Health and Medical

ANZ Trustees manage a number of major Health & Medical Research Granting Programs. Granting programs which seek applications have been divided into their geographic coverage and eligibility.

 

 

National Medical Program - Alzheimer’s disease and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Wicking Trust & Mason Foundation)

Funding provided by The J.O. & J.R. Wicking Trust (the Wicking Trust) and The Judith Jane Mason and Harold Stannett Williams Memorial Foundation (the Mason Foundation) supports medical and scientific research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

The goal of the Wicking Trust is to achieve systemic improvements through enduring, positive impact in the areas of care of the aged, problems associated with ageing and Alzheimer’s disease.

The goal of the Mason Foundation is to achieve enduring, positive impact in the areas of chronic fatigue syndrome and Alzheimer's disease through funding medical research principally into the causes, prevention and/or management of these diseases.

Medical and scientific research grants – Alzheimer’s disease (Wicking Trust and Mason Foundation)

  • Research into more effective diagnosis, or treatment of Alzheimer’s disease; and/or
  • Research into cures for Alzheimer’s disease.

Projects will be funded for one year only.  Applicants may reapply.  Individual grants of up to $50,000 will be considered, and the total annual income available for this grant category is usually in the order of $400,000.  Grants will be made to organisations in Australia only.

Medical and scientific research grants – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Mason Foundation)
  • Research into more effective diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, care or treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome; and/or
  • Research into cures for chronic fatigue syndrome.

Projects will be funded for one year only.  Applicants may reapply.  Individual grants in the vicinity of $100,000 will be considered, and the total annual income available for this grant category is usually in the order of $800,000.  Grants will be made to organisations in Australia only.

From time to time the Trustees may invite researchers to submit proposals for Special Grants.

Assessment

A specially appointed Medical Advisory Committee (national) recommends to the Trustee the allocations of funding for each program.  Applicants are advised by ANZ Trustees of the outcome of their application by the end of October.

How to apply

Researchers wishing to apply for medical and scientific research funding from either trust should read the guidelines for both trusts and then submit their application on the National Medical Program (Alzheimer’s disease and Chronic Fatigue) Application Form. 

Closing date for both programs: 1 July each year.
Forms

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Sylvia & Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation – Senior Medical Research Fellowships & Clinical Investigatorships

The Sylvia & Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation seeks to support medical research in Australia in the fields of medical science and public health by providing salary and project grant support for outstanding medical researchers.  Annually, the foundation invites applications for:

  • A five-year Senior Medical Research Fellowship valued at $195,000 per annum (up to two each year); and
  • A Clinical Investigator award of $60,000, given on a once-only basis (up to five per year). 

Further information about these programs is available in the scholarships & fellowships (seeking applications) section of the ANZ Trustees website.

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Medical Research & Technology in Victoria

This program provides funding in Victoria for:

  • basic clinical and biomedical research;
  • clinically relevant research on major health problems;
  • some foundations that contribute to this program have specific interests related to cancer research and cardiovascular research and applicants with these areas of interest are encouraged to apply; and
  • in the case of equipment grants, funding will only be provided for specific equipment directly related to and required for nominated projects, and not for general equipment and needs of an organisation.

Preference is given to:

  • younger investigators, establishing new laboratories or their own clinical/public health research program;
  • novel ideas requiring funding for a small discreet project or seed funding for a novel idea that has the potential to develop further;
  • applicants with projects related to cancer or cardiovascular conditions; and
  • purchase of equipment specific to the nominated research project.

Funding guide:

  • funding is limited to projects in Victoria as this is a specific requirement of the contributing foundations;
  • grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded;
  • funding is given for one year only;
  • scientific merit and excellence, as assessed by the Committee, is the crucial factor in success of applications; and
  • projects will not be funded retrospectively.

This program identifies that philanthropic funding can address the gap in funding for specialised equipment related to specific projects and the gap in funding for small novel projects.  Assessments and recommendations for funding are made by an expert panel. Grants are allocated based on the panel's judgment as to the quality of the science, the potential benefits, and in the case of applications for funding of equipment, the specific relevance of the equipment to the success of the project.

Closing date: 1 July

How to apply

Applications must be submitted on the Medical Research & Technology in Victoria application form.

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New South Wales Health and Medical Grants

Nicholas and Phyllis Pinter Trust & NSW Community Foundation.

To fund Cancer Research in NSW - application is currently by invitation only.

ANZ Trustees Queensland medical research grant program

The ANZ Trustees Queensland medical research grant program commenced in 2004 as a partnership of Queensland based philanthropic funders.  The objectives of the program are to:

  • Support excellence in medical scientific research in Queensland; and
  • Build medical research capacity in Queensland.

The program provides funding for:

  • ANZ Trustees PhD Scholarships in Medical Research, Queensland; and
  • ANZ Trustees Children’s Medical Research in Queensland Program (see separate guidelines)

 

ANZ Trustees PhD Scholarships in Medical Research

The Trustees invite applications for PhD scholarships in Queensland for up to three years.  Scholarship amounts will be based on National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) stipend guidelines but may vary at the discretion of the trustee.

The trustees offer scholarships for paediatric research, cancer research, heart research and other areas of medical research.

Assessment

A specially appointed medical advisory committee (Queensland) recommends to the trustee the allocations of funding for each program.  Applicants are advised by ANZ Trustees of the outcome of their application by the end of October.

How to apply

Applicants should read the program guidelines and then submit their application on the appropriate application form which is available below.

Closing date: 15 April each year

 

ANZ Trustees Children's Medical Research in Queensland

The trustees invite applications for grants for children’s medical research in Queensland.  The one-off grants are for research programs being established by clinical researchers who will normally be at doctoral level and have commenced their first substantive career position in the past 5 years.  Candidates must hold an appointment in a university or research institute in Queensland.  The trustees hope to award two (2) grants of $50,000 each year.

Assessment

A specially appointed medical advisory committee (Queensland) recommends to the trustee the allocations of funding for each program.  Applicants are advised by ANZ Trustees of the outcome of their application by the end of October.

How to apply

Applicants should read the program guidelines and then submit their application on the appropriate application form which is available below.

Closing date: 15 April each year

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Invitational Health and Medical grants

  • ANZ QCF Thomas Hanley & Winnifred Jean Kelly Memorial Fund
  • ANZ QCF Floroyal Sporting Wheelies Foundation
  • ANZT Seeing Eye Dogs & Vision Impaired in QLD
  • Bauer Foundation
  • Borrowman Research Trust
  • John & Mary Kibble
  • QCF Charles & Lorna Lewin Memorial Fund
  • Stone Memorial Fund
  • Thomas William Francis and Violet Coles Trust
  • Victorian Foundation for the Promotion of Oral Education of Deaf
  • Weaber Estate

Applications and Reporting

 

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