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For a suitable application the Grant Sub-Committee suggests the following:
- The primary applicant should be a Fellow, Educational Affiliate or Student Member of the RANZCR.
- When the primary applicant is a student member of the RANZCR, a Fellow of the RANZCR should also be listed as accepting some responsibility for supervising the primary applicant.
- Applications should be submitted in the required format. In preparing an application, the primary applicant is encouraged to obtain information and guidance from other researchers in their particular institution and often in another specialty who have experience in preparing applications for other research bodies such as the NH&MRC.
- The primary applicant should ask their local supervisor to review the application and in particular, the local member of the Education Board should not sign the application if he/she believes its preparation is inadequate.
- It is important that the application should provide adequate information under all headings but of particular importance to the assessors is "Methods", "Results" and "Budget".
- The Radiology Research Committee of the RANZCR believe that the prime purpose of the RANZCR Research Grants is to provide research experience for Fellows, Educational Affiliates and Student Members of the RANZCR. Therefore it is important for the primary applicant to identify the fact that he/she will have significant input into the actual project rather than simply relying on a non-member of the RANZCR to in fact do most of the "work".
- Although the primary applicant should be a Fellow, Educational Affiliate or Student Member of the RANZCR, such applicants are encouraged to undertake collaborative studies with other specialties as it is difficult for a "stand alone" project to be developed. A good example is the extensive collaboration that members of the Department of Radiology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital have with the Department of Neurology in the same institution.
- On completion of a project supported by the RANZCR Research Fund, the primary applicant is required to submit a manuscript within six months for consideration for publication in Australasian Radiology. If the primary applicant and his/her collaborators believe that it would be more appropriate for the manuscript to be submitted to another journal for publication, a request should be made to the Editor-in-Chief of Australasian Radiology who, after discussion with the appropriate Associate Editor, may agree with this proposal but again the manuscript should be submitted for publication within six months of completion of the project.
- From 2006, applications will only be considered if they are in the correct format as in the past, a number of applications have been unsuccessful because of inadequate preparation including limited detail of "Methods" and "Results" and in particular, justification of the budget. From 2006, unsuccessful applicants will be given constructive feedback by a member of the Grant Sub-Committee and a report will be provided to the Radiology Research Committee of the RANZCR.
Research Grant application guidelines
The following projects were funded for 2009/2010:
Congratulations to all the recipients.
Radiation Oncology
Hospira Withers & Peters Prize
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr Matthew Foote |
Open-label, uncontrolled, phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of single-agent panitumumab in patients with incurable cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma |
$25,000 |
| Dr Andrew Fong |
A comparison of breast cancer treatment rates in British Columbia, Scotland, New Zealand and Western Australia, and a comparison with models of “optimal” therapy |
$25,000 |
Oncura Bourne & Langlands Prize
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr Louis Lao |
Nasopharyngeal Cancer in New Zealand: Is there a difference between Asian and Maori/Pacific patients? A volumetric analysis |
$1,500 |
Radiology
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr Pramit Phal |
A comparison of pre-operative imaging (high resolution ultrasound and 3.0T MRI) with histological tumour thickness in surgically resected specimens of anterior tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) |
$35,000 |
The following projects were funded for 2008/2009:
Congratulations to all the recipients.
Radiation Oncology
No RANZCR Research Grants for Radiation Oncology were awarded in 2008/2009.
Radiology
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr Damien Stella |
Correlation of Radiological and Histological Characteristics in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
$17,978 |
| Dr Eddie Lau |
Pilot Study of use of fused FET PET/MRI images for radiotherapy treatment planning for high grade glioma |
$12,000 |
GE Prize
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr Siew Min Gan |
Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy |
$12,000 |
The following projects were funded for 2007/2008:
Congratulations to all the recipients.
Radiation Oncology
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr Maria Pearse |
A phase III multi-centre randomized trial comparing adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) with early salvage RT at biochemical recurrence in patients with positive margins and/or stage pT3 disease following radical prostatectomy (RP) |
$5,000 |
| Dr Angela Hong |
The in vitro effect of human papillomavirus on the radiosesitivity of oropharyngeal cancer cells |
$15,000 |
Radiology
No RANZCR Research Grants for Radiology were awarded in 2007/2008.
The following projects were funded for 2006/2007:
Congratulations to all the recipients.
Radiation Oncology
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr Amy Hayden |
Molecular basis of radiation response of human melanoma |
up to $10,000 |
| A/Prof Kailash Narayan |
A prospective study to determine the relationship between survival and FIGO stage, tumour volume and corpus invasion in cervical cancer. TROG Study 0402 |
$10,000 |
Radiology
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr Jenny Hoang |
Are there mammographic predictors which discriminate between atypical ductal hyperplasia and ductal carcinoma in situ? |
$5,000 |
| Dr John Roebuck |
Evaluation of intravascular ultrasound in children with arterial disease |
$5,000 |
| Dr Andrew Holden |
Evaluation of clinical utility of high relaxivity liver specific contrast media in liver magnetic resonance imaging |
$10,000 |
| Prof Alex Pitman |
Reducing perceptual errors in diagnostic imaging: improving risk management & training |
$3,000 |
GE Prize
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Prof Alex Pitman |
Reducing perceptual errors in diagnostic imaging: improving risk management & training |
$12,000 |
Schering Anniversary Research Prize
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr David Wong |
The use of combined superpragmagnetic iron oxide (Resovist) enhanced MRI and FDG PET in the evaluation of indeterminate focal liver lesions |
$15,000 |
The following projects were funded for 2005/2006.
Congratulations to all the recipients.
Radiation Oncology
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Dr Sandro Porceddu |
Post-operative concurrent
chemo-radiotherapy versus post-operative radiotherapy in high-risk
cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (CSCC): TROG
05.01 |
$7,500 |
Radiology
| Name |
Project |
Amount |
| Andrew Wirth |
Irradiation for MALT lymphoma:
a prospective study |
$5 700 |
| Michelle Grogan |
A Phase II/III study to evaluate
the impact of maintaining haemoglobin levels about 120G/L in anaemic
patients with carcinoma of the cervix receiving concurrent cisplatin
and radiation therapy |
up to $10 000 |
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Consultation on RANZCR Standards of Practice for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists is undertaking a regular comprehensive review of its Standards of Practice for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Version 9.1.
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Conjoint Committee for the Recognition of Training in Peripheral Endovascular Therapy
Radiologists are reminded that the application process under grandfathering arrangements of the Conjoint Committee for the Recognition of Training in Peripheral Endovascular Therapy concludes on 31 May 2010.
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RANZCR announces new CTCA website
The Conjoint Committee for the Recognition of Training in CT Coronary Angiography is pleased to announce it has a new website.
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