CSL Centenary Fellowships
The Fellowships are competitively selected, high-value grants available to mid-career Australians who wish to continue a career in medical research in Australia.
They were established to mark 100 years since the establishment of CSL in 1916.
Two individual, five-year, A$1.25 million fellowships are awarded each calendar year.
Produced in collaboration with Science In Public.
2024
Dr Ankur Sharma – How cancer’s similarities to embryonic cell development could lead to a life-saving vaccine
Dr Daniel Utzschneider – Training T-cells for a marathon against cancer
2023
Michelle Boyle – Making malaria vaccines better to save more children
Sam Forster – Could we modify the bacteria in our gut to treat inflammatory bowel disease?
2022
Daniel Watterson – Faster treatments for future pandemics
Stephin Vervoort – Investigating the DNA factory in our bodies that makes … just about everything
2021
Professor Si Ming Man – A new way to fight drug-resistant bacteria
Dr Alisa Glukhova – Could Frizzled proteins lead to new cancer drugs?
2020
Dr Kamala Thriemer – Curing the “hidden” malaria
Associate Professor Daniel Thomas – A path to personalised treatment for most cancers
2019
Dr Connie Wong –Why do people with stroke die from infections?
Dr Daniel Pellicci – Recruiting unconventional T-cells in the fight against disease
2018
Associate Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson – Blood Tests for Early Diagnosis and Management of Cancer
Associate Professor Andrew Murphy – What really causes our arteries to clog?
2017
Professor Geoffrey Faulkner – Are memories stored in DNA?
Associate Professor Steven Lane – Improving survival for patients with acute leukaemia