What we do

Here at Auckland Medical Research Foundation, we are dedicated to supporting medical research within New Zealand. Our key focus is to financially support medical researchers and their projects led out of the greater Auckland region, assist in furthering their international collaborations and gaining invaluable off-shore knowledge along with repatriating our kiwi medical researchers, scientists and doctors back to New Zealand. We do this through the use of project grants, fellowships, scholarships, travel grants and more, made possible by the generosity of our benefactors and donors.

Our donors supports research across the full spectrum of medical and health sciences.

Our selection standards have been uniformly high ever since 1955 thanks to the highly qualified and experienced clinicians and scientists who have donated their time to serve on our Medical Committee.

While many researchers receive government funding for their work, it is never sufficient. Without additional support from within the community, the majority of research would not progress beyond the initial investigation stage.

Currently, we are only able to fund approximately 20% of the grant applications we receive.

The relationships we build with individuals and organisations are vital to be able to grow the proportion of research we are able to fund in the future.

Please join us in our mission to provide funding to keep our very talented researchers working at home here in New Zealand and to attract those overseas to come back.

The AMRF Auditorium at The University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences was made possible through a generous benefactor in 2012.

The AMRF Medical Sciences Learning Centre was opened by Prime Minister Helen Clark in 2005, and funded by donors to celebrate the Foundation’s 50th Anniversary. The Centre has won a national architecture award and houses the medical school’s anatomy and pathology collections.

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Many medical scientists who received AMRF funding in the early parts of their careers have subsequently gone on to establish international careers and be recognised with distinguished awards in New Zealand. These include:

Prof Innes Asher

Respiratory Paediatrics

Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Prof Garth Cooper

Molecular Endocrinology

Prof John Fraser

Immunology

Prof Sir Peter Gluckman

Paediatric Medicine

Prof Jane Harding

Neonatology

Prof Kaye Ibbertson

Endocrinology

Prof Sir Graham Liggins

Paediatric Medicine

Prof Robyn North

Obstetrics

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What we do

Our donors supports research across the full spectrum of medical and health sciences.

AMRF Auditorium

AMRF Learning Centre

Many medical scientists who received AMRF funding in the early parts of their careers have subsequently gone on to establish international careers and be recognised with distinguished awards in New Zealand. These include: