Three young researchers, three shots at beating blood cancer: $150,000 scholarships for Australia's brightest

Ashley Whitechurch, Dr Samuel Grigg and Dr George Mason have each received an A$150,000 (about $98,000) PhD scholarship from the Leukaemia Foundation and the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand, funding three years of research from 2027 into better treatments and care for Australians with blood cancer. The scholarships, awarded since 2018, back early-career scientists at the moment their ideas are boldest. 'Funding local research is crucial,' the Foundation says, with 55 Australians newly diagnosed with blood cancer every day — these three now join the effort to change that number's ending.

SDG 3 · Good health and well-being — Mechanism: funding & finance