"The CRC has been successful in its bid for a further round of funding worth $54M over 7 years. The new grant period will start in July of this year. The results of the 9th CRC Selection Round were announced by Dr Brendan Nelson shortly before Christmas. The CRC for Asthma and Airways (CRCAA) was one of 14 successful bids out of an initial 85.

The partners involved in the new CRCAA — the Garvan Institute, Woolcock Institute, Universities of Sydney, Monash, WA, and Newcastle, WA Departments of Environment and of Health, GlaxoSmithKline, Pharmaxis, NSW Health and Bird Healthcare — celebrated the good news with functions in Sydney, Perth, Newcastle and Melbourne.

The CRCAA will contribute significantly to commercial, industrial, economic and health outcomes in Australia and globally by addressing asthma and other airway diseases." (April CRC for Asthma Newsletter - http://www.aari.uwa.edu.au/__data/page/28984/April_05_CRC_newsletter_.pdf)