MRFF – Stem Cell Therapies Mission – 2020 Stem Cell Therapies Grant Opportunity

Overview

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Stem Cell Therapies Mission aims to support world-leading stem cell that develops and delivers innovative, safe and effective stem cell medicines to improve health outcomes, in partnership with patients and carers, that are accessible to all Australians who need them.  The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: support proof-of-concept studies to establish the feasibility of novel stem cell-based therapies conduct Phase 1 clinical trials for promising stem cell treatments apply stem cell-based screens for the development of treatments for inherited disease, complex disease, infectious disease and cancer foster research on the ethical, social, regulatory, health economics and legal issues associated with the development, availability, regulation and application of stem cell therapies and treatments use stem cell-derived tissue models to rapidly screen TGA (and FDA) approved drugs as potential treatments for COVID-19. This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health. Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health website.