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Open for Applications: Cancer Australia Research Initiative (CARI) Targeted Call for Research (TCR): Early-Onset Cancer 2025

Grant outcomes for the 2025 NHMRC grant application round will be provided incrementally throughout the year. The outcome datasets may include a small number of schemes for which applications closed in the previous year.

'At its core, research is about people and when people get involved, we move faster towards breakthroughs, driving better health outcomes for everyone.'

'This isn’t just about good intentions, it’s a chance to change how we do things together. Because if we want research that changes lives, it has to be grounded in real life and lived experience.'

'NHMRC believes consumer and community involvement is essential for high quality research, and we know that research where the consumers and the community are involved right from the beginning is better research and has better outcomes and more impact.'

The Guunu-maana (Heal) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program at The George Institute for Global Health drives meaningful, ethical research and advocacy to transform the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples and communities. Recipient of the 2025 NHMRC Research Quality Biennial Award, Guunu-maana is committed to research quality, being led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing to generate evidence that privileges Indigenous knowledges and research quality within the field.

NHMRC Approval

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) – Horizon Europe Grant Scheme supports Australian participation in leading international collaborative research under Horizon Europe, which is the European Union's (EU) key funding program for research and innovation. Horizon Europe facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation while tackling global challenges. It supports the creation and better dispersion of excellent knowledge and technologies.

'Involving consumers in research provides insights that can help plot the path towards a cure. Tailoring their role to fit specific projects helps research remain relevant and focused on achieving the best outcomes.'

MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative - 2025 Incorporating Patient Data in Health Technology Assessment Decision Making Grant Opportunity

MRFF – Global Health Initiative – 2025 Mental Health and Climate Change Grant Opportunity

MRFF – Early to Mid-Career Researchers Initiative – 2025 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant Opportunity

The fourteenth meeting of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee (Expert Committee) was held in April 2025 by videoconference.

Members of NHMRC’s Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee (the Expert Committee) have been appointed to support the review of evidence and update of the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines.

The fifteenth meeting of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee (Expert Committee) was held in June 2025 by videoconference.

NHMRC funds research through institutions that it has approved to administer NHMRC grants.

The institutions listed below have been approved as Administering Institutions (AIs). This list is current as of 24 July 2025.

The Animal Welfare Committee advises us about the care and use of animals for scientific purposes, in particular, for biomedical research.

This funding scheme provides funding and support to create new opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to define research questions, undertake research, interpret the findings and implement the findings into policy and practice.