Approved Grants

FY2023

St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research

Dr Kiryu Yap – Treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease using designer human liver organoids
Carty Signature Grant – $375,000 over 3 years

FY2022

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

Dr Leona Pascoe
Carty Signature Grant – $300,000 over 3 years

FY2021

Monash University

Dr Céline Pattaroni – Preventing asthma by deep diving into host-microbial interactions
Carty Signature Grant – $300,000 over 3 years

FY2020

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Dr Satvika Burugupalli – Identification of breast milk lipids that protect against childhood obesity
Carty Signature Grant – $300,000 over 3 years

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Dr Katja Hrovat Schaale – Llamas, nanobodies and fusion protein – a novel approach to developing treatment for childhood obesity
Carty Signature Grant – $300,000 over 3 years

FY2019

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
L.E.W. Carty Centenary Fellowship for Cancer Research – Fifth and final year
$100,000

FY2018

St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research
A novel therapeutic approach for lowering cholesterol and suppressing atherosclerosis
$125,000 over two years

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Developing a Novel Asthma Treatment – Dr Rhys Allen
$125,000 over two years

FY2017

Monash University
Diagnosis and intervention for suboptimal brain development in low birthweight infants to prevent long-term motor, cognitive and behavioural problems
$250,000 over three years

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
L.E.W. Carty Centenary Fellowship for Cancer Research – Fourth year
$100,000

FY2016

The Australian College of Optometry
Generating the next generation of bionic eyes
$180,000 over three years

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
L.E.W. Carty Centenary Fellowship for Cancer Research – Third year
$100,000

FY2015

Monash University
Detecting brain injury in babies born small
$95,772

National Vision Research Institute of Australia
Generating the next generation of bionic eyes
$46,000

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
High speed video to assess eye movements in vestibular dysfunction – a validation study
$103,757

The University of Melbourne
Finding a cure for HIV through new drugs that boost immune function
$130,502 over two years

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
L.E.W. Carty Centenary Fellowship for Cancer Research – Second year
$100,000

FY2014

O’Brien Institute
Radiation-induced coronary artery disease
$70,000

St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research
Making umbilical cord blood stem cell transplants a reality for patients with blood cell diseases
$50,000

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
L.E.W. Carty Centenary Fellowship for Cancer Research – Year 1
$100,000

FY2013

Cancer Council of Victoria
Venture Grants Scheme
$100,000

Monash University
Cord blood stem cells to reduce brain injury in preterm infants
$50,000

National Vision Research Institute of Australia
Recreating vision in the retina using electrical stimulation
$55,000

O’Brien Institute
Growing capillary networks from multicellular spheroids for rapid enhancement of vascularization in complex wounds and tissue engineering constructs
$39,902

Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research
Giving Infertility Treatment the Personal Touch
$31,250

St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research
Metabolic stress sensing by AMPK: implications for energy balance and therapeutics
$40,211

University of Melbourne
J-Meter: Home phototherapy for jaundiced newborns
$67,000

FY2012

Deakin University
Does the endosteal surface area of bone contribute to glycaemic control via undercarboxylated osteocalcin in post-menopausal women?
$37,722

Monash University
SN Study: Satiety, Nutrition and Appetite in Children
$58,936

St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research
Finding the Key to Bone Strength
$23,250

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Personalised Medicine through Proteomics: purchase of a Mass Spectrometer for use in the emerging field of proteomics
$300,000 over two years

FY2011

Cabrini Institute
A Qualitative Study Investigating Quality of Life in Octogenarians Following Cardiac Surgery
$21,917

Deakin University
Treatment-resistant depression: How do stress hormones alter antidepressant responses?
$39,714

Florey Neuroscience Institutes
Studying Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease
$56,150

Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation
Predictive Biological Factors for the Development of Brain Metastases in patients with Her-2 positive breast cancer
$60,000

Prince Henry’s Institute
Edometrial-trophoblast interactions: identifying critical regulators of implantation and placentation – purchase of equipment
$40,000

St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research
Development and utilisation of models of human Osteosarcoma
$32,000

Swinburne University of Technology
Controlling Infection Through Bacterial Sensing
$50,000

University of Melbourne
Development of a prediction tool for persistent depression using genetic analysis
$60,000

Victoria University 
Improving function in cerebral palsy through movement imagery training
$41,321

FY2010

The Bionic Ear Institute
Monitoring Brain Activity to Predict Epileptic Seizures
$30,000

Fight Cancer Foundation
The Bone Marrow Research Laboratories
$14,450

St Vincent’s Hospital
Biological Scaffolds for the Repair of Spinal Cord Injury
$32,700

St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research
How Does Bacterial Infection Affect Susceptibility to Type 1 Diabetes?
$15,500

Swinburne University of Technology
Understanding and Treating Major Diseases Through T-Cell Research
$132,500