CSL Limited Annual Report 2022/23 59 CSL’s support of the Australian medical research ecosystem spans long term and committed sponsorships of programs and initiatives that help foster the next generation of medical researchers through to advancing knowledge in medical and scientific communities. The CSL Centenary Fellowships are high-value, long-term, competitively selected grants available to outstanding midcareer scientists seeking to undertake discovery and translational medical research in Australia. Dr Samuel Forster of Hudson Medical Research Institute was awarded a 2023 CSL Centenary Fellowship for his pioneering work investigating the causes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and treatment design. Dr Forster may have taken a different career path into IT had it not been for a fortuitous placement with CSIRO’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), which he undertook when he was completing his undergraduate degrees in Information Systems and Science at Melbourne University. UROP was an opportunity for Dr Forster to experience medical research and meet world-leading scientists working to gain knowledge, solve problems and find better ways to treat disease. UROP serves as an entry point to research for those who may never have considered research as a career. Through my UROP placement, I became aware of the opportunities a research career presented. Dr Samuel Forster, Hudson Institute of Medical Research and CSL Centenary Fellow CSL has been the major sponsor of UROP since its establishment over ten years ago which facilitates research placements for undergraduate students across research organisations, industry and universities in Victoria. CSL is proud to support budding scientists at critical decision-making points in their academic careers as well as those who are pioneering their fields of scientific discovery. CSL’s support of the Australian medical research ecosystem
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