Grants Programme For 2013

• CMRF Priorities for Research Grants
• Host Institutions
• General Project Grant Round 2013
• Guidelines for CMRF General Project Grant 2013
• CMRF Child Health Fellowship
• Travel Grants & Grants-In-Aid
• Don Beaven Travelling Fellowship
• Summer Studentships
• Malvina Major Travelling Fellowship
• MRI Scan Research Application Form

CMRF Priorities for Research Grants

The Foundation considers proposals for research in all areas of medicine, health care, health promotion and community health. The vision of the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation is to advance the quality of health care by fostering the strength and excellence of health research in Canterbury.

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Host Institutions

All applications must be supported by suitable host institutions in Canterbury. These include Canterbury University, Lincoln University, University of Otago - Christchurch CSM&HS, Canterbury District Health Board, NZ Brain Research Institute (formally the Van der Veer Institute),CPIT and ESR (Christchurch).

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General Project Grant Round 2013

Apply on line will be open for application from 4 March 2013

Only one grant round will be held in 2013 - Closes 1  May 2013

PLEASE NOTE: Guidelines will be updated in the near future

 application form 

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Interim Report for Funded Projects

Final Report for Funded Projects

Guidelines for CMRF General Project Grant 2013

Please read the guidelines before commencing Apply on line

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CMRF Child Health Fellowship

PLEASE NOTE:  Unfortunately the Foundation will not be awarding a Child Health Fellowship for 2013 will review in 2014

Applications Closed

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Travel Grants & Grants-In-Aid

Are available for selected researchers to attend scientific meetings or visit research laboratories. Limit for individual grants is $2,000. Priority will be given to suitable CMRF project grant researchers to present their work at acceptable scientific meetings. 2011 applications are for travel in 2012.  Applications are now open.

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Don Beaven Travelling Fellowship

Supports experienced medical researchers from Canterbury to visit research units in NZ or overseas for the purpose of the interchange of information, ideas or skills in their research field or to support a visit to Canterbury from time to time by selected medical research experts to advise or to exchange information, ideas or skills with medical researchers, research units or departments in Canterbury. Duration of awards are normally 1-4 weeks.

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Summer Studentships

These Studentships provide $5,000 to individual students to train during the summer break with a research team relevant to the CMRF objectives. Studentships are available to students from host universities carried out under the University of Otago, School of Medicine and University of Canterbury Summer Studentship programme. Duration is usually 10 weeks.

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Malvina Major Travelling Fellowship

The purpose of the Fellowship is to support a non-medical graduate working in child health services within Christchurch Hospital to visit a children's hospital on the east coast of Australia, (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane). The applicant must be working full-time in the field of paediatrics and child health. The Fellowship is for $3,000. Applicants would be expected to work within a children's hospital for a period of two to three weeks.

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MRI Scan Research Application Form

You can download the application form for research scanning and return to:

Dr Tracy Melzer,
New Zealand Brain Research Institute (formally Van der Veer Institute)
66 Stewart Street, CHRISTCHURCH
Or for further information contact Tracy Melzer:

tracy.melzer@nzbri.org

MRI Application Form

The Foundation considers proposals for research in all areas of medicine, health care, health promotion and community health. The vision of the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation is to advance the quality of health care by fostering the strength and excellence of health research in Canterbury.

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