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Triple I Clinical Academic Group: Infectious Disease, Immunity and Inflammation
Maridulu Budyari Gumal SPHERE: Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise 

16 OCTOBER 2020

News

Maridulu Budyari Gumal Innovation Districts R & D Challenge
The Innovation Districts Challenges are designed to accelerate the commercialisation of research products that address the impacts of COVID-19 by businesses in partnership with universities and CSIRO in NSW.

Do you have any existing relationships or ongoing projects, with small to medium NSW enterprises that would like to be a part of this challenge? Projects may also be eligible to HealthHatchery support, and funding to progress commercial feasibility. Please contact Helena Malinowska ASAP to discuss.

Deadline: 11 November 2020
 

Kirby Institute awarded over $7M for HIV, hepatitis C and COVID-19 immunology research
The Kirby Institute and the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney receive grants from the highly competitive Medical Research Future Fund.
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Academy of Health and Medical Sciences elects new Fellows
The Academy has elected 28 new Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the health and medical research landscape including Prof Susan Clark (Garvan Institute of Medical Research) and Prof Guy Marks (UNSW Sydney).
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Georgina Sweet Award winner
A/Professor Guozhen Liu (UNSW) has won a prestigious 2020 Georgina Sweet Award for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science, for her “inflammation-on-a-chip” technology – the next generation of cancer immunotherapy.
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Australia’s first Antimicrobial Resistance Network
MTP Connect announced the formation of the Australian Antimicrobial Resistance network - AAMRNet – established following recommendations in a new report, ‘Fighting Superbugs: A Report on the Inaugural Meeting of Australia’s Antimicrobial Resistance Stakeholders’.
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New ASCIA President
ASCIA (Australian Society for Clinical Immunology and Allergy) welcome the new President, Professor Michaela Lucas, a clinical immunology/allergy specialist and immunopathologist from Perth. 
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Recently released reports

• AAMRI Report 2020
• NHMRC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Report Card of Achievements for 2019
• COVID-19 Impact on the MTP Sector - Second Edition
   

Events & Opportunities 

Kirby Institute Seminar Series: COVID-19 and healthcare workers in NSW
Presented by Dr Louise Causer Senior Lecturer and NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Public Health Interventions Research Program and Surveillance Evaluation and Research Program, Kirby Institute.
When: 20 October 2020
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AusBiotech Conference
AusBiotech + Invest 2020 engages current and future biotech leaders to pitch, partner, exchange & engage. Hosted online and on-demand. 
When: 28 - 30 October 2020
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NHMRC's Indigenous Internship Program
The NHMRC Indigenous (Virtual) Internship Program is open to Indigenous students enrolled in an Undergraduate or Masters degree in a health or medical research field.
Deadline: 30 Oct 2020
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Healthcare Sector Female Leader's Scholarship
The Women & Leadership Australia partial scholarships of $1K - $5K are available for their leadership courses for women at all management levels in the healthcare sector.   
EOI Deadline: 4 December 2020
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Brett Tindall Memorial Lecture 2020
The annual Brett Tindall Memorial Lecture is awarded by the Kirby Institute to a world leader in infectious disease research. A recording of the 2020 lecture featuring Dr Nittaya Phanuphak, Executive Director, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Bangkok, Thailand is now available to view.  
 

Funding

2021 National Science Week engagement activities grants
The National Science Week Grants 2021 provides individuals and organisations with up to $20K to support the delivery of science engagement activities during National Science Week 2021. 
Deadline: 28 October 2020
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Cancer CAG E/MCR Seed Grants
Four seed grants available for projects that address any area along the continuum of cancer control (from prevention to palliation) with relevance to one or more Cancer BIG Ideas.
•    Four grants of up to $50K over 1 year available to E/MCRs to undertake projects in at least one of the CAG priority areas
•    Two of the four grants awarded to UNSW affiliated researchers, in the area of focus: Poor outcomes cancer - Improving outcomes for brain cancer patients. 
Further details provided in the application form and information from Dr Rebekah Puls.
Deadline: 6 December 2020
 

MRFF Funding Opportunities

• 2020 Medicinal Cannabis Clinical Trials Grant Opportunity Deadline: 11 Nov 2020
• 2020 Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need General Grant Opportunity Deadline: 11 Nov 2020
• 2020 Primary Health Care Research Grant Opportunity Deadline: 11 Nov 2020
• 2020 International Clinical Trial Collaborations Grant Opportunity Deadline: 11 Nov 2020
• 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Research grant Opportunity Deadline: 11 Nov 2020
• 2021 Frontier Health and Medical Research Initiative Deadline: 11 December 2020
   

Triple I Vision: A world where human health is enriched by controlling infection, enhancing immunity and managing inflammation.