Story type: Award

  • MRFF grants – bringing better health to life

    Two leading Hudson Institute researchers are taking their discoveries closer to the clinic and bringing better health to the lives of preterm babies and Australians with hypertension, thanks to significant new funding.…  Read more

    Hudson Institute researchers have received significant new funding, taking their discoveries closer to the clinic and bringing better health to the lives of preterm babies and Australians with hypertension.

  • Big ideas attract big funding

    Hudson Institute researchers have featured prominently among the latest recipients of NHMRC Ideas Grants.…  Read more

    Hudson Institute researchers have featured prominently among the latest recipients of 2022 NHMRC Ideas Grants.

  • Rock star scientist announced as a Superstar of STEM

    A microbial mastermind and rock star scientist from Hudson Institute has today been announced as one of Australia’s newest Superstars of STEM.…  Read more

    Dr Jaclyn Pearson has been announced as one of Australia’s newest Superstars of STEM.

  • Beating antimicrobial resistance

    A leader in the fight against one of the world’s most urgent medical problems, beating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been granted $1.375 million over five years from a local philanthropist to progress her work.…  Read more

    Dr Jaclyn Pearson wins Equity Trustees – Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship

  • Pioneering work attracts VCA cancer fellowships

    Two Hudson Institute researchers at different stages of their careers have won sought-after Victorian Cancer Agency (VCA) Fellowships. Blood cancer specialist Dr Catherine Carmichael received the VCA Mid-Career Research Fellowship for her research into Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), while Dr Claire Sun was awarded the VCA Early Career Research Fellowship to further her search for…  Read more

    Dr Catherine Carmichael and Dr Claire Sun from Cancer for Cancer Research at Hudson Institute win sought-after Victorian Cancer Agency Fellowships.

  • Searching for clues to how RNA triggers the immune system

    A young Melbourne scientist will spend the next three years advancing exiting new mRNA research to unlock the secrets to how RNA triggers the immune system to fight infection.…  Read more

    Dr Natália Sampaio from the Regulation of Interferon and Innate Signalling Research Group

  • Cerebral palsy research awarded NHMRC Investigator Grant

    Head of The Ritchie Centre, Professor Suzanne Miller, has been awarded more than $2.3 million to continue her groundbreaking work on targeted neuroprotective treatments for fetal and neonatal brain injury, primarily cerebral palsy…  Read more

    Professor Suzanne Miller's cerebral palsy research among the winners from latest NHMRC Investigator Grants.

  • Modifying gut bacteria to treat IBD

    Hudson Institute’s Dr Samuel Forster has received a highly prestigious fellowship to advance his work using the bacteria of the human microbiome to treat Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).…  Read more

    Dr Sam Forster receives CSL Fellowship to advance his research using the bacteria of the human microbiome to treat IBD.

  • Philanthropy supports perinatal brain injury research

    Dr Tayla Penny’s perinatal brain injury research has been awarded a significant early career research grant. Dr Penny’s investigation of umbilical cord blood (UCB) cell therapy for perinatal brain injury was recognised by the Jack Brockhoff Foundation as a worthy recipient of a $75,000 grant.…  Read more

    Dr Tayla Penny perinatal brain injury research has been awarded an early career research grant by the Jack Brockhoff Foundation.

  • US Defense Dept backs Aussie upper gastrointestinal cancer research

    If an army marches on its stomach, as the old saying goes, then the US Department of Defense (DoD) is investing wisely in Australian upper gastrointestinal cancer research.…  Read more

    Professor Brendan Jenkins receives funding from the US Defense Department to work on upper gastrointestinal cancer research.