Research Fellowships for funding commencing in 2014
The Research Fellowships Scheme aims to recruit and support Australia’s very best medical and health research
talent in full-time research during the most productive years of their research life to further develop as leaders in
their field and contribute to the Australian research community through active participation.
A critical objective of the scheme is to foster an intellectual environment which supports and builds the capacity of
Australian research for the future and in so doing, creates knowledge through investment in research which
improves health and thus contributes to Australia’s prosperity.
Research Fellowships are awarded at four levels, increasing in order of experience and seniority as follows:
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Senior Research Fellow A (SRF A)
Senior Research Fellow B (SRF B)
Principal Research Fellow (PRF)
Senior Principal Research Fellow (SPRF)
The applications listed below were approved for funding by the Minister for Health, the Hon Peter Dutton MP and
launched by the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Tony Abbott MP on 23 October 2013.
Application
ID
Applicant Name
Level
Administering Institution
Budget
APP1058175
Associate Professor David NikolicPaterson
SRF B
Monash University
$664,515
APP1058190
Associate Professor John Silke
SRF A
APP1058193
Professor Jose Villadangos
PRF
APP1058237
Professor Hongyuan Yang
SRF B
APP1058238
Doctor Stephen Nutt
PRF
APP1058244
Professor Joan Cunningham
APP1058261
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
of Medical Research
University of Melbourne
$601,420
$727,610
$664,515
SRF A
University of New South Wales
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
of Medical Research
Menzies School of Health Research
Associate Professor Brendan Jenkins
SRF A
Monash University
$601,420
APP1058299
Professor Maria Kavallaris
SRF A
$601,420
APP1058344
Professor Warren Alexander
SPRF
APP1058356
Professor Moira O'Bryan
PRF
APP1058391
Professor Andreas Suhrbier
PRF
APP1058440
Professor Kim Bennell
Associate Professor Aleksandra
Filipovska
PRF
University of New South Wales
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
of Medical Research
Monash University
The Council of the Queensland
Institute of Medical Research
University of Melbourne
SRF B
University of Western Australia
$664,515
APP1058522
Professor David Whiteman
PRF
APP1058537
Professor Stuart Hooper
PRF
APP1058442
The Council of the Queensland
Institute of Medical Research
Monash University
$727,610
$601,420
$822,925
$727,610
$802,610
$727,610
$727,610
$727,610
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APP1058540
Professor Roger Daly
PRF
Monash University
$727,610
APP1058542
Professor Joseph Lynch
PRF
The University of Queensland
$727,610
APP1058565
Professor Robert Parton
SPRF
The University of Queensland
$822,925
APP1058586
Associate Professor Richard Pearson
SRF A
University of Melbourne
$601,420
APP1058635
Associate Professor Julie Bernhardt
SRF A
$601,420
APP1058685
Doctor Christian Engwerda
SRF A
APP1058737
Professor Caroline Finch
PRF
University of Melbourne
The Council of the Queensland
Institute of Medical Research
University of Ballarat
APP1058862
Professor Helen Christensen
SPRF
University of New South Wales
$947,925
APP1058878
Professor Archie Clements
SRF A
$601,420
APP1058892
Professor Gordon Smyth
PRF
APP1058916
Professor Joel Mackay
SRF B
The University of Queensland
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
of Medical Research
University of Sydney
APP1059006
Professor Peter Koopman
SPRF
The University of Queensland
$822,925
APP1059015
Professor Patrick Sexton
PRF
Monash University
$727,610
APP1059060
Professor Raymond Norton
PRF
Monash University
$727,610
APP1059122
Professor Richard Osborne
SRF B
$664,515
APP1059124
Professor Karin Jandeleit-Dahm
SRF B
APP1059126
Doctor Ilia Voskoboinik
SRF A
Deakin University
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes
Institute Holdings Limited
University of Melbourne
APP1059167
Professor Suresh Mahalingam
SRF A
Griffith University
$601,420
APP1059261
Professor Jane Pirkis
SRF B
University of Melbourne
$739,515
APP1059278
Professor Katharina Gaus
SRF A
University of New South Wales
$601,420
APP1059341
Professor George Muscat
PRF
The University of Queensland
$727,610
APP1059354
Professor Matthew Cooper
PRF
The University of Queensland
$727,610
APP1059409
Professor Magdalena Plebanski
SRF A
Monash University
$601,420
APP1059411
Professor James Whisstock
SPRF
$822,925
APP1059454
Professor Bronwyn Kingwell
SPRF
APP1059530
Professor Malcolm McConville
PRF
APP1059565
Professor Nicholas Graves
SRF B
APP1059620
Professor Kathleen Griffiths
SRF B
Monash University
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes
Institute Holdings Limited
University of Melbourne
Queensland University of
Technology
Australian National University
APP1059660
Professor Michael Berk
SPRF
$822,925
APP1059726
Professor Michael McGuckin
PRF
APP1059729
Doctor Katryn Stacey
SRF A
Deakin University
Mater Medical Research Institute
Limited
The University of Queensland
APP1059785
Professor Anthony Jorm
SPRF
University of Melbourne
$897,925
APP1059794
Professor Alexander Khromykh
SRF B
The University of Queensland
$664,515
APP1059804
Professor Richard Lock
SRF A
University of New South Wales
$601,420
APP1059861
Professor William Heath
SPRF
$822,925
APP1059954
Doctor Kathryn Burdon
SRF A
APP1059960
Associate Professor Rebecca Ritchie
SRF A
APP1060075
Associate Professor Frederic Meunier
SRF B
APP1060183
Associate Professor Rachel Neale
SRF A
University of Melbourne
The Flinders University of South
Australia
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes
Institute Holdings Limited
The University of Queensland
The Council of the Queensland
Institute of Medical Research
$601,420
$727,610
$727,610
$664,515
$664,515
$601,420
$822,925
$727,610
$664,515
$739,515
$727,610
$601,420
$601,420
$601,420
$664,515
$601,420
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APP1060443
Professor Lisa Maher
SRF A
University of New South Wales
$601,420
APP1060474
Professor John Kaldor
SPRF
University of New South Wales
$822,925
APP1060498
Associate Professor Steven Stacker
SRF B
University of Melbourne
$664,515
APP1060614
Professor Guy Marks
SPRF
$897,925
APP1060675
Associate Professor David Tarlinton
PRF
APP1060996
Professor Patrick McGorry
SPRF
University of Sydney
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
of Medical Research
University of Melbourne
APP1061041
Associate Professor Geoffrey Isbister
SRF B
The University of Newcastle
$739,515
APP1061177
Professor Melissa Southey
SRF A
University of Melbourne
$601,420
APP1061279
Professor G. Lorimer Moseley
PRF
$727,610
APP1061332
Professor Grant Ramm
SRF B
APP1061704
Professor Maria Makrides
PRF
APP1061779
Associate Professor Amanda Spurdle
SRF B
APP1062607
Professor Des Richardson
SPRF
APP1062854
Professor Andrew Sinclair
PRF
APP1062877
Professor Margaret Hellard
SRF A
APP1063008
Associate Professor Benjamin Kile
PRF
APP1063069
Professor Jian Li
SRF B
APP1063559
Professor Susan Clark
SPRF
APP1064192
Associate Professor David Wilson
SRF B
University of South Australia
The Council of the Queensland
Institute of Medical Research
The University of Adelaide
The Council of the Queensland
Institute of Medical Research
University of Sydney
Murdoch Childrens Research
Institute
The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for
Medical Research and Public
Health Ltd
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
of Medical Research
Monash University
The Garvan Institute of Medical
Research
University of New South Wales
APP1064211
Doctor Mark Guthridge
SRF A
$601,420
APP1064629
Professor David Burgner
SRF A
APP1065403
Professor Iain McGregor
PRF
Monash University
Murdoch Childrens Research
Institute
University of Sydney
APP1066221
Professor Vlado Perkovic
SRF B
University of Sydney
$664,515
APP1066280
Professor Anthony Rodgers
PRF
University of Sydney
$584,327
$727,610
$822,925
$664,515
$727,610
$739,515
$822,925
$727,610
$601,420
$727,610
$664,515
$822,925
$664,515
$601,420
$727,610
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