Charitable Trusts and Foundations play a vital role by providing funding for equipment, life-changing medical research, and improved healthcare.
Over the years, St Vincent’s has been fortunate to have received hundreds of thousands of dollars of support from Trusts and Foundations. This support has enabled the advancement of cutting-edge research and it has benefited our staff and patients directly by facilitating the upgrade of out-of-date medical equipment. We are also extremely grateful to the Trusts that support our important clinical activities and work in the community to improve a client’s quality of life.
“Philanthropic trusts and foundations play a critical role in the funding mix for St Vincent’s. These valued partnerships often last many years, enabling programs to successfully develop from an idea to ultimately changing lives.”
Sue Parkes - CEO, St Vincent’s Foundation Victoria
*Please note: All grant applications must be managed, submitted and receipted by the St Vincent’s Foundation, as per SVHA policy and charitable giving laws. Grant applications can not be submitted without support and approval of the Foundation. To discuss grant opportunities for your department, please contact Richard Prentice (Head of Trusts and Foundations) on 0414 467 397 or richard.prentice@svha.org.au
Below is a comprehensive list of all available grant and funding opportunities:
Pfizer Research Grants. Multiple programs throughout the year.
Global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies.
Pfizer’s competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a specific area of interest and sets timelines for review and approval.
Organizations are invited to submit an application addressing the specific gaps in research, practice or care as outlined in the specific RFP.
The grant requester (and ultimately the grantee) is responsible for the design, implementation, sponsorship, and conduct of the independent initiative supported by the grant, including compliance with any regulatory requirements.
MS Australia - project grants
Early career researchers. Identifying the strongest emerging Australian talent who have just completed or nearing completion of their postdoctoral studies (PhD).
The successful Postdoctoral Fellow will have a demonstrated strong track record during their PhD and be working towards gaining recognition for their expertise in their research area.
Total value $151,200.
Applications close 28 April.
National Disability Research Partnership
Research by and with people with disability. Research on the safety of people with disability. We will support the teams we fund to connect and learn together as they work. Small projects to co-design research and/or bring together what is known about a topic.These projects should take less than six months.
Two types of projects will be eligible:
Projects to co-design research. We will fund groups to build partnerships to co-design research projects.
Projects that bring together what is already known about a topic. We will fund projects that use rapid review or evidence synthesis methods.
Applications close 28 April.
Gilead Community Grants Program.
- People at risk of, or living with, HIV
- Liver diseases including viral hepatitis
- Metastatic breast cancer
- Blood cancer.
Applications up to $50,000. Total pool is $150,000.
Applications close 29 April.
Australian Melanoma Research Foundation - Research Grants EOI.
Support for Post Graduate and Early Career Researchers. Specified stand-alone component of that existing project.
Application criteria:
-Publication history in melanoma (by the applicant and/or their supervisor),
-Evidence of scientific merit and clinical need within the national context,
-Proposed dissemination of research findings,
-Broader impact on education and awareness of melanoma.
$10-$25,000.
Applications close 30 April.
Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation. The Al and Val Rosenstrauss Research Fellowship
Early-Career Researchers who are 5-10 years post-doctoral and show potential to be stars of the future and who are building credentials for a long career in research.
Funding priorities:
Brain Sciences: Psychiatry or Neurology (excluding Dementias, MND, Psychology and Cognitive Interventions);
Dermatology (excluding Skin Cancer), Endocrinology (excluding Diabetes),
Geriatrics (excluding Dementias),
Lung Disease (other than Cancer),
Rheumatology, Vision Sciences.
All exclude COVID-19.
Salary component of $120,000 per year and research support package of $80,000 per year for 5 years.
Applications close 30 April.
Equity Trustees: Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation. Senior Medical Research Fellowships
Outstanding researchers who are medically qualified, or graduates of another scientific discipline with recognised post-doctoral achievements, seeking to establish a research career in Australia and undertake research in an Australia academic institution are eligible to apply whether or not they are currently working in Australia.
5 years at $275,000 pa.
Applications close 30 April.
Equity Trustees: Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation. Clinical Investigator awards.
Eligible applicants will be medical graduates or graduates of other clinical disciplines who have completed both their clinical and research trainin, their doctorate has been confirmed and are commencing their first substantive clinical position (appointment of 1 year or more), or have been in such a post for no more than 36 months on 30 April of the year of application.
$90,000.
Applications close 30 April.
Equity Trustees: Brian Smith Memorial Award
Research and surgical training in the area of colorectal disease. Enhance the surgical skills and knowledge of researchers and practitioners with a special interest in colonoscopy, colonic cancer and the applied anatomy, physiology or pathology of the colon or rectum.
Preference will be given to Applications that would be fully-funded by this award or where any necessary co-funding is already secured. Overseas travel and equipment can be funded as part of the Award.
Up to $40,000
Applications close 1 May.
Gilead Australia Fellowship: Research Grants Program
Projects with a clinical and ‘real-world’ focus, develop and implement best practice to enhance patient outcomes, research in investigating solutions to improve outcomes for people living with, at risk of acquiring, HIV, chronic viral hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), and/ or haematological malignancies. Projects may be based on sociological and epidemiological aspects of patient care, as well as practical aspects. Applications for community-based projects that may not necessarily fall under traditional grant criteria are welcomed.
Up to $60,000.
Applications close 15 May.
HCF Research Foundation Health Services Research Grants
Their areas of interest this year are:
1. Structural and employment design approaches that improve the satisfaction and retention of the healthcare workforce leading to improved care continuity, patient safety and health outcomes and supporting the sustainability of the health care system.
2. Evaluation of acute hospital avoidance programs and approaches to address frequent and/or unnecessary emergency presentations.
3. Implementation strategies for pain management models of care that reduce the risk of pain chronicity and opioid overuse and addiction.
Grants are often around $150,000 to $200,000 but can be more or less.
Applications close 19 May.
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