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PhD Top-up Scholarships

The Mito Foundation offers PhD Top-up Scholarships in an attempt to attract Australia’s best young scientists to the field of mitochondrial disease (mito). By encouraging scientists at the beginning of their career, the goal is that they will make their careers in mito research.

The Mito Foundation supports students by providing a flexible scholarship program. Recipients of these scholarships may investigate a range of different areas and all have one ultimate goal – to be part of the solution in finding a cure and effective treatment for mito.

Mito Foundation PhD Top-up Scholarships “top up” researchers' existing National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australian Research Council (ARC) or similar scholarships. Mito Foundation PhD Top-up Scholarships are comprised of two components:

  • a top-up amount of $3,000 per year
  • a travel allowance of $3,000 per year

Funding Round, Applications and Report Templates

Quarterly Funding Round Dates

January
Close: 20 January 2023

June
Close: 23 June 2023

March
Close: 17 March 2023

September
Close: 22 September 2023

Application Eligibility

1. Research must be focused on primary mitochondrial disease.
2. All application information must be submitted.

Apply

Click below to download our information and application form.

To apply, complete the form and send it to the Mito Foundation Grants Officer via grants@mito.org.au.

Please call (02) 8033 4113 if you have any queries.

Grant outcomes for the June 2023 round will be announced in late August 2023.

Report Templates

Please contact grants@mito.org.au if you require additional information regarding your existing grant reporting requirements.

Funded PhD Top-up Scholarships

Identification of novel pathogenic mutations in genes causing inborn errors of metabolism

$9,357 AUD

27/08/2014 → 01/08/2016

Scholar: Michael Nafisinia

There are over 1,500 genes involved in the normal functioning of the mitochondria. So far, only about 250 genes have…

Neuropathogenic mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction

$45,000 AUD

01/07/2014 → 23/07/2017

Scholar: Sophia Frentz

Existing treatments for mitochondrial disease (mito) only alleviate symptoms rather than addressing their underlying cause. Scientists like Sophia Frentz are working…

Functionalism of mitochondrial Complex I accessory subunits

$12,250 AUD

23/01/2017 → 28/02/2019

Scholar: Marris Dibley

Marris Dibley is exploring what can go wrong inside the tiny machinery of the mitochondria. Marris is a PhD candidate…

Massively Parallel Sequencing to understand the genetic basis of mitochondrial disorders

$22,500 AUD

01/09/2011 → 01/06/2015

Scholar: Hayley Mountford

In Australia, on average, one child a week is born with a mitochondrial disorder. For many of these patients the…

Investigating cell type specific mitochondrial protein import in health and disease

$11,250 AUD

13/04/2020 → 14/01/2022

Scholar: Alexander Anderson

Mitochondria are the structures that produce energy for our cells. They also detoxify waste, produce cellular building blocks and regulate…


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