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The Otago Medical Research Foundation is dedicated to supporting important medical research carried out in the Otago region, and encouraging young and gifted people to engage in research.

The Foundation supports innovative, early stage medical research projects and student scholarships in Otago.

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Auckland Medical Research Foundation

Promoting research of high scientific value and purpose in order to improve the medical care of all New Zealanders

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Welcome to the Auckland Medical Research Foundation

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How to apply

Each year the Foundation provides funding to support medical research projects for a duration of up to two years and a maximum of $180,000. The Foundation is committed to funding excellence and has an established policy of supporting emerging researchers.

Douglas Goodfellow Repatriation Fellowship

The Douglas Goodfellow Repatriation Fellowship is a special award to facilitate the return to New Zealand of mid-career medical researchers of outstanding potential to expand the scale and scope of New Zealand medical research. Fellows will be expected to carry out research at the highest level.

Fellowships

The Postdoctoral Fellowships provide two years support for outstanding science or medical graduates with New Zealand residency, permanent residency or citizenship who hold a doctoral degree of not more than five years standing at the time of initiating the Fellowship, irrespective of the University from which their PhD was conferred.

Two named Fellowships provide support for science or medical graduates who wish to undertake full-time medical research for a PhD or MD. These are the Ruth Spencer and the Douglas Goodfellow Medical Research Fellowships. Applications will be called for when each Fellowship falls vacant, usually one every three years.

We also provide a third named Fellowship to support a science or medical graduate who wish to undertake full-time medical research for a PhD in the field of melanoma or other skin cancers. This is called the JI Sutherland Medical Research Fellowship. Applications will be called for when the Fellowship falls vacant, usually every three years.

Doctoral scholarships

The Foundation offers Doctoral Scholarships each year to students with New Zealand residency, permanent residency or citizenship enrolled or enrolling for a PhD, MD or for a Master’s degree in biomedical, clinical or population health research. The research topic must be relevant to medicine or health and the applicant’s academic record will be taken into account by the Medical Committee.

Travelling fellowships

The Foundation offers a Travelling Fellowship - the Gavin and Ann Kellaway Medical Research Fellowship. This Fellowship is for the support of senior medically qualified, or established medical research persons, who would gain value from further study abroad, or in furthering their research expertise and knowledge at an approved overseas research institution.

Travel grants provide support for medical researchers who wish to present their research at a meeting or conference. Funds may also be provided to support a training course on research methods and/or for visiting a laboratory to learn a new research technique.

During the Covid-19 pandemic the Auckland Medical Research Foundation will only accept applications for this grant type if the NZ government conditions are met for safe travel to and from this/these destination(s). For information, please refer to https://covid19.govt.nz/travel/ In addition to this, you must provide evidence from your host institution that they allow such travel.

Other funds and awards

The Sir Douglas Robb Memorial Fund is for the support of small projects which would normally have a medical background, but which need not be strictly “medical research”. For example, the fund has been used to enhance medical libraries, to fund overseas speakers at medical conferences, and to assist in publication of papers relating to medical research.

The Sir Harcourt Caughey Award provides funds up to $25,000 for recipients who may (i) be a graduate of New Zealand who, having trained in research overseas, is returning to New Zealand to a part-time appointment in Auckland and who has sufficient experience in research to deserve part-time support (or similar to a part-time Senior Research Fellowship) in such research; or (ii) be a New Zealand medical graduate in Auckland who is deserving of assistance to train in a specific field overseas and to undertake research in that area, especially where there is a local deficiency in expertise in that field; or (iii) be sufficiently prestigious in a particular field of medical knowledge and/or research to visit Auckland, normally for 3-4 weeks, to foster interest and research in that specialty.

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Guidelines for applicants

Guidelines for each of the grant types are available  at this link .

Help with grant writing

The AMRF has compiled a number of grant writing resources that will help get you started on, or refresh your approach to, grant writing.

Applications can be made through the Auckland Medical Research Foundation’s  online portal .

Next Grant Round - 1 Sept 2024

Research proposals from early career investigators that are related to health and medical topics are invited to apply.

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We’re proud to be making a difference to the Waikato’s medical research community. Join us in supporting and promoting the careers of local researchers at the forefront of life-saving discoveries.

Research saves lives

Promoting, encouraging and funding medical research from here in the Waikato region, that benefits all people, across the globe.

Projects that we’ve supported cover a range of topics, from leukaemia, to head injury therapy, to coping with disability.

We’re pleased to invite high-level applicants to submit proposals in the fields of medical and health research.

Every donation makes a difference to Waikato’s medical and health research community.

Growing medical research in the Waikato

At Waikato Medical Research Foundation (WMRF), we promote, encourage and sustain medical research in the Waikato region. Our grants are synonymous with opportunity. With every grant we give, we are driving better outcomes for medical research.

As a not-for-profit organisation, we’re committed to growing our fund to, in turn, grow research opportunities.  All funding gifts help us to increase powerful research in the local environment, empower researchers and encourage education of both researchers and the public.

Research funding

WMRF is proud to play an integral role in the future of health and medicine by granting funds to high-quality applicants. We believe the Waikato has a world-class medical research community and our grantees are at the forefront of life-changing discoveries.

Each year, local researchers are invited to submit proposals, which are then carefully considered by the WMRF Board of Trustees and Grants Committee.

Help us make a difference

By supporting the work of the Foundation, you are investing in the future health and wellbeing of our community. There are many ways in which you can become a supporter that will help us save lives now and into the future.

2024 Grant Round #2 – Opening 1 September 2024

Research proposals from early career investigators that are related to health and medical topics are invited to apply here .

Grant Recipients

When a funding application is granted, we are collaborating with committed researchers, dedicated to making a difference in the Waikato’s medical and health communities.

WMRF is proud to announce grant recipients.

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CMRF Priorities for Research Grants

To be awarded a grant the CMRF Scientific Assessing Committee must see the research application has the potential to support the ultimate goal of the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation , which is to advance the quality of health care by fostering the strength and excellence of health research in Canterbury. Applications will only be accepted from Researchers who are New Zealand citizens or a permanent resident, residing in New Zealand and have tenure or an employment contract with one of the Host Institutions listed below for the duration of their research.

Host Institutions

All applications must be supported by suitable host institutions in Canterbury. These include Canterbury University, Lincoln University, University of Otago – Christchurch, Te Whatu Ora – Waitaha Canterbury, NZ Brain Research Institute, Ara – Te Pūkenga, Burwood Academy, Laura Fergusson Trust and ESR (Christchurch).

The CMRF Emerging Researcher Fellowship will be awarded to a candidate who is pursuing a career in health research. The successful candidate should be capable of independent research activity and truly exhibits all the leadership attributes required for outstanding medical and health research. This fellowship is a personal award, and once awarded, is non-transferable to another person. Eligibility:

• Have held a PhD or an equivalent degree within the last ten years on the application date (exceptions are possible for time spent outside the research environment, for example due to parental leave or illness).
• Hold New Zealand citizenship, permanent residency, or residency
• Do not currently have a continuing/permanent research position

Apply for this Grant , or for more information click here , or email  [email protected] .

CMRF has a policy of supporting emerging researchers, therefore applicants to our major project grant must have completed a PhD or fellowship within the ten years preceding the closing date of the grant round. Please note that this is measured in research experience (i.e. FTE equivalence), rather than calendar years 1-10 to allow for circumstances such as maternity leave, etc. The value of any grant is limited to a total $110,000. The Foundation will accept projects for a one or two year duration.

Canterbury Medical Research Foundation will offer small research grants-in-aid of up to $5,000 to a total pool of $15,000 per annum, available to all researchers residing in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Applications are invited for financial support from the CMRF Travel Grants Fund to facilitate attendance at overseas and national conferences for costs up to $2,000. Eligibility will be restricted to research staff at the level of Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow or Research Associate Professor. Travel must be completed within the calendar year in which the grant was awarded.

This grant supports experienced medical researchers with an international reputation from Canterbury to visit research units in NZ or overseas for the purpose of the interchange of information, ideas or skills in their research field or to support a visit to Canterbury by selected medical research experts with an international reputation to advise or to exchange information, ideas or skills with medical researchers, research units or departments in Canterbury

Summer Studentships provide $5,000 to individual students to train during the summer break with a research team relevant to the CMRF objectives. Studentships are available to students from host universities carried out under the University of Otago, Christchurch and University of Canterbury Summer Studentship programme. Duration is usually 10 weeks. Applications should be submitted through our host institutions the University of Otago, Christchurch and Canterbury University .

Does your research involve MRI Scanning?

If your research has an MRI component and you wish to use the New Zealand Brain Research Institute’s MRI Facility, please contact: Dr Tracy Melzer, New Zealand Brain Research Institute. Email: [email protected] .

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