Competitive Research Grants

Pfizer Australia has a long history of investing in R&D. This includes through partnerships and collaborations with key research institutions, as well as philanthropic initiatives such as fellowships and grants supporting individual researchers and their research projects in the areas of cardiovascular medicine, neuroscience, oncology and endocrinology.

Regrettably, we are scaling back these activities, due to long-expected changes to our business. These changes are driven by the loss of exclusivity of a number of key Pfizer medicines over the coming years, which will result in some erosion of our revenues from these medicines.

Our commitment to competitive research grants

In 2012 and beyond, we still expect to award a number of philanthropic grants of up to $50,000 to facilitate research in the areas of oncology (indicatively, up to six grants), Paediatric Endocrinology (indicatively, three grants) and Neuroscience (indicatively, up to six grants).

Grants are awarded for 12 months and assist researchers to establish a basis for further research funding applications to granting bodies such as the National Health and Medical Research Council.

All applications for Pfizer Australia Research Grants are reviewed and assessed by independent expert referees. The final selection is made by the Australian Physicians Independent Committee (APIC) which includes leading specialists within the designated field. The entire review and selection process is conducted independently from Pfizer Australia.

See below for more information on the grants.

Contact Details

Trudy Snape
Grants Coordinator
Email: Trudy.Snape@pfizer.com
Telephone: +61 2 9850 3973

Cancer Research Grants
	The Cancer Research Grants have been established to support clinical research in the field of oncology.
APEC - Australia Paediatric Endocrine Care Research Grants
	The APEC Research Grants have been established to support clinical research in the field of paediatric endocrinology.
NSR - Neuroscience Research Grants
	The NSR Research Grants have been established to support clinical and basic research in the fields of dementia, mood disorders and pain.