Calls for Proposals Early-stage FY 2022 AMED awards 3 joint research projects with NHMRC – FY2022 Japan-Australia Joint Call for Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP)

Outline

Status of Grants/Funding Opportunities Awarded projects
R&D phase Basic Study, Applied Study, Nonclinical Study/Pre-clinical Study
Key Fields Innovation and Clinical Research Center Project, Aging and Dementia
Contact
Office of International Collaboration, Division of International Strategy, Department of International Strategy
E-mail: sicorp "at" amed.go.jp (Replace "at" with "@")

Adoption contents

The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) launched a joint call for proposals "NHMRC-AMED 2022 Dementia Collaborative Research Scheme" on 27 April 2022, and closed the call on 22 June 2022. All proposals were evaluated by a joint review commetee consisting of experts (appendix. AMED side of review committee members), and the AMED and NHMRC decided to support following three joint projects.

List of Awardees

Title of Reserach Project Affiliation Title Chief Investigator
Reducing Cognitive impairment by management of Heart Failure as a Modifiable Risk Factor: the Cog-HF trial Gunma University Assistant Professor OBOKATA Masaru
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Group Leader Quan Huynh
Exploring biomarkers, therapeutic targets, and modifiable risk factors for non-Alzheimer's dementia Tohoku University Assistant Professor KAGAWA Yoshiteru
The University of Melbourne
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Research Group Director Yijun Pan
Novel therapeutic strategies to intervene in tau-associated neurodegeneration by modulating tau clearance and neuroinflammation The University of Tokyo Assistant Professor YAMADA Kaoru
The University of Melbourne
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Group Head Chien-Hsiung Yu

Evaluation

Application period

27 April - 22 June 2022

Review committee

18-24 October 2022
AMED-NHMRC joint meeting 28 October 2022

Number of applications

6

Number of awardees

3

03/29/23

Last updated 03/29/23