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Focusing on growing expertise and building the clinician researcher workforce,
the Clinician Researcher Training Program is designed to provide scholarships to
clinicians to undertake research at a Western Australian university. In addition, the
WA Near-miss Awards programs provided $4.6 million in grants to help early and
mid-career Western Australian researchers to secure highly competitive National
Health and Medical Research Council grants. The Clinician Researcher Fellowships
(in partnership with the Raine Foundation) and the Early Career Child Health
Researcher (ECCHR) Fellowships Program (a Co-Funding Partnerships Program
with BrightSpark Foundation) also provide dedicated research time to support
early to mid-career researchers.
The Challenge- reimagining regional and remote health care program (The
Challenge) is a global challenge for a world-leading medical research and
innovation solution to support health service delivery in the Pilbara region of
Western Australia. The Challenge was launched by the Minister for Medical
Research in October 2022 and 93 applications were received from local, national
and international applicants. Following a rigorous review by health, medical,
community and innovation experts, 10 Challenge finalists were announced in
June 2023. The finalists will have one year to trial their proposed solutions in the
Pilbara, ensuring the development of culturally appropriate applications aligned to
population and local health needs. One finalist will be selected as the Challenge
winner in October 2024 and awarded the $5 million prize.
To support innovation and commercialisation, the Innovation Seed Fund was
established to provide the opportunity for Western Australian innovators to
develop and commercialise their innovations, to create high-level health sector
jobs, and to enhance the production and manufacturing capacity of the state.
The FHRI Fund Distinguished Fellows Program aims to attract outstanding and
innovative world-class research leaders to Western Australia.
Overall, 7 of these programs and initiatives resulted in $17.1 million in grants being
awarded to the sector, with grants from the remaining 6 programs to be awarded in
2023-24.
Additionally, one grant was awarded in 2022-23 from a program implemented in
2021-22, resulting in a total of $17.7 million in FHRI Fund grants being awarded in
2022-23 (see Table 4).
Table 4: FHRI Fund grants awarded in 2022-23
FHRI Fund Priority programs and initiatives
2021-22
Consumer and Community Involvement in Research
Workforce Advancement Program
2022-23
Capability Building Program - National
Reconstruction Fund - Medical Manufacturing
Clinician Researcher Training Program 2022-23
Co-Funding Partnerships Program - BrightSpark
Early Career Child Health Researcher Fellowships
DISCOV3r Focus Grants
The Challenge- reimagining regional and remote
health care Stage 1
WA Near-Miss Awards - Emerging Leaders
Fellowships and Grants 2022-23
WA Near-Miss Awards - Ideas Grants 2022-23
Total
(n)
Grants awarded
($)
1
$573,970
3
$56,500
3
$5,390,000
1
$2,520,000
1
$300,000
10
$2,000,000
23
$4,577,848
23
23
$2,300,000
$17,718,318
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