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Grant Award View - GA79778

COVID-19 Strategic Planning and Delivery of Testing

Contact Details

Department of Health

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GA ID:
GA79778
Agency:
Department of Health and Aged Care
Approval Date:
30-Apr-2020
Publish Date:
26-May-2020
Category:
Health and Medical Research
Grant Term:
1-May-2020 to 30-Apr-2021
Value (AUD):
$2,699,278.00 (GST inclusive where applicable)

One-off/Ad hoc:
Yes
Aggregate Grant Award:
No

PBS Program Name:
DoHAC 19/20 1.1 Health Policy Research and Analysis
Grant Program:
2020_MRFF_COVID-19_Diagnostics
Grant Activity:
COVID-19 Strategic Planning and Delivery of Testing
Purpose:
This project consists of four key sub-projects that tackle the evolving pandemic, increase testing capability and control transmission of COVID-19. 1. 'One-step' nucleic acid detection that saves on critical lab consumables and is rapid. 2. Post-market evaluation of TGA approved diagnostic tests before to ensure the quality, accuracy and sensitivity. 3. Development of new testing protocols to enable more individuals to be tested. 4. Testing and validation of serological POCT and assays.

Internal Reference ID:
MRF2002317

Confidentiality - Contract:
Yes
Confidentiality Reason(s) - Contract:
Privacy Act 1988
Intellectual property
Confidentiality - Outputs:
Yes
Confidentiality Reason(s) - Outputs:
Intellectual property

Grant Recipient Details

Recipient Name:
University of Melbourne
Recipient ABN:
84 002 705 224

Grant Recipient Location

Suburb:
Parkville
Town/City:
Parkville
Postcode:
3052
State/Territory:
VIC
Country:
AUSTRALIA

Grant Delivery Location

State/Territory:
VIC
Postcode:
Country:
AUSTRALIA

Contact Details

Department of Health

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