National Institute for Dementia Research Opens EOI

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has opened an Expression-of-Interest (EOI) process for organisations interested in providing services to establish the National Institute for Dementia Research.
Health Minister Peter Dutton said the institute was being established to help target, co-ordinate and translate the national research effort to ensure existing and new research translates into better understanding of dementia.
“One of the key objectives of the institute is to identify essential dementia research priorities for Australia across the full spectrum from basic research to implementation," Mr Dutton said.
“The NHMRC has already commenced a comprehensive consultation project to begin identifying these priorities to inform the strategic direction of the institute.”
Work is also underway on other components of the $200 million Boosting Dementia Research initiative. Forty nine applications from collaborative teams have been received in response to a recent special round of NHMRC Dementia Research Team grants worth a total of $32.5 million.
It is anticipated that five teams will be funded for up to $6.5 million each over five years, to pursue collaborative research, promote effective translation of research, and develop capacity under a dementia research priority framework. Outcomes will be announced in 2015.
Expressions of interest for the NHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research must be lodged via AusTender by the Closing Time; 10am Monday, 17 November 2014. Further information is available at https://tenders.gov.au