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NHMRC awards $43 million in four new grants
Researchers from The University of Queensland have received more than $43 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to address health research challenges from Alzheimer’s disease to youth vaping.
The NHMRC announced 37 UQ grant recipients across four schemes including 14 Investigator Grants, 19 Ideas Grants, 2 Development Grants, and 2 International Collaboration Grants.
NHMRC Investigator Grants - $18.5 million
- Dr Nagham Ailabouni
- Dr Zhian Chen
- Associate Professor Kristen Gibbons
- Dr John Kemp
- Dr Sahar Keshvari
- Dr David Klyne
- Professor Bostjan Kobe
- Dr Kevin Koo
- Dr Carmen Lim
- Associate Professor Abdullah Mamun
- Dr Nicole Marsh
- Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan
- Dr Kirstine Shrubsole
- Associate Professor Fiona Simpson
NHMRC Ideas Grants – $20.8 million
- Dr Anna Hatton
- Dr Daniel Stjepanovic
- Dr Anne Lagendijk
- Dr Thomas Hall
- Professor Mark Blaskovich
- Dr Rodrigo Suarez
- Dr Dwan Vilcins
- Associate Professor Emma Hamilton-Williams
- Dr Pablo Canete Nieto
- Professor Antje Blumenthal
- Associate Professor Jakob Begun
- Dr Yvonne Eiby
- Associate Professor Victor Anggono
- Dr Liviu Bodea
- Professor Darryl Eyles
- Professor Peter Nestor
- Dr Ariel Isaacs
- Dr Mariusz Skwarczynski (received two grants through the Ideas Scheme)
NHMRC Development Grants – $1.8 million
NHMRC International Collaborative Grants – $2.3 million
Media: UQ Communications, communications@uq.edu.au, +61 429 056 139
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