23/12/2025
Multiple research groups from The Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) have received highly competitive Ideas Grant funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), reinforcing WIMR’s strong and sustained performance in national funding schemes.
This latest success follows a standout performance for WIMR in the previous round and reflects continued recognition of the relevance, innovation and translational focus of research being undertaken across the Westmead Health Precinct.
NHMRC Ideas Grants support innovative research across all career stages, from discovery through to implementation, addressing specific questions with the potential to improve human health. Successes this year again underscore the Institute’s capacity to deliver impactful, collaborative research in partnership with hospital and university partners at Westmead and other national and international collaborators.
WIMR Executive Director, Professor Philip O'Connell congratulated the successful investigators and noted that the results reflect both excellence and consistency. “This outcome reflects sustained national recognition of the quality, innovation and translational strength of research at WIMR and across the Westmead Health Precinct.
Ideas Grants are highly competitive and specifically designed to support creative, high-impact research that can move from discovery through to real-world application. These projects exemplify that intent."
Congratulations to the following WIMR investigators, and their teams, who received NHMRC Ideas Grants as lead investigators:
Professor Eddy Kizana
Associate Professor Aaron Schindeler
Dr Kamal Muhammad Kamruzzaman, PhD, FASM
And to the following two researchers who have received funding as co-investigators in projects led by partner institutes:
Dr Kerrie Sandgren
Professor David Gottlieb
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