SA secures more than $75 million in medical funding

SOUTH Australian scientists have secured almost double their annual funding from Federal Government grants to support world-leading health discoveries, treatments and cures.

SOUTH Australian scientists have secured almost double their annual funding from Federal Government grants for research into health discoveries, treatments and cures.

Breast cancer research, cardiovascular health, diet and nutrition, and women’s and children’s health are among the project areas funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council’s latest round of grants. More than $75 million has been awarded to SA scientists so far this year, up from more than $40 million last year. A total of $640 million of grants were announced yesterday for 732 new projects across the nation.

Adelaide University received $23.2 million, Flinders University $21.35m, UniSA $10.7m and SAHMRI $3m.

Adelaide University said its funding would “support breakthrough discoveries” in cancer, diabetes, infection control, traumatic brain injury and women’s and children’s health.

Flinders University said its funds were a substantial increase on last year.

At UniSA, cancer researchers received the lion’s share of funding.