Medical Research Fund

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a $20 billion long-term investment supporting Australian health and medical research. The MRFF aims to transform health and medical research and innovation to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to health system sustainability.

• Current Grant Opportunity List
• MRFF strategy and priorities

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) – Funding

As the nation’s leading expert body in health and medical research, we set ourselves high standards of integrity and scientific rigour, and see ourselves as championing the pursuit of better health outcomes for all Australians.

State Specific Funding

• NSW – Office for Health and Medical Research
• Queensland – Health Innovation, Investment and Research Office
• South Australia:
  • Health Translation SA – Funding Opportunities
  • Northern Adelaide Local Health Network Research Secretariat
• Tasmania – University of Tasmania Research Division
• Victoria – Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund

Health Research Council of New Zealand

The Health Research Council of New Zealand invests $126 million a year in research studies, projects and programmes led by New Zealand’s most experienced researchers, frontline clinicians, and those establishing their careers.

• Funding Opportunities
• Grants and Funding

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Research and Education Committee (REC) supports research and education that fosters, and helps maintain, high standards of learning and conduct, and/or creates new knowledge for the benefit of science and practice in general practice, rural general practice, and rural hospital medicine.

The Committee meets three times a year. A maximum of 15 applications will be considered at each meeting, presented on a first-come, first-served basis. Any applications received over the first 15 will be held over to the next meeting. 

For more information – see the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Research and Education Committee website.