Sapphire replacing RGMS in 2019
Michelle Lam
NHMRC will be releasing new funding guidelines to help transition from the old schemes to the new. On top of the new grants schemes, the current grant management system, RGMS, will be phased out completely by 2019 and replaced with Sapphire, which will be live in November 2018. There are no confirmations that the 2019 […]
Michelle Lam
Our latest PhD student, biostatistician Sharmala Thuraisingam, has been busy since commencing her studies 6 months ago. As technology advances further in the medical research world, analysing big data using statistical methods has taken an increasingly important and bigger role. Working within Stream 1, Sharm’s research centres around the development of a prediction model for use in […]
The Impact of Funding Deadlines…
Michelle Lam
A new study led by researchers from Queensland University of Technology have concluded what most of us suspected all along: grant writing is a ‘soul-destroying’ exercise… OPUS members Profs Phillip Clarke and Nicholas Graves were involved in the construction of the first study to examine the effects of grant writing in the Australian medical research […]
2019 OPUS Forum Registrations Open!
Michelle Lam
Register now for the inaugural OPUS Forum! Head over here for further details about the Forum or click on the bottom menu option.