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Current and Past Award Recipients

Drs Maria Askmyr and Louise Purton
St Vincents Institute, Melbourne
2009 GIA recipients

Current and Past Award Recipients

In 2009, the Foundation is investing more than $2.8 million in 41 research projects nationally. This includes 8 new PhD scholarships, 3 new Fellowships, 1 Career Establishment Grant, 1 Honours Scholarship and 10 new Grants-in-Aid; as well as support for ongoing projects. Overall, the success rate for applications received for the 2009 funding year was 27%.

Research Partnerships
Research Partnerships

The Leukaemia Foundation collaborates with various external organisations to fund vital research into the causes, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment, psychosocial impact and ultimately cures for leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders.

National Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee

The National Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee (NMSAC) was established in 2000 to provide strategic advice to the Leukaemia Foundation on medical, scientific, research and clinical matters. Members of the NMSAC are drawn from the Australian scientific and medical research community and are each highly regarded in their fields of expertise.

Research

The Leukaemia Foundation funds vital research into the causes, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment, psychosocial impact and ultimately cures for leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders.

Professor Geoff Hill, Dr Kelli MacDonald and team Queensland Institute of Medical Research 2009 GIA recipients

Professor Geoff Hill, Dr Kelli MacDonald and team
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
2009 GIA recipients
National Research Program

The Leukaemia Foundation’s vision is to help find better treatments and cures for the 45,000 Australians who will be diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma and related blood cancers and disorders in the next 5 years. For this reason, the Foundation annually invests at least $3.1 million into research.

Current Funding Opportunities

Professor Mark Smyth
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
2009 GIA recipient
Current Funding Opportunities

The NRP seeks to foster innovative research into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of blood cancers like leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and related blood disorders. The program includes grants-in-aid to provide seed funding for novel research projects, whilst our fellowships and scholarships program aims to encourage talented young scientists, medical graduates and researchers to pursue a career in basic, applied or translational research to find cures and better ways to care for patients and families living with haematological malignancies.