NHMRC Call for Applications: MRFF – 2022 Assessment of High-Cost Gene Treatments and Digital Health Interventions Grant

The Australian National Health and Medicine Research Council (NHMRC) is calling for applications to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)2022 Assessment of High-Cost Gene Treatments and Digital Health Interventions Grant.

Objective:

To provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

  • Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research (TCR):  develop a generalisable model to support assessment and validation of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of new and emerging high upfront-cost therapeutics which includes consideration of ethical, legal, social and cultural aspects.
  • Stream 2 (TCR): conduct an implementation trial in both rural/remote and major city settings utilising the continuous remote monitoring capabilities of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators to assess their health and non-health outcomes such as patient preferences, usability and cost effectiveness and appropriateness.
  • Stream 3 (TCR): undertake a retrospective or prospective evaluation of an implementation of a digital health intervention in order to assess the relative impact of augmenting face-to-face care with data from digital tools that advances assessment methods for digital innovations.

Eligibility:

  • Applications will only be accepted from approved MRFF Eligible Organisations. 
  • Applications must satisfy all the requirements set out in the MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2022 Assessment of High-Cost Gene Treatments and Digital Health Interventions Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Funding details:

  • From $0.00 to $1,500,000.00 for a maximum duration of 4 years.

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Important dates

  1. Minimum data due January 31, 2023.
  2. Applications deadline March 1, 2023.
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