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Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
Indigenous health scholarships.
Parramatta: Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
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The program is a cooperative program between the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund, Rotary clubs, some State or Territory Governments and the Commonwealth Government. This program commenced with the intention of training doctors to work amongst other Indigenous people, but the scope of the scheme was enlarged to permit the training, firstly of nurses, and eventually any health related profession.

For further information:
Cheryl Deguara
ARHRF Projects Co-ordinator
Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
PO Box 779
Parramatta NSW 2124
Ph: (02) 9633 4888
Fax: (02) 9635 5042
Email: cheryldeguara@arhrf.org.au

Healthway
Aboriginal health project grants.
West Perth: Healthway
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Aboriginal health project grants are offered to incorporated organisations and community groups to run innovative health promotion programs with Aboriginal people. Groups can apply for up to $10,000 to run the program. The program must fit Healthway's guidelines and a minimum of four calendar months is required from the time of lodgement of the application at Healthway to the commencement of the program.

For further information:
Healthway
PO Box 1284
West Perth WA 6872
Ph: (08) 9476 7000
Fax: (08) 9324 1145
Email: healthway@healthway.wa.gov.au

National Heart Foundation
Australia travel grants.
Deakin: National Heart Foundation
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The National Heart Foundation of Australia offers travel grants to researchers working in the area of cardiovascular disease or related areas. Travel grants are open to Australian citizens or permanent residents. Preference will be given to researchers in the earliest stages of their careers. Researchers may only receive one travel grant per year. Applications are continuous and should be lodged as early as possible to allow time for further correspondence, but not later than two months before the departure date.

For further information:
Felicity Makin
National Heart Foundation of Australia
411 King Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
Ph: (03) 9321 1552

National Heart Foundation
Heart Foundation fellowships.
Deakin: National Heart Foundation
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The National Heart Foundation offers Fellowships to graduates of recognised institutions who propose to engage in basic, clinical and public health research related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related disorders. Fellowships offered are for postdoctoral graduates, overseas research fellowships, clinical research fellowships, and career development fellowships.

For further information:
Kylie Osborne
National Heart Foundation of Australia
411 King Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
Ph: (03) 9321 1524

National Heart Foundation
Heart Foundation grants-in-aid.
Deakin: National Heart Foundation
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The National Heart Foundation awards grants-in-aid to support research in the cardiovascular field. Research projects may be pursued as an investigation in basic, clinical or public health. Research projects from any discipline are eligible if relevant to cardiovascular health (eg basic medical sciences, behavioural/social sciences, clinical and paraclinical disciplines, nutrition, education/health promotion, public health or nursing).

For further information:
Kylie Osborne
National Heart Foundation of Australia
411 King Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
Ph: (03) 9321 1524

National Heart Foundation
Local government awards
Northern Territory: National Heart Foundation
View website: National Heart Foundation

The Heart Foundation Local government awards are a recognition program that rewards local councils and their partners for programs that promote heart health. An entry must come from a local council but can focus on partner programs that the council has either approved, funded or demonstrated in kind support. The Heart Foundation and Kellogg provide $30,000 in cash awards, plaques and recognition to reward local government initiatives that help create healthy communities.

The 2006 Awards program closes on 9 June and has four categories:

  • Implementation of plans and policies to support heart health
  • Provision and use of facilities to improve heart health
  • Programs that improve heart health in priority groups
  • Programs that promote healthy weight

Support from the Heart Foundation office in your state or territory is available to prepare the application.

For details/forms:
View website: National Heart Foundation

For further information:
Lisa Fox
Health Promotion Manager
National Heart Foundation
NT Division
Ph: (08) 8982 2703
Fax: (08) 8941 0344

National Heart Foundation
Heart Foundation vacation scholarships.
Deakin: National Heart Foundation
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The National Heart Foundation offers Vacation Scholarships to give undergraduates an opportunity to participate in research projects which are broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease. These projects are to be carried out during the summer vacation. Projects are to be carried out in universities, attached hospitals or research institutes that provide appropriate facilities, and projects are to be supervised by an appropriate research worker or clinician who may be required to supply written argument to his/her ability and willingness to provide the necessary supervision.

For further information:
Felicity Makin
National Heart Foundation of Australia
411 King Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
Ph: (03) 9321 1552

Pfizer
Cardio Vascular Lipid (CVL) research grants.
West Ryde: Pfizer
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The CVL Research Grants program seeks to encourage medical graduates in Australia who have embarked on research within the last five years, and has been designed to promote excellence in medical research throughout Australia. The CVL Australian Physicians Independent Committee has been established to consider proposals for clinical research across the broad field of cardiovascular disease, stroke and lipid disorders limited exclusively to involve clinical research in humans.

For further information:
Elvira Bruce
Secretariat
Cardio Vascular Lipid Research Grants (Pfizer Australia)
38-42 Wharf Road
West Ryde NSW 2114
Ph: (02) 9850 3771
Fax: (02) 9850 3131
Email: Elvira.Bruce@pfizer.com

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
AAAGP/ RACGP/ Pfizer Australia Cardiovascular Research Grants (CVRG).
South Melbourne: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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The Cardiovascular Research Grants (CVRGs) in General Practice are a joint initiative of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian Association of Academic General Practice (AAAGP). The program is sponsored by Pfizer Australia. The principal objective of the program is to encourage cardiovascular research in Australian general practice.

For further information:
Ms Jill Byron
Cardiovascular Research Grants in General Practice
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
College House
1 Palmerston Crescent
South Melbourne VIC 3205
Ph: (03) 8699 0481
Fax: (03) 8699 0560
Email: research@racgp.org.au

Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation
Sir Edward Dunlop medical research grants.
Brunswick: Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation
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The main objective of the Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation is to promote medical research, primarily for the benefit of veterans' and their dependants. Applications are called for cardiovascular disease with an emphasis of prevention, early detection and clinical management, metabolic diseases and their complications, cancer with an emphasis on prevention and prostate cancer, and prevention of musculoskeletal disease (including osteoarthritis), treatment and slowing of progression.

For further information:
Jessica Smyth
Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation
387-389 Sydney Road
Brunswick VIC 3056
Ph: (03) 9387 7833
Email: eddunlop@vicnet.net.au

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