Mito Foundation Research Equipment Grants are available to researchers who are unable to access certain pieces of equipment that are vital or would greatly advance their work.
Mito Foundation Research Equipment Grants offer two forms of funding:
Mito Foundation Research Equipment Grants
Up to $50,000 to supplement the funding provided by the laboratory or other funding sources for the purchase of the equipment.
Mito Foundation Large Research Equipment Grants
Amounts above $50,000 and up to $300,000 to supplement the funding provided by the laboratory or other funding sources for the purchase of the equipment.
Funded Research Equipment Grants
Seahorse Bioscience XF Analyser
Research Equipment Grants

$67,500 AUD
01/04/2013 → 01/04/2013
The Seahorse Bioscience XF Analyser is able to test small tissue samples, cells, or mitochondria. It can test up to…
Purchase of PBI-Shredder O2k Set
Research Equipment Grants

$12,800 AUD
17/05/2019 →
The PBI-Shredder is a device for the fast and gentle disruption of tissues for isolating intact, functional mitochondrial from even…
Seahorse Bioscience XF Analyser
Research Equipment Grants

$55,000 AUD
01/04/2013 → 01/04/2013
The Seahorse Bioscience XF Analyser is able to test small tissue samples, cells, or mitochondria. It can test up to…
MitoSciences Dipstick Reader
Research Equipment Grants

$14,089 AUD
01/05/2014 → 01/05/2014
The dipstick reader is able to read strips which contain antibodies specific to mitochondrial proteins. By doing so, it is…
Purchase of Thermo Orbitrap Q Exactive HF-X mass-spectrometer
Research Equipment Grants

$300,000 AUD
17/05/2019 →
Mitochondrial disease occurs when the mitochondria – the power plants of cells – fail to produce enough energy for cell…
Funding Round and Applications
Mito Foundation Research Equipment Grants
Quarterly Funding Rounds
January
Open: 16/12/2019
Close: 13/01/2020
July
Open: 15/06/2020
Close: 13/07/2020
April
Open: 16/03/2020
Close: 13/04/2020
October
Open: 14/09/2020
Close: 12/10/2020
Mito Foundation Large Research Equipment Grants
Funding Round
Open: 18/01/2021
Close: 19/03/2021
Application Eligibility
1. Research must be focused on primary mitochondrial disease.
2. All application information must be submitted.
For More Information and How to Apply
To apply for a Mito Foundation Research Equipment Grant, please download the application form here.
To apply for a Mito Foundation Large Research Equipment Grant, please download the application form here.
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.