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The聽eight Brain and Mind Centre聽NHMRC Investigator Grant recipients have been funded a total of $10 million for research that cuts across disciplines and industry sectors to target disorders of the brain and mind. The聽recipients聽were among 38 grants awarded to researchers聽across the University of Sydney and 249 awarded nationally. represented -聽 an outsanding success rate for this fiercly competive scheme.

Reflecting a national focus on research into ageing and dementia conditions, the included increased support for dementia researchers at emerging leadership levels. We were thrilled to see some of our talented early and mid career researchers regognised for their creative and collaborative work in this area.

Brain and Mind Centre co-directors Professor Ian Hickie and Professor Matthew Kiernan congratulated the recipients, and all who applied for the round.

"The outstanding success rate in this round was testament聽to the quality of the cross-cutting research programs they have developed and the opportunities they have fostered聽for聽their research teams.聽These grants will allow researchers and their programs to聽continue adding to the depth and breadth of enquiry聽in their respective fields.

鈥淲e also commend all those who applied and were unsuccessful in this round. We are proud聽of all our researchers鈥櫬燾ontributions to聽basic聽science, clinical care and health service delivery.聽Their work reflects the聽spirit of multidisciplinary investigation."

Of the eight scientists who were funded in this round, four have been past participants in BMC support programs, which are designed to enable researchers to develop a body of work that will lead to major programs such as those enabled by the NHMRC.

Prof Sharon Naismith was awarded a 2020 Partnership Grant for her team's novel digital sleep-cognition tool with Phillips Healthcare and Drs Jacob Crouse, Jonathan Danon, Ramon Landin-Romero ahave been past recipients of Research and Development Grants under the Brain and Mind Centre's support schemes to foster early and mid-career research.

• 顿谤听Jacob Crouse聽awarded $650,740 for聽Investigating body clock dysfunction in mood disorders using wearable sensors

• 顿谤听Jonathan Danon聽was awarded $650,740 for聽Molecular innovations for imaging microglial contributions to brain disorders

• Dr Elie Matar awarded $250,000 for聽From dreams to delirium and dementia: Cognitive fluctuations as a window into novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for neurodegeneration

• 顿谤听Ramon Landin-Romero聽awarded $1.5 million for聽Bridging the clinico-pathological divide: improving neuroimaging analysis and applications in dementia

• 顿谤听Sudarshini Ramanathan聽awarded $1.5 million for聽Defining pathogenic mechanisms to improve diagnosis and treatment of antibody-associated neurological disorders

• 顿谤听Angela D'Rozario聽awarded $1.5 million for聽Investigating sleep biomarkers of cognitive impairment and improving cognitive outcomes through targeted sleep interventions in adults at risk for dementia

• 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Sharon Naismith聽awarded $2.1 million for聽Improving dementia outcomes with new targets, trials and national standards聽

• 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Olivier Piguet聽awarded $2 million for聽Maximising quality of life in frontotemporal dementia

We are honoured to work with esteemed researchers through our collaborations across the University of Sydney, with institutions and hospitals, and thrilled to congratulate the 2021 NHMRC investigators who work with our teams and contribute to brain and mind research, including 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Peter Cistulli聽awarded $2.4 million for聽A deadly duo: Defining the link between Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and聽Cardiovascular Disease.