NHMRC communicates opportunities for Australian researchers to participate in international collaborative research.
Applicants cannot apply for NHMRC funding through the schemes listed on this page.
In addition to funding international collaborative research projects through bilateral and multilateral arrangements, NHMRC communicates other opportunities for researchers to directly engage with international funders.
European Research Council
The European Research Council (ERC) is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. ERC's mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, on the basis of scientific excellence.
NHMRC and ERC signed an Implementing Arrangement in October 2018. The arrangement aims to help NHMRC-funded researchers join ERC supported research teams in Europe (for a period when possible) or work remotely during their grant and enables the exchange of ideas and experiences in cutting-edge science.
Current status
Project abstracts are now available for the ERC Implementing Arrangements call for Expression of Interest 2024. NHMRC-funded researchers can apply to work with European research teams. For a list of the latest ERC opportunities available, email international@nhmrc.gov.au or contact ERC for further details.
For further information on the implementation Arrangement, see the FAQs.
If you take up this opportunity let us know by emailing the following details to international@nhmrc.gov.au:
- ERC team you are collaborating with
- Project name
- Length of collaboration.
Excellent Paper in Neurosciences Award (EPNA) 2025
ERA-NET NEURON is inviting applications for the 2025 Excellent Paper in Neurosciences Award (EPNA), recognising outstanding research by early-career researchers. The 2 calls are EPNA Biomedical with a thematic focus on 'Mechanisms of Resilience and Vulnerability to Environmental Challenges in Mental Health', and EPNA ELSA with a thematic focus on 'Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects of Neuroscience'.
The award includes a 3,000 euro prize and an invitation to present at a neuroscience conference. Applicants must be sole first authors of peer-reviewed articles relevant to disease-related, translational neuroscience, with work conducted in a NEURON participant country.
Applications for both calls closed on 15 October 2025.
For further information please refer to NEURON’s website.
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
AMED's Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for an Innovative Research Ecosystem (ASPIRE) program is designed to foster the exchange of information and to encourage collaboration between Japan and partner countries.
ASPIRE Alignment Call
The 2024 ASPIRE Alignment call is closed.
In this call, AMED accepted research proposals in which Japan-based research teams collaborate with already-funded researchers from partner countries where the research aligns with the aims of ASPIRE.
Further information is available from the AMED website.
