Premier Ted Baillieu today opened the call for applications for the 2012 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research.

“The Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research is a great opportunity for all Victorians to recognise the achievements of young people in the health and medical research field,” Mr Baillieu said.

“This award celebrates the vital contribution early career researchers make to Victoria.

“I encourage the state’s health and medical research postgraduates, and those in the research community, to showcase the great talent we have by putting forward nominations for the Award,” Mr Baillieu said.

Past winners of the award have worked in a range of health and medical research fields including cancer, diabetes, cochlear implants and tuberculosis.