A CURE for cancer, medication for ice addicts and obesity prevention are some health investigations that will receive funding from the Australian Government.

The government will announce $630 million of funding for health projects across Australia on Monday, with cancer to receive the most funding, $121 million.

Research into cardiovascular disease will get the second highest amount of funding, $76 million, mental health the third with $49 million and diabetes the fourth with $36 million.

Health Minister Sussan Ley said more than 2000 researchers would share the money for 836 projects including obesity prevention, cancer genomics and hereditary diseases, a new medication to help treat ice addiction, new treatment for drug-resistant depression, different treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and studying the impact shift work had on pregnancies.

Among the health experts, Queensland’s Associate Professor John Miles will receive $596,000 for his work investigating how venom from irukandji and box jellyfish harms humans.

University of Queensland’s Dr Enzo Porrello will receive $419,000 for research into heart regeneration.

Professor Nicholas Lintzeris from the University of Sydney will receive $1.3 million to investigate whether a new medication could be used to help treat severe ice addiction.

University of Sydney’s Professor Louise Baur will receive $2.4 million to help reduce child obesity.

The three states will receive the biggest shares of the funding: Victoria ($269 million), NSW ($166 million) and Queensland ($92 million).

National Health and Medical Research Council chief executive officer Professor Anne Kelso said the announcement also included the second largest grant in the council’s history, worth $25 million over five years.

Prof Kelso said this project would examine ways to use advances in human genetics to improve patient care in Australia.

“The research funded today is at the forefront of our knowledge of health and disease,” she said.

Independent panels and research experts assessed applications from 12 different schemes to select the grants.

WHERE’S THE MONEY GOING?

Cancer – $122m

Cardiovascular disease – $77m

Mental health – $50m

Diabetes – $36m

Indigenous health – $35m

Dementia – $25m

Injury – $22m

Obesity – $16m

Arthritis/Osteoporosis – $13m

Asthma – $7m

WHICH STATES GET WHAT?

VIC – $270m

NSW – $166m

QLD – $92m

SA – $41m

WA – $34m

ACT – $12m

NT – $10m

TAS – $5m