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European Union Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)
Call for proposals: Novel imaging and brain stimulation methods and technologies related to Neurodegenerative Diseases 2020
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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: Cancer Prevention Funding Call 2019
The GACD funding call will focus on implementation research proposals for the primary and/or secondary prevention of cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) and/or in populations facing conditions of vulnerability in High-Income Countries (HICs).
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MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission - 2019 Cardiovascular Health Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund – Cardiovascular Health Mission – 2019 Cardiovascular Health Grant Opportunity will support research to drive transformative improvements in cardiovascular health and stroke for all Australians.
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MRFF - Global Health Initiative – 2019 Tackling AMR and DR-TB Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund – Global Health Initiative aims to support research that will enhance knowledge and develop tools to combat threats to national health security posed by the regional and global challenges of antimicrobial resistance and drug resistant tuberculosis through international research collaboration.
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MRFF - Million Minds Mission - 2019 Suicide Prevention Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund - Million Minds Mission - 2019 Suicide Prevention Grant Opportunity will support research into interventions that aim to reduce the rate of suicide in Australia, and will contribute to the evidence base around what works to reduce suicide in Australia.
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MRFF - PHCR Initiative - 2019 Primary Health Care Research Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund – Primary Health Care Research Initiative aims to enable or support an increase in Australia’s evidence base in primary health care through research to improve service delivery and patient outcomes, and translate this knowledge into action.
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MRFF - PPHR Initiative – 2019 Preventive and Public Health Research Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund - Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative - 2019 Preventive and Public Health Research Grant Opportunity will support research that focuses on one or more of the following priority areas:
- Maternal health and the first 2000 days
- Early childhood, and
- Exercise and nutrition.
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MRFF - PPHR Initiative – 2019 Targeted Health System & Community Organisation Research Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund - Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative - 2019 Targeted Health System and Community Organisation Research Grant Opportunity will support research that addresses the comparative effectiveness of health services and areas of health system practice with low or insubstantial evidence.
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MRFF Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative – 2019 Endometriosis Research Grant Opportunity
This Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative grant opportunity will support research that addresses gaps in knowledge attributable to endometriosis.
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MRFF Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative – 2019 Ovarian Cancer Research Grant Opportunity
This Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative grant opportunity will support research that addresses gaps in knowledge attributable to ovarian cancer.
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MRFF Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative – 2020 Bushfire Impact Research Grant Opportunity
This Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative grant opportunity will link researchers, institutions, policy makers and professional associations together to gather evidence on the physiological and mental health effects of bushfires and exposure to hazardous smoke over time.
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MRFF Indigenous Health Research Fund - 2019 Indigenous Health Research Grant Opportunity
Applications to this MRFF Indigenous Health Research Fund - 2019 Indigenous Health Research Grant Opportunity must propose a research project that drives improvement in one of the four identified key health challenges:
- Ending avoidable deafness
- Preventing chronic kidney disease
- Improving adolescent mental health
- Ending avoidable blindness
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MRFF – Clinical Trials Activity – RCRDUN Initiative – 2019 Childhood Brain Cancer Grant Opportunity
This grant aims to enhance clinical trial activity, treatments, cures, and extend and improve quality of life for young Australians living with brain cancer.
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MRFF – Clinical Trials Activity – RCRDUN Initiative – 2019 Neurological Disorders Grant Opportunity
Applications to this Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need (RCRDUN) Initiative grant opportunity must propose a clinical trial that addresses a gap in current research and/or knowledge in neurological disorders, including (but not limited to) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), spinal cord injuries (SCI) and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
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MRFF – Clinical Trials Activity – RCRDUN Initiative – 2019 Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need Grant Opportunity
Applications to this Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need (RCRDUN) Initiative grant opportunity must propose a clinical trial that addresses a gap in current research and/or knowledge in rare cancers, rare diseases and areas of unmet medical need.
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MRFF – Clinical Trials Activity – RCRDUN Initiative – 2019 Reproductive Cancers Grant Opportunity
Applications to this Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need (RCRDUN) Initiative grant opportunity must propose a clinical trial that addresses a gap in current research and/or knowledge in reproductive cancer. For the purposes of this grant opportunity, reproductive cancers in women are cancers located in the cervix, uterus, vulva, fallopian tubes, endometrium or ovaries, and in men cancers of the testicles and penis are within scope.
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MRFF – EPCDR Initiative – 2019 Mental Health Pharmacogenomics Grant Opportunity
This Medical Research Future Fund - Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative – 2019 Mental Health Pharmacogenomics Grant Opportunity will support research that addresses a gap in evidence related to the application of pharmacogenomics for neuropsychiatric conditions.
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National Network for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health researchers
NHMRC has committed to funding a National Network for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health researchers as part of responding to Road Map 3: A strategic framework for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through research.
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NHMRC-EU Collaborative Research Grant Scheme – 2020 priorities for 2020 funding
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) – European Union (EU) Collaborative Research Grant Scheme provides a contribution to Australian researchers participating in leading international collaborative research that has been favourably evaluated for funding under select European Commission Horizon 2020 topics.
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Targeted Call for Research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), often referred to as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), is a complex and debilitating condition, characterised by profound fatigue following exertion (not relieved by sleep or rest), unrefreshing sleep and cognitive impairment.
Upcoming
Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants
Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants support high-quality clinical trials and cohort studies that address important gaps in knowledge, leading to relevant and implementable findings for the benefit of human health.
Upcoming
Ideas Grants
The objective of the Ideas Grant scheme is to support innovative research projects addressing a specific question(s).
Upcoming
National Institute for Health Research Collaborative Research Grant Scheme 2020 funding - Round 2
The NHMRC-NIHR Collaborative Research Grant scheme (NHMRC-NIHR scheme) supports Australian participation and collaboration in leading international collaborative research through the United Kingdom’s NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme. The HTA Programme funds independent research about the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests.
Upcoming
Postgraduate Scholarships
The NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships scheme funds successful applicants to attain a research based postgraduate degree (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or a Research Masters Degree).
Upcoming
Synergy Grants
Synergy Grants support outstanding multidisciplinary teams of investigators to work together to answer major questions that cannot be answered by a single investigator.
Upcoming
Targeted and Urgent Calls for Research
A Targeted Call for Research (TCR) is a one-time request for grant applications to address a specific health issue where there is a significant research knowledge gap or unmet need. A TCR specifies the scope and objectives of the research to be proposed, application requirements and procedures, and the review criteria to be applied in the evaluation of applications submitted in response to the TCR.
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Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowships
The Australian Government announced as part of the 2014 Budget an additional $200 million over five years to boost Australia’s dementia research capacity.
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Boosting Dementia Research Grants
The Boosting Dementia Research Grants scheme was developed in response to the Boosting Dementia Research Initiative announced by the Australian Government as part of the 2014-2015 budget.
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Boosting Dementia Research Grants Priority Round 2
Priority Round 2 is the JPND call for multinational research projects for pathway analysis across neurodegenerative diseases.
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Boosting Dementia Research Grants Priority Round 3
In Priority round 3, NHMRC has allocated funding to support a multidisciplinary, national team to establish and maintain a National Dementia Network.
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Boosting Dementia Research Grants Scheme: Priority Round 5 – Implementing Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention Research
Modifiable lifestyle risk and protective factors for dementia offer very real opportunities for programs that seek to prevent or delay the onset of dementia and thereby decrease the incidence of dementia across generations. Even a modest reduction in incidence rates is projected to have significant impacts on society, healthcare and the economy1
1National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling: Economic Cost of Dementia in Australia 2016-2056 (2017).
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Boosting Dementia Research Grants: Priority Round 1
Priority Round 1 is about the implementation of dementia research into clinical practice and care in various settings, such as hospitals, community, aged care facilities and general practice. Applications addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health are encouraged, as are applications targeted at regional and remote community health.
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Boosting Dementia Research Grants: Priority round 4
Priority Round 4: European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects on Health and Social Care for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Boosting Dementia Research Grants: Priority round 6
NHMRC has allocated funding to support partnerships of multidisciplinary, national teams to strengthen Australia’s national dementia data assets and capabilities to deliver high quality information and analytic methods for dementia research under the Boosting Dementia Research Grants Scheme: Priority Round 6.
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Career Development Fellowships
These fellowships are highly competitive, four year fellowships that recognise and provide support for the most outstanding early to mid-career health and medical researchers in each Fellowship category.
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Centres of Research Excellence
The Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) scheme provides support for teams of researchers to pursue collaborative research and develop capacity in clinical research, health services research and public health research.
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Dementia Research Team Grants
These team grants will provide support for teams of researchers over five years to pursue collaborative research, promote effective translation of research, and develop capacity under a dementia research priority framework.
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Development Grants
The Development Grants scheme provides financial support to individual researchers and/or research teams to undertake health and medical research within Australia at the proof-of-concept stage that specifically drives towards a commercial outcome within a foreseeable timeframe.
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DFAT Stronger Systems for Health Security call for research
This funding will support research that contributes evidence to strengthen regional health security. It will promote translation of that research into health policy and practice in the region and contribute to the growth of Australian researchers’ experience of, and expertise in, health security issues.
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Early career fellowships
ECFs provide for advanced training in health and medical research either in Australia or overseas (where appropriate), to enable Fellows to work on research projects with nominated advisers. Awards are offered to a limited number of persons of outstanding ability who wish to make research a significant component of their career.
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European Union Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research 2015 Call for Proposals
NNIDR Grants Priority Round 1: European Union Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Proposals: European research projects on neurodegenerative diseases: risk and protective factors, longitudinal cohort approaches and advanced experimental models (JPco-fuND).
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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: hypertension and diabetes
GACD Request for Applications: Scaling-up evidence-based interventions at the population level for the prevention or management of hypertension and/or diabetes.
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Investigator Grants
Investigator Grants consolidate separate fellowship and research support into one grant scheme that provides the highest-performing researchers at all career stages with funding for their salary (if required) and a significant research support package.
These grants provide the investigator with flexibility to pursue important new research directions as they arise and to form collaborations as needed, rather than being restricted to the scope of a specific research project.
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Lifting Clinical Trials and Registries Capacity (LCTRC) Grant Opportunity
This competitive grant opportunity supports clinical trials that address low survival cancers and diseases, aiming to improve survival rates for Australians with a low survival cancer or other disease.
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Low survival cancers and diseases grant opportunity
This competitive grant opportunity will provide support for clinical trials that address low survival cancers and diseases. Applications to this grant opportunity must propose a single clinical trial that aims to improve survival rates for Australians with a low survival cancer or other disease.
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MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) Program
The ICTC Grant Opportunity will provide support for Australian research teams to conduct clinical trial research in collaboration with international counterparts.
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MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) Program PRC 1
The ICTC Grant Opportunity will provide support for Australian research teams to conduct clinical trial research in collaboration with international counterparts.
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MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) Program PRC 2
The ICTC Grant Opportunity will provide support for Australian research teams to conduct clinical trial research in collaboration with international counterparts.
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MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) Program PRC 3
The ICTC Grant Opportunity will provide support for Australian research teams to conduct clinical trial research in collaboration with international counterparts.
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MRFF Keeping Australians Out of Hospital Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund - Keeping Australians Out of Hospital grant opportunity will support research into evidence-based, implementable and scalable preventive health measures that aim to prevent the development of or promote better management of complex and chronic health conditions, improve quality of life for people with these conditions and keep them out of hospital.