Researchers Grants in Australia

This grant program supports researchers pursuing innovative 'moonshot' projects to develop new products and interventions for currently serious and incurable health conditions. Funding supports medical research programs with a 10-year time horizon that develop novel health technologies or repurpose existing technologies in novel ways, with the goal of achieving full clinical implementation.

This grant funds cancer research focused on early-onset cancers, aiming to enhance understanding and develop novel clinical approaches for earlier diagnosis and innovative models of care. The initiative supports programs that leverage multidisciplinary collaborative activities and link to research infrastructure initiatives to inform policy and large-scale research on early-onset cancer causes, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management and survivorship.

Supports Australian participation in leading international collaborative research under Horizon Europe, the European Union's key funding program for research and innovation. NHMRC selects topics that align with health priorities and supports collaborative approaches to health and medical research internationally across multiple research areas including disease prevention, advanced therapies, and medical device innovation.

A scheme that supports academic researchers in establishing careers in industry and industry-based researchers working in university settings. Provides salary contribution for up to 5 years and project costs to foster two-way mobility and skill-building in research collaboration, translation and commercialisation.

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. Partnership Projects answer a specific research question to influence health and well-being through changes in the delivery, organisation, funding and access to health services.

The Partnership Project 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 findings and implement them into policy and practice. Partnership Projects answer specific research questions to influence health and wellbeing through changes in the delivery, organisation, funding and access to health services.

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. Partnership Projects answer a specific research question to influence health and well-being through changes in the delivery, organisation, funding and access to health services.

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. Partnership Projects answer a specific research question to influence health and well-being through changes in the delivery, organisation, funding and access to health services.

Provides funding for taxonomy and systematics research, training, and recruitment of taxonomists in Australia. Supports projects researching the taxonomy of Australian biota aligned with three priority areas: Biodiversity and Conservation, Public and Environmental Health, and Building Taxonomic Capacity. Seven grant streams available with funding up to $375,000 depending on the stream and career stage.

A scheme that supports academic researchers in establishing careers in industry and industry-based researchers working in university settings. Provides salary contribution for up to 4 years and project costs to strengthen industry collaboration skills, develop research with HDR students and early-career researchers, and deliver actionable outcomes for industry partners.

The Ideas Grant scheme supports innovative research projects addressing specific questions in health and medical research. It funds researchers at all career stages across any area of health and medical research from discovery to implementation, with funding duration of 1 to 5 years.

This Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant supports medical research and medical innovation projects across three streams: early-stage research led by early career researchers (Incubator), large-scale interdisciplinary programs led by mid-career researchers (Accelerator), and co-funded translation research (Targeted Call). The grants aim to improve health and wellbeing of Australians by supporting innovative solutions and translating research into practice for Priority Populations.