MRFF – Traumatic Brain Injury Mission – 2026 Traumatic Brain Injury Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – 2026 Traumatic Brain Injury Grant Opportunity will support research designed to improve the lives of all Australians who experience a traumatic brain injury.
The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:
- Stream 1 (Priority area 2.1, Targeted Call for Research): test the efficacy and complete a process evaluation of novel treatments, clinical indicators and/or interventions for moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in reducing time spent in acute care and/or improving long-term patient outcomes.
- Stream 2 (Priority area 2.3, Targeted Call for Research): conduct research to support effective national adoption and best practice use of clinical guidelines and protocols for mild traumatic brain injury, including integration of prognostic and predictive approaches, and assessing and addressing barriers to implementation and inequalities including in all of:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- people affected by family, domestic and sexual violence
- older people
- rural, regional and remote populations in geographically diverse areas
- culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
The anticipated outcome of the research is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by:
- Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): improving acute care and/or long term outcomes for moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.
- Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): improving uptake of and access to best practice care for people with mild traumatic brain injury.
This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
Further information on MRFF is available from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's MRFF website.
