The Federal Government has announced $652 million in funding for medical research will be delivered via 1,141 grants.

 

The grants will be administered by the National Health and Medical Research Council and will address a variety of research needs.

 

The funding breakdown is as follows:

Topic*

Funding Amount

Ageing

$50.0 million

Mental health

$68.2 million

Child health

$80.3 million

Indigenous health

$37.0 million

HIV

$13.0 million

Chronic diseases - cancer

$131.3 million

Chronic diseases - cardiovascular disease

$81.7 million

Chronic diseases - diabetes

$36.3 million

Chronic diseases - arthritis

$21.4 million

Chronic diseases - obesity

$26.3 million

Chronic diseases - asthma

$16.7 million

*Some grants may appear in more than one of the above categories

 

State/Territory

Number

of Grants

Funding Amount

VIC

498

$290.0 million

NSW

281

$157.5 million

QLD

170

$94.4 million

SA

85

$46.3 million

WA

59

$35.7 million

TAS

16

$9.5 million

ACT

20

$9.5 million

NT

12

$9.0 million

Grand Total

1141

$652.0 million