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Introduction
A Project Grant is a funding agreement with an eligible Australian institution to enable an individual researcher or a group of researchers to undertake a scientific investigation.
The Project Grant Scheme is the NHMRC's main avenue of support for individuals and small teams of researchers undertaking biomedical, clinical, public health or health services research in Australian universities, medical schools, hospitals or other research institutions.
While a Project Grant specifies financial support for individual researchers working on a specified topic, the institution is responsible for administration of the award and accepts responsibility for the financial management of the grant. The institution is also responsible for providing basic infrastructure support to those involved in the research project.
A further research question may arise as a result of the successful completion of a Project Grant. This will require a new application for an NHMRC Project Grant and that application will be peer reviewed and considered with all other applications submitted in that application year. On average 25% of applicants each year are successful in obtaining a grant through this scheme.
Advertisements inviting applications for Project Grant support are provided by electronic notification to Australian research institutions in December each year.
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Project Grant types
The types of Project Grants available are described below.
Standard Project Grants
The Project Grant scheme aims to fund research leading to improved health of all Australians.
To achieve this aim the scheme provides support for projects with the following attributes:
- investigator initiated research across all fields of research, from basic research through to research in clinical and community settings, relevant to health; and
- single investigators or small teams of researchers (usually up to 6 investigators) and early career researchers (new investigators).
In 2010, the scheme will also identify and support research in the following areas:
- NHMRC Priority area of Indigenous Health;
- NHMRC Strategic Plan Initiatives to build Australian research effort in areas identified in the current NHMRC Strategic Plan; and
- NHMRC Special Initiative Areas where NHMRC has secured additional funding for particular health and medical research, and where Research Committee has advised its relevance to the goals of NHMRC.
. Further details can be found in the NHMRC Project Grants Funding Policy for funding commencing in 2011.
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New Investigator Grants
NHMRC seeks to provide support each year to researchers who have previously not been funded by NHMRC. For eligibility criteria for New Investigator Project Grants please refer to section 5.1 of the NHMRC Project Grants Funding Policy for funding commencing in 2011.
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Cancer Council funding
All applications for funding by a Cancer Council are to be submitted and reviewed through the Project Grant funding scheme.
» See more information on Cancer Council
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Heart Foundation
All applications for funding by the Heart Foundation are to be submitted and reviewed through the Project Grant funding scheme.
» See more information on the Heart Foundation
Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative
The Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative (VNI) is a health research fund which aims to improve the outcomes of individuals affected by neurotrauma and establish the Victorian research sector as a global leader in neurotrauma research and development.
Applications for funding by the VNI can be submitted and reviewed through the Project Grant funding scheme.
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Cancer Australia – Priority driven Collaborative Cancer Research Grants
All applications for funding by Cancer Australia are to be submitted and reviewed through the Project Grant funding scheme.
Introduction
The Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme is an annual national research project grant scheme which funds cancer research in identified priority areas to help reduce the impact of cancer in the community and improve outcomes for people affected by cancer.
Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research grants will support Australian researchers to work collaboratively to generate evidence, increase knowledge, and improve the translation of research into policy and practice in identified priority areas.
2010 Round of the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme
This program is an initiative of Cancer Australia and involves the following funding partners:
- beyondblue: the national depression initiative,
- Cancer Council New South Wales,
- Cancer Council Tasmania,
- CanTeen,
- Cure Cancer Australia Foundation,
- Leukaemia Foundation,
- National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers,
- Meat & Livestock Australia,
- the National Breast Cancer Foundation,
- National Lung Cancer Program,
- and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
The NHMRC is facilitating the registration and assessment of grant applications, and will co-badge and endorse grants funded through the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme.
Applications are now invited for Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Grants to commence in 2011. Researchers working in Australia are eligible to apply.
Several types of project grants are offered to support the conduct of cancer research in Australia. These are:
- Project grants of up to three years duration, with funding available up to $600,000 (GST-exclusive), with a maximum in any one year of $200,000 (GST-exclusive) will be offered (alone or jointly) by Cancer Australia, beyondblue, Cancer Council New South Wales, Leukaemia Foundation, National Breast Cancer Foundation, National Lung Cancer Program, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia. All project grant applications ranging from 1 to 3 years within a budget ranging from $10,000 to $200,000 per annum will be considered by Cancer Australia and these funding partners;
- Project grants of up to three years duration, with funding available up to $200,000 (GST-exclusive), with a maximum in any one year of $66,666 (GST-exclusive) will be offered by Meat and Livestock Australia;
- Project grants of up to two years duration, with funding available up to $200,000 (GST-exclusive) per annum (total: $400,000 GST-exclusive) will be offered by the National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers;
- Project grants of up to five years duration, with funding available up to $750,000 (GST exclusive), with a maximum in any one year of $150,000 (GST-exclusive) will be offered by the partnership of beyondblue and CanTeen, to undertake longitudinal research with: young people (aged 12-24 years) with cancer; their siblings; and their parents/ primary carers, exploring psychosocial needs, psychological distress (depression /anxiety) and coping, across the cancer journey;
- Project grants of one year, with funding available up to $50,000 (GST-exclusive) will be offered by Cancer Council Tasmania. All project grant applications within a budget ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 will be considered.
- Project grants of one year duration up to $90,000 (GST-exclusive) will be offered by the Cure Cancer Australia Foundation to support post-doctoral researchers with less than seven years post-doctoral experience or less than seven years after graduation from medical school undertaking a one year research project into malignant disease. Cure Cancer Australia Foundation wishes to fund innovative, high-achieving, early-career researchers, and will be assessing the Track Record and Publications of the Chief Investigator submitted as part of the NHMRC application process to determine priority for these grants. This funding category cannot be used to provide a salary or other support for a young investigator as part of a larger PdCCRS project grant application.
Grant applications must relate to the research priority areas identified by Cancer Australia and/ or its funding partners. The research priority areas for 2010 Round of the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme can be found on the Cancer Australia website.
For further information, including the Guide for Applying for Grants from the
Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme and the Additional Questions Forms, visit www.canceraustralia.gov.au.
Contact:
- Dr Paul Jackson,
Program Manager, Research,
Cancer Australia: 02 6217 9810
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