-and-Medical-Research  
(This funding opportunity is still not yet on Grant Connect).

The guidelines are still very broad in regards to what type of program could be submitted for consideration.

Some changes to note:

A few reminders before you leave the office and lab for 2019

The last day of operations for the University is Friday 20th December 2019, with the University re-opening on Thursday 2nd January 2020.

A few reminders before you leave the office and lab for 2019:

MRFF - More Grants opening

More MRFF grants are opening soon.

1. MRFF Frontier - Stage 1 funding applications (Cohort 2).  Due to open 30 Jan and Close 26 March 2020.

FMNHS Platform Access Grants 2020 (PAG 2020) - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (FMNHS)  is pleased to announce a call for applications to the Platform Access Grants (PAG) scheme for funding commencing in 2020 (PAG 2020).

Travel program update

Message from Christopher Raduly, Category Manager, Travel

As you may be aware, we launched a new travel management program with Corporate Travel Management (CTM) at the end of last year. Over the last 12-months, we’ve been working with the CTM team to optimise and refine their system and tools to provide an optimal user experience.  We have been receiving your feedback and recognise that there are further improvements to be made to the travel program.

Publications for 10th December 2019

Propensity for seizure-related cortical laminar necrosis in hepatic encephalopathy.
Peters J et al published in Epilepsy & behaviour reports

Outcomes of endovascular thrombectomy with and without bridging thrombolysis for acute large vessel occlusion ischaemic stroke.
Maingard J et al published in Internal medicine journal

Neonatal developmental and behavioral outcomes of immediate delivery versus expectant monitoring in mild hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: 5-year outcomes of the HYPITAT II trial.
Zwertbroek EF et al published in European Journal of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology

MHTP success in latest NHMRC funding announcement

Professor Michael Hickey

The MHTP Precinct has received over $35 million to lead 22 research projects in the latest National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding announcement.

2019 - 2020 University closedown dates

The 2019-2020 University closedown dates are as follows;

Summer Series SWAP classes are now open!

Monash Wellbeing and Monash Sport are offering a new Summer Series SWAP commencing in January 2020!