Future Leader Fellowships

Applications for Heart Foundation Future Leaders Fellowships are now closed. 

Future Leader Fellowships - Level 1
Future Leadership Fellowships (Level 1) offer generous salary and project funding to cardiovascular researchers in order to facilitate high impact research outcomes, and help researchers secure additional funding from other sources to support their career and help them develop as independent researchers.

Eligibility criteria: Must be 3–6 years post-PhD, in any area of cardiovascular health research including biomedical, clinical, public health and health service delivery.

Duration: 4 years

Value: $90,000 stipend pro rata, plus $40,000 project support per annum

Future Leader Fellowships - Level 2
The Future Leader Fellowship (Level 2) supports researchers who are becoming leaders of cardiovascular research groups to develop their own research portfolio.

Eligibility criteria: Must be 7–10 years post-PhD (or equivalent), in any area of cardiovascular health research including biomedical, clinical, public health and health service delivery.

Duration: 4 years

Value: $110,000 stipend pro rata, plus $50,000 project support per annum

Download the Future Leader Fellowships fact sheet.