Research Support Initiatives

The Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering (GCI) was created with Strategic STEM-M Funds to coordinate biomedical engineering activities across Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS), and Faculty of Science (FoS). The GCI brings together expertise and capabilities from medicine, engineering, and science, including the life sciences, computer sciences, mathematics and the social sciences.

The GCI Research Support Initiatives  are created to provide financial support to researchers in the biomedical engineering field with the goal to enhance interdisciplinary research, foster collaboration, celebrate excellence and support diversity and inclusion.

Schemes, Awards and Scholarships

Please find further details on the GCI Research Support Initiatives below.

  • GCI Top-Up Scholarship

    A research support initiative with the aim to enhance interdisciplinary research in the biomedical engineering field. Top-up scholarships are intended to supplement a Research Training Program scholarship or other university awards.

    STATUS: CURRENTLY OPEN

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  • GCI Travel Support Scheme

    A research support initiative with the aim to provide Graduate Researchers and Early-Career Researchers with financial support to attend national and international conferences or visit another institution as part of their research projects.

    STATUS: CURRENTLY CLOSED - WILL REOPEN IN 2024

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  • GCI Women in STEM Student Award

    A research support initiative with the aim to acknowledge, celebrate achievements and also provide opportunities for women graduate researchers at the University of Melbourne who are contributing to the innovation and leadership in biomedical engineering field.

    STATUS: CURRENTLY CLOSED - WILL REOPEN IN 2024

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  • GCI Proof-of-Concept Funding Scheme

    This scheme is to support researchers within the biomedical engineering field (including MedTech) who are employed by the University of Melbourne across different faculties to translate their research into viable commercialisation projects or start-ups.

    STATUS: CURRENTLY CLOSED - WILL REOPEN IN 2024

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  • GCI Internal Seed Funding Scheme (Members Only)

    This scheme is to provide financial support to ECRs and MCRs within the GCI membership who are employed by the University of Melbourne. The funding is for small to medium sized projects within the biomedical engineering and medtech research field.

    STATUS: CLOSED FOR 2024

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