The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care
The Morrison Government is investing $180 million in ground-breaking medical research projects around Australia to improve the lives of Australians and their loved ones.
Funded through the Government’s $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund, 106 medical research projects will receive funding to improve health outcomes, including for Australians with cancer, dementia, brain injuries, heart problems, neurofibromatosis and many others.
$18.7 million will be provided through the Stem Cell Mission for 17 projects that will address illnesses facing many Australians and their families, including heart disease, COVID-19, epilepsy and childhood cancer.
The Murdoch Children’s Institute will receive almost $1 million to evaluate the potential of a bioengineered heart tissue to be used for congenital heart repair in children. This project will radically transform patient outcomes an
Ajman varsity gets Microsoft AI health research grant
DUBAI, January 18, 2021 Ajman University (AU) has become the first institution in the UAE to be awarded the Microsoft AI for Health Research Grant, receiving a total amount of over AED1 million ($272,000). The establishment has been exclusively selected as of one of 150 grantees worldwide, with awards made for projects combating the global pandemic. Given the urgency of the pandemic, Microsoft’s AI for Health initiative has been mobilized to focus on helping those on the front lines of research. The company is focusing efforts in five specific areas where it believes that data, analysis and the skills of data scientists can have the biggest impact and is dedicating over AED73 million worldwide to achieve this objective.