Gene and Cell Therapy

The Gene and Cell Therapy Grants aim to position NSW as a global leader, supporting projects to:

• Reduce the time between gathering evidence of effective treatments to delivering those treatments at scale
• Deliver innovative therapies rapidly, efficiently and effectively
• Engage commercial and industry partners early to rapidly scale up therapies found to be effective
• Build workforce and infrastructure capacity and capability in NSW for research and development.

Gene and Cell Therapy PhD Program

The NSW Gene and Cell Therapy PhD Program awards funding for candidates to conduct research in gene and cell therapy development and manufacture under academic supervision. The objectives of the Program are to:

• Attract high quality PhD students that strengthen successful gene and cell therapy research programs
• Build workforce skills in the development and manufacture of gene and cell therapies in NSW
• Create new opportunities for PhD students to study the development and manufacture of advanced therapeutics
• Improve graduate understanding of the diversity of employment opportunities in the NSW advanced therapeutics sector
• Improve graduate understanding of the commercialisation pathway for these therapies to support closer engagement with industry.