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” researcher’s existing National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australian Research Council (ARC) or similar scholarship. Mito Foundation PhD Top-up Scholarships comprise 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: 21/01/2022
July
Close: 15/07/2022
April
Close: 19/04/2022
October
Close: 14/10/2022
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.
Report Templates
If you are a Mito Foundation grant recipient, please use one of the following report templates and email the completed report to grants@mito.org.au.
Funded PhD Top-up Scholarships
Investigating pathogenesis associated with dysfunctional mitochondrial protein import
Scholar: Thomas Daniel Jackson
The mitochondrion is the cell’s power plant, where sugars from the food we eat are converted into energy that our…
Investigation of the pathogenic effects of mutations in the polymerase gamma gene
Scholar: Paula Woodbridge
Mitochondrial dysfunction causes a range of early-onset neurological conditions and contributes to neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson Disease. The mechanisms…
Differentiate human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) models of mitochondrial disease to a cardiomyocyte cell fate in order to facilitate preclinical treatment studies and investigation of the underlying cellular mechanisms of disease in a clinically relevant cell type
Scholar: Cameron McKnight
Despite a number of treatments showing potential benefit, there are none currently certified for clinical use when it comes to…
Massively Parallel Sequencing to understand the genetic basis of mitochondrial disorders
Scholar: Hayley Mountford
In Australia, on average, one child a week is born with a mitochondrial disorder. For many of these patients the…
Determining the genetic basis of Leigh Syndrome
Scholar: Nicole Lake
The most common childhood mitochondrial disease presentation is Leigh syndrome, which is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with an onset that…