NHMRC Call for Applications: MRFF – Early to Mid-Career Researchers Initiative

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care is calling for applications for the “MRFF – Early to Mid-Career Researchers Initiative”.

The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

  • Stream 1 (Incubator): conduct early stage, small scale research, led by early-career researchers, that seeks to assess the potential and feasibility of novel strategies to address a critical or intractable health issue in one or more Priority Populations.
  • Stream 2 (Accelerator): establish a large-scale interdisciplinary research program, led by mid-career researchers, that drives implementation of substantial improvements to health care and/or health system effectiveness for one or more Priority Populations.
  • Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): utilise co-funding between the MRFF, a sponsoring academic organisation and other organisation(s) to accelerate translation of research led by early to mid-career researchers.

Eligibility:

  • Applications will only be accepted from NHMRC approved Eligible Organisations. A list of NHMRC approved MRFF Eligible Organisations is available from the GrantConnect GO Documents and from the MRFF Eligible Organisations Institutions list on the NHMRC website.
  • Applications must satisfy all the requirements set out in the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Early to Mid-Career Researchers -2023 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant Guidelines

Funding details:

  • Estimated Grant Value (AUD) is from $0.00 to $5,000,000.00
  • Grant activity till February 2030.

Read more here.

Important dates

  1. Minimum data due date – June 26, 2024.
  2. Application deadline – July 24, 2024.
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