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Grant awards announced

It is 10 years since the Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) started awarding research grants.
The Chair of AIFA, Dr Melanie Wong, announced the recipients of the AIFA grants for 2024 in Adelaide on 5 September 2024.
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AIFA News
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May 2025
It is a pleasure to announce that the Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australia (AIFA) 2025 grant round is open. Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are invited from ASCIA members for AIFA grants that support clinically important research into allergy and other immune diseases. EOIs are due by midnight on 30th May 2024 and the application form is on the AIFA website... -
December 2024
Thank you and best wishes for the Festive Season: Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) grants provide early career researchers and their teams with seed funding to progress clinical research. This can lead to further funding and a significant impact on allergy and immunology research. AIFA has awarded grants to 40 allergy and immunology research projects since 2014, which are... -
Grant recipients for 2024
25 September 2024: It is 10 years since the Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) started awarding research grants. AIFA has awarded over $790,000 in grants to support 40 research projects. The Chair of AIFA, Dr Melanie Wong, announced the recipients of the AIFA grants for 2024 at the ASCIA Conference Gala Dinner in Adelaide on 5 September 2024. AIFA Professor Ann Kupa Food Allergy...
Featured Story

Food allergy and Sarah
Doctors diagnosed Sarah’s peanut allergy when she was still an infant and her mum, Antoinette, says it was a frightening and life-altering discovery. “People need to realise that consuming food that you are allergic to could potentially lead to anaphylaxis. It is absolutely terrifying.”
Sarah has been part of a research trial that may help her tolerate peanuts.
Every project endeavours to meet the challenge to improve the health of people living with allergy and immune diseases.
ASCIA acknowledges Piers Haskard for the use of his photography on this website.