$53.6 million for research into women’s health, chronic pain and alcohol use

Applications are open for three new Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant opportunities.

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The 2024 Infertility, Pregnancy Loss and Menopause grant opportunity will provide up to $25 million for research into:

  • the impacts of fertility treatment
  • new predictive markers of pregnancy loss
  • the impacts of perimenopause and menopause.

The 2024 Novel Treatments and Management Strategies for Chronic Pain grant opportunity will provide up to $8.6 million for projects that help people living with chronic pain. This includes people who have:

  • chronic pain as a result of injury
  • chronic pelvic pain, chronic pain due to endometriosis or other chronic pain experienced by women
  • other types of chronic pain.

The 2024 Alcohol and Other Drugs grant opportunity will provide up to $20 million for research into:

  • the impact of alcohol on physical and mental health for First Nations individuals and communities, adolescents and young adults
  • the impact of alcohol use and polysubstance use on First Nations individuals and communities, adolescents and young adults
  • patient-centred approaches for the treatment of substance use disorders for First Nations individuals and communities, adolescents, young adults and women
  • the treatment of substance use disorders
  • pain management for individuals with a substance use disorder.

Funding for these grant opportunities is from the MRFF’s Emerging Priorities and Consumer-Driven Research initiative.

Visit GrantConnect and the MRFF calendar for information on all MRFF grant opportunities.

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