MRFF – Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative – 2023 Models of Care for Sexuality & Gender Diverse People & People with Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics Grant Opportunity

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) 2023 Models of Care for Sexuality & Gender Diverse People & People with Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics Grant Opportunity will provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

  • Stream 1: develop, implement and/or evaluate the effectiveness of multidisciplinary, patient-centred and sustainable models of care for sexuality diverse people, through co-design with consumers and/or community-controlled providers
  • Stream 2: develop, implement and/or evaluate the effectiveness of multidisciplinary, patient-centred and sustainable models of care for sexuality and/or gender diverse people experiencing intersectional disadvantage, through co-design with consumers and/or community-controlled providers
  • Stream 3: through a competitively selected national consortium, conduct research to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of multidisciplinary, patient-centred models of physical and mental health care for transgender and gender diverse children, adolescents and young adults including those with intersectional disadvantages, through co-design with consumers
  • Stream 4: through a competitively selected national consortium, conduct research to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of multidisciplinary, patient-centred models of physical and mental health care for people with innate variations of sex characteristics, including those with intersectional disadvantages, through co-design with consumers.

The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by:

  • Stream 1: improving the physical and mental health of sexuality diverse people including those who live in regional, remote and rural areas
  • Stream 2: improving the physical and mental health of sexuality and/or gender diverse people experiencing intersectional disadvantage
  • Stream 3: improving the physical and mental health of transgender and gender diverse children, adolescents and young adults
  • Stream 4: improving the physical and mental health of people born with innate variations of sex characteristics.

This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

Further information on MRFF is available from Department of Health and Aged Care – MRFF.

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