Previously funded schemes: Major Project Grants & Seeding Grants

In 2016, a competitive funding call, enabled by an additional $2.5 million of funding from The Alfred Research Trusts, resulted in the awarding of four Major Project Grants (up to $500,000 each) and five Seeding Grants (up to $100,000 each) to commence in 2017.

The lead investigators of these grants all have dual appointments with Alfred Health and at least one other institution based at the Alfred Research Alliance, as such it is hoped that the research will ultimately be of benefit to Alfred Health patients.

Progress and final reporting

Awardees will be required to submit the following reports by 16 January each year (unless otherwise stated in letter of award):

• Annual Progress Report (Word)
• Expenditure Report (Word)

Awardees will also be required to submit the following reports three months after the end-date of the grant:

• Final Scientific Report (Word)
• Expenditure Report (Word)

Reports should be submitted to Rebecca Erlich.

Successful Major Project Grants - 2017

Three of the four Major Project Grants were awarded for Project Grant applications submitted to the NHMRC in the 2016 funding round that narrowly missed out on the NHMRC funding. One of these grants was designated for cardiovascular or respiratory research.

Major Project Grants (‘near-miss’ NHMRC)

Associate Professor Erica Wood, Head, Transfusion Research Unit, Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine / Visiting Medical Officer in Clinical Haematology, Alfred Health

• Project Title: Understanding causes and contributors to anaemia in the elderly
• Amount Awarded: $500,000 (2017-2019)

Professor Mark Cooper, Head, Dept Diabetes, Monash Central Clinical School / Endocrinologist, Alfred Health

• Project Title: Pharmacological inhibition of a novel target to reduce renal fibrosis
• Amount Awarded: $500,000 (2017-2019)

Cardiovascular or respiratory research

Dr Orla Morrissey, Infectious Disease Physician, Dept Infectious Diseases, The Alfred 

• Project Title: Universal posaconazole prophylaxis versus pre-emptive posaconazole therapy for fungal infection management post-lung transplantation (UPPRITE Trial)
• Amount Awarded: $500,000 (2017-2019)

Major Project Grants (not submitted to the NHMRC)

Professor Mark Fitzgerald, Director, Alfred Trauma Service / Director, National Trauma Research Institute (NTRI), The Alfred & Monash University

• Project Title: Wireless TR&R© Heads Up Display (HUD) for enhanced trauma resuscitation decision support
• Amount Awarded: $471,819 (2017-2019)

Successful Seeding Grants - 2017

Three of the five Seeding Grants were awarded to Early Career Researchers with a view to enhancing their future competitiveness and leveraging funding from other sources.

The other two Seeding grants Grants were awarded to more senior researchers for pilot projects, with the aim of attracting further competitive funding. 

Seeding Grants - Early Career Researchers

Dr James McMahon, Infectious Diseases Physician, Dept Infectious Diseases, The Alfred /Monash University

• Project Title: Imaging the HIV reservoir in vivo
• Amount Awarded: $93,455 (2017-2019)

Dr Jessica Salmon, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University / Honorary Research Scientist, The Alfred

• Project Title: Developing chemotherapy-free approaches for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia
• Amount Awarded: $95,963 (2017)

Dr William Chan, Cardiologist, Dept Cardiovascular Medicine, The Alfred / Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute

• Project Title: Doxycycline as a cardioprotective agent in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a pilot study addressing the feasibility of pre-hospital and post-reperfusion admInistration (SALVAGE-MI)
• Amount Awarded: $100,000 (July 2017-June 2019)

Seeding Grants - Mid-Career to Senior Researcher Pilot Project

Associate Professor Catriona Bradshaw, Senior Staff Specialist, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health / Monash University

• Project Title: Antibiotic treatment of male partners to reduce recurrence of bacterial vaginosis in women: pilot project
• Amount Awarded: $99,489 (2017-2018)

Professor Karin Jandeleit-Dahm, Dept Diabetes, Monash Central Clinical School  / Honorary Visiting Renal Physician, Renal Clinic, The Alfred

• Project Title: Nox5 as a novel biomarker for vascular disease including in diabetes
• Amount Awarded: $99,000 (2017-2018)