Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund
Launched by the Victorian Government in 2017, each year the Fund provides funding support to accelerate health and medical research and fast-track innovative projects from research to real-world impact.
A total of 113 projects have received funding through the six previous rounds, contributing $20.4 million to the Victorian health and medical research sector.
Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund Round 7
Applications for round seven of the program closed on 1 December 2023. Applicants will be notified regarding outcomes of their application in March 2024.
Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund Round 6
Round 6 of the Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund was run with two streams:
- $3 million Foundation Stream, and
- $2 million Public Health and Health Inequalities Stream.
23 projects were supported under Round 6 of the Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund across the two streams of funding.
Foundation stream
Institute | Project title |
---|---|
Bionics Institute | An optical-electrical nerve cuff for localised and selective modulation of neural activity: a drug-free solution for chronic pain |
Bionics Institute | Novel technology to fast tracking early intervention for infants with hearing loss |
BreastScreen Victoria Inc. | Artificial Intelligence in BreastScreen Victoria Mammogram Reading: Saving more lives and reducing costs |
Burnet Institute | Accelerating preclinical development of a novel bioactive to optimise the vaginal microbiome |
Eastern Health | A pilot trial of Modify: A novel, smartphone-delivered brain-training intervention to reduce smoking in Victorians |
Hudson Institute | Fast-tracking the clinical development of novel host-derived compounds for severe lung infections |
Hudson Institute | Advancing Female Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Outcomes using Nanotechnology |
Monash University | Pathway to scale up Inhaled Oxytocin for the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage |
Monash University | A digital solution to empower patients and caregivers to report clinical deterioration: keeping patients safe in hospital |
Monash University | Establishing non-invasive screening for early detection of silicosis |
Peninsula Health | Staying Active with Multimorbidity In Acute hospital (STAMInA Trial): a randomised controlled trial investigating the feasibility of allied health assistant delivered rehabilitation of people with multimorbidity in an acute hospital setting |
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | Characterising the melanoma tumour microenvironment using novel omic technologies. |
The Royal Women's Hospital | Early Feasibility Study and Development of an Airway Pressure Monitoring Device for Neonates and Infants on Non-invasive Respiratory Support. |
The University of Melbourne | Evaluation of novel coagulation and endothelial biomarkers in individualised cardiovascular disease risk assessment |
Victoria University | Exercise to counteract the negative effects of sleep loss on glycaemic control in women |
Public Health and Health Inequalities Stream
Institute | Project title |
---|---|
Austin Medical Research Foundation | Evaluating the efficacy of a Bone-Health Nutrition Training Program for food service staff in aged care: a food-based approach to fracture risk reduction |
Melbourne Health | Linking to hepatitis care through linking existing data for Victorians living with viral hepatitis: The LINK-2-HepCare Project |
Monash Health | Piloting the role of a Cultural Liaison Officer in following up notifiable communicable diseases at a Local Public Health Unit |
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute | A mental heal |
Page last updated: 29 February 2024