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The Mason Foundation – Mason National Medical Program - ME/CFS Research Grant Round
Sponsor: The Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Memorial Foundation 		Closing Date: 10-Sep-2018
The Mason National Medical Program ME/CFS Research Grant Round provides funding for medical research principally into the causes, prevention and/or management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Aims
This scheme focuses on priority areas of research for ME/CFS, including one or more of the following:
• understanding the pathology of the illness
• developing a diagnostic test for patients
• improving how health professionals currently diagnose and manage ME/CFS
• severe cases of ME/CFS
• emerging research priorities

Eligibility
Payment of the Grant will be made to the institution nominated by the applicant. The Mason Foundation can only make grants to organisations with BOTH Deducible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1 and Tax Concession Charity (TCC) status. UQ meets this eligibility requirement.

Funding
The duration of ME/CFS research grants is up to 3 years, with funding of $120,000 per annum.

Please see eqt.com.au for further information, noting application submission via the online Equity Trustees SmartyGrants portal.

In addition to the 2018 ME/CFS call for research grant applications, it is also the intention of The Mason Foundation to issue an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the establishment and operation of a patient registry/database for ME/CFS research and a limited scale biobank. Research grant applications leveraging these resources in future will be a priority. It is anticipated that EOIs will be sought towards the beginning of 2019.

Key Dates
Full Applications due to UQR&I: 27 August 2018
Full Applications close with The Mason Foundation: 10 September 2018

For UQR&I internal review and feedback, email your application and completed Funding Application Coversheet to your UQR&I Office of Sponsored Research RAO.
Website: http://www.eqt.com.au/charities-and-not-for-profits/grants/medical-research-and-health

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