Four The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers are among those who have received funding in the WA State Government's Merit Award Program announced today.
Health Minister John Day announced $1.35 million in funding under the FutureHealth WA initiative to help promising Western Australian researchers who narrowly missed out on National Health and Medical Research Council funding.
Dr Sally Brinkman, Dr Lyn Colvin, Dr Hannah Moore all received Project Merit Awards, while Dr Rishi Kotecha received a Fellowship Merit Award.
The Kids Research Institute Australia Director Professor Jonathan Carapetis thanked the State Government for its support and congratulated those who were awarded grants.
"Many outstanding early and mid-career researchers just missed out on national funding this year and we are extremely grateful that the FutureHealth program will enable some of those researchers to continue their work while they work towards successful grant applications next year," Professor Carapetis said.
Read Minister Day's statement here.
The Kids Research Institute Australia awardees:
- Dr Sally Brinkman,Language Environment Analysis: enhancing research capacity
- Dr Lyn Colvin, Developmental outcomes for children exposed to prescription medicines in utero
- Dr Hannah Moore, Characterising climatic drivers and synergy between common paediatric respiratory viruses in children: guiding prevention and management
- Dr Rishi Kotecha (Fellowship Merit Award), Evaluation of demethylating agents against infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia models in vitro
Read more about The Kids' National Health and Medical Research Council funding success here.