NHMRC Career Development Fellowships for funding commencing in 2019

Overview

Career Development Fellowships (CDFs) are highly competitive, four year Fellowships that recognise and provide support for the most outstanding early to mid-career health and medical researchers in each Fellowship category. CDFs can be applied for at one of two levels depending on the applicant’s career stage – CDF Level 1 or CDF Level 2. The specific objectives of the CDF scheme are to: develop Australian health and medical early to mid-career researchers so they establish themselves as independent, self-directed researchers help build Australia’s capacity for research in any field of health and medical research, with a particular emphasis on clinical, population health research, biomedical and bioinformatics fields increase knowledge and support the development of evidence based health policies encourage the translation of research outcomes into practice encourage the growth of knowledge-based industries in Australia by helping to bridge the gap between research and industry and fostering an environment that values industry achievement provide a means for Australian researchers working overseas to return to Australia to continue their career development.