News and media

| 25/11/2015

The Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia (MNDRIA) has allocated a record $5.07 million for MND research in 2016. Announced at the MND Australia Research Meeting 2015, MNDRIA will provide $3.32 million with an additional $1.75 million to contributed by the Cure for MND Foundation.

| 25/11/2015

Professor Steve Vucic has been awarded the Gottschalk Medal at the 2016 Australian Academy of Science awards for his pioneering research revealing processes that can trigger MND. Professor Vucic is the Director of Neurophysiology at Westmead Hospital in Sydney and a member of the MNDRIA Research Committee. 

| 18/11/2015

Australian Rotary Health PhD Scholarship for MND research aims to provide financial support for research projects conducted in Australia which have the potential to enhance the health of people with MND.
 

| 13/11/2015

The CSL Florey medal is awarded every two years to an Australian biomedical researcher for significant achievements in biomedical science or human health advancement.

| 13/10/2015

The latest issue of the MND Australia International Research Update takes a look at exciting developments in MND research from labs around the world.
 

| 1/10/2015

MND Australia's article on how the Ice Bucket Challenge is progressing MND research in Australia appears in the Spring 2015 issue of Research Australia's grassROOTS emagazine.

| 18/09/2015

The MND Research Institute of Australia's (MNDRIA) Research Committee has begun assessing applications for research grants commencing in 2016. The race for researchers to lodge their applications to MNDRIA for funding for 2016 ended at 6pm on 28th August. The final tally is:

• 66 applications for 12-month grants-in-aid, including 10 applications for the big new Cure for MND Collaboration Initiative grants.
• 5 applications for 3-year postdoctoral fellowships.

| 9/09/2015

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| 1/09/2015

| 28/08/2015

Our National Executive Director, Carol Birks recently spoke with ABC News Radio about the impact of last year's ALS/MND Ice Bucket Challenge. Listen to the interview.