The Office of Health and Medical Research is committed to investing in the research sector’s skill base as we move towards the State Government’s plan for Tomorrow’s Queensland – Q2. By investing in health and medical research the Government aims to meet the ambitions for Tomorrow’s Queensland including making Queenslanders Australia’s healthiest people and creating a diverse economy powered by bright ideas. The number of exceptional researchers in Queensland continues to grow. We have seen high profile health and medical researchers attracted to Queensland and our promising researchers are being supported to grow into national and internationally recognised experts.
Based on the premise that ‘great people attract great people’ we are focused on attracting, retaining and developing the right people to deliver both a diverse economy powered by bright ideas and to ensure Queenslanders are Australia’s healthiest people. We know that increased support for researchers is a key factor in our ability to grow capabilities in translational research; deliver better health outcomes; and realise growth in the health and medical sector.
The Office of Health and Medical Research, in combination with the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (formerly Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry) offers an extensive suite of health and medical research fellowships for early, mid and late-career researchers wishing to base themselves in Queensland. Information on each program can be found from the links on the right.
The Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation (QEMRF) receives fellowship and grant funding of up to $2m pa from Queensland Health to allow research into improving the care of patients in Emergency Departments and to develop Emergency Medicine research capacity in Queensland. These funds will support research into the emergency medicine component of the broader issue of high workloads in emergency departments and the increasing demands of treating large numbers of critically ill patients.
These funds are administered by the Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation and further information is available from the Foundation. The Foundation calls for funding invitations on an annual basis at the beginning of each year.
The Allied Health Research Program contributes funds to provide financial assistance to allied Health employees early in their career to expand and enhance the Allied health workforce as part of the greater Queensland Allied Health Scholarship Scheme.
Applications close on 30 January 2009.
Senior Clinical Research Fellowships
Queensland Health Smart State Research Program ("Near Miss")
The National Health and Medical Research Council
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