ACFRT Funding
08/Dec/2006
I would like to advise that we have record funding being passed over to 8 CF project teams of researchers around Australia who have been successful in receiving grants from Australia Cystic Fibrosis research Trust (ACFRT). The Total: $485,188.00
These projects will be commenced during 2007 and we wish them luck. In addition to that wonderful sum of money we have a number of PhD Scholarships that we are currently funding along with additional applications that will be assessed during Jan/Feb 2007. So the total spend for 2007 will be in the order of $510,000.00
This the first time we have funded over 1/2 million dollars in one year.
This is a wonderful outcome for the clinicians and scientist who have submitted applications to ACFRT and have received funding. That is not to say that the projects that were not funded were not seen as worthwhile it is just a case of limited money.
ACFRT has had a very successful year, with the release of the successful outcome of Hypertonic Saline, which was initially funded by ACFRT. Then the 3 successful CF NHMRC Grants for $1.85 million, all received seeding funding from ACFRT over the past 4 years. Then of course only last month we were successful in getting L J Hooker the acknowledgement they deserve when they received the highest Award for Corporate Community Giving in the "Thank You Day" Awards, for money going to Medical Research, which is now closing in on $2 MILLION.
I would like to thank everyone involved in the process and their part in the record funding of these projects for 2007 and hope that the project investigators get good outcomes for the CF Community.
Thank you to everyone.
Regards,
Terry Stewart
Chief Executive Officer
Cystic Fibrosis Australia
