Cancer Australia Support for Clinical Trials Program Grant

The primary aim of the Support for Cancer Clinical Trials program is to support Australia’s Multi-site Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Groups (CTGs) to develop industry-independent cancer clinical trial protocols to the stage of application for grant funding. Closes 9 November 2021

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MRFF - Genomics Health Futures Mission 2021 Grant Opportunity

Closes 16-Feb-2022 (Min Data 02 Feb)

Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): develop disease-agnostic, high throughput and scalable functional genomics platforms to increase the diagnostic rate of unresolved cases and accelerate the development of experimental therapeutics
Maximum grant value is $3 million. Total Grant pool $20M
Grants up to 5 years

Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): develop new models of genomic newborn screening.
Maximum grant value is $3 million. Total Grant pool $12M
Grants up to 5 years

Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): through a competitively selected national consortium, conduct research addressing emerging ethical, legal and social issues associated with the governance of clinical and genomic datasets.
Maximum grant value is $5 million.Total Grant pool $5M  
Grants up to 5 years

Stream 4 (Targeted Call for Research): through a competitively selected national consortium, conduct research to develop effective approaches for responsible, culturally appropriate and nationally consistent involvement of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in genomics research and clinical practice
Maximum grant value is $5 million.Total Grant pool $5M  
Grants up to 5 years

Stream 5 (Targeted Call for Research): through a competitively selected national consortium, conduct research to enrich genomics databases to support the inclusion of culturally and linguistically diverse groups in genomics research, and equitable benefit from genomics in health
Maximum grant value is $10 million.Total Grant pool $10M  
Grants up to 5 years

Stream 6 (Incubator): conduct small-scale development projects to establish feasible, evidence-based approaches for population cohort research, focusing on culturally and linguistically diverse groups, including:
Maximum grant value is $1 million.Total Grant pool $4M  
Grants up to 2 years

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MRFF - 2021 Stem Cell Therapies Grant Opportunity

Stream 1 (Accelerator): developing novel stem cell-based therapies that have the potential to transform clinical care (see guidelines for full details)
Grants up to $7M for up to 5 years

Stream 2 (Accelerator): evaluating and performing pre-clinical screening of new therapeutics using human tissues made from stem cells. (see guidelines for full details)
Grants up to $5M for up to 5 years

Closing date 23 February 2022

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MRFF - 2021 Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Grant Opportunity

Stream 1 (Accelerator): identifying and implementing interventions to extend healthy, active years of life.

Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): improving the consistency and quality of care for older Australians across all care settings

Stream 4 (Incubator): supporting the development of more effective, evidence-based care approaches using data for older Australians in care.

Minimum data:  02 February 2022 Closing date 16 February 2022  

Good Clinical Practice Refresher Courses
This training is compulsory for employees of Monash Partners' partner organisations who plan to conduct, or are involved in, a clinical trial
When: 12 Nov, 9 Dec
Where: Online
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Australian Clinical Trials Alliance Annual Scientific Meeting
This virtual event will bring together a lineup of experts in the cutting-edge design and conduct of clinical trials and registry custodianship, policy and regulation, health care service delivery, health information technology, health economics and consumer engagement.
When: 10 - 12 Nov
Where: Online
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NEW Melbourne MicroCerts - Emerging Topics in Oncology series
Clinical Trial Protocol Design - Gain the practical skills to design a trial protocol and learn from world-leading oncological experts
When: Starts 8 November
Time: Runs for 6 weeks
Where: Online
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NEW Melbourne MicroCerts - Emerging Topics in Oncology series
Drug Commercialisation Fundamentals - Explore the drug commercialisation pipeline and discover how to take a product from start-up to success. sign a trial protocol and learn from world-leading oncological experts
When: Starts 8 November
Time: Runs for 6 weeks
Where: Online
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2021: A year in Review. Panel Perspectives from Palliative Care and Beyond
When: Wednesday 17 November
Time: 4pm
Where: Online
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Heritable DNA Methylation Marks Associated with Familial Breast and Prostate Cancer
When: Wednesday 10 November
Time: 10.30am to 11.30am
Where: Online
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