MRFF - Stem Cell Therapies Mission - 2023 Stem Cell Therapies Grant Opportunity

Overview

The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 1 (Accelerator): support the development of novel stem-cell based treatments by disease-focused, multidisciplinary teams that leverage partner funds and can articulate: a final product or therapy a feasible path to market an approach to regulatory processes a competitive advantage over comparable products appropriate consideration of the ethical, legal and social issues associated with treatments a strategy for enhancing sector capacity of key clinical, manufacturing and commercial skillsets potential funding leverage Stream 2 (Accelerator): support large scale projects involving multidisciplinary teams that will focus on pre-clinical screening of new treatments using human tissues made from stem cells, that can articulate: a final product or therapy a feasible path to market an approach to regulatory processes a competitive advantage over comparable products appropriate consideration of the ethical, legal and social issues associated with treatments a strategy for enhancing sector capacity of key clinical, manufacturing and commercial skillsets potential funding leverage The intended outcome of the research is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by: Stream 1 (Accelerator): developing novel stem cell-based therapies that have the potential to transform clinical care. Stream 2 (Accelerator): generating new treatments that can improve clinical care. This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.