Mito Foundation Research Equipment Grants are available to researchers investigating primary mitochondrial disease (mito) who are unable to access certain pieces of equipment that are vital or would greatly advance their work into mito.

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.

Funding Round, Applications and Report Templates

Mito Foundation Research Equipment Grants

Quarterly Funding Rounds

January
Close: January 20 2023

July
Close: TBD

March
Close: 17 March 2023

October
Close: TBD

Mito Foundation Large Research Equipment Grants

The Mito Foundation Large Research Equipment Grant will not be offered in 2023. If applicable, please submit an application for a Mito Foundation Research Equipment Grant.

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, 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 Research Equipment Grants

Purchase of Thermo Orbitrap Q Exactive HF-X mass-spectrometer

$300,000 AUD

17/05/2019 →

Mitochondrial disease occurs when the mitochondria – the power plants of cells – fail to produce enough energy for cell…

Seahorse Bioscience XF Analyser

$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…

Purchase of PBI-Shredder O2k Set

$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…

MitoSciences Dipstick Reader

$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…

Seahorse Bioscience XF Analyser

$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…