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Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant opportunities to the value of $29.6 million are now available.

You can now read about Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant opportunities forecast to open from July 2023.

The Australian Government has appointed 4 expert advisory panels (EAPs) to inform Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) investments in priority areas.

COVID-19 can be fatal for patients with heart disease. Even patients without heart disease can suffer damage to their heart. Bioengineer Professor James Hudson has found a drug which could protect our hearts from this damage.

The Australian Government is investing $73 million for medical research facilities to support better cancer treatments, new vaccines, depression treatment and research into gut health. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

Under the first stage of the 60-day dispensing policy, eligible Australians living with chronic health conditions will have access to 92 cheaper Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines.

Read about Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) funding between 2020 and 2022.

The Ngayubah Gadan Consensus Statement is a unified call from rural and remote health stakeholders to support, fund and enable Rural and Remote Multidisciplinary Health Teams to deliver high quality care to the communities they serve. 

We invite you to join our ‘lunch and learn’ webinar to find out more information about a fulfilling career in mental health.

The Australian Government has announced a $50 million research initiative to drive innovation in primary care. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

We are seeking feedback on Australia's first National Health and Climate Strategy. Learn more about the strategy and how you can have your say.

The MRFF’s Early to Mid-Career Researchers initiative helps emerging health and medical research leaders team up to solve difficult health problems or improve health care. Project leaders explain their ground-breaking research.

We are seeking feedback from health professionals, researchers, community organisations and people living with or affected by hepatitis B or hepatitis C.

Consultation on the alignment and coordination of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and the Medical Research Endowment Account (MREA) is now open.

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Common Operating Picture (COP) has been discontinued.

The Australian Government will invest $50 million in the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Childhood Mental Health Research Plan. This investment will respond to the decline of mental health, and the rise of self-harm and eating disorders, in children.

Influenza (also known as 'flu') is a highly contagious illness caused by the influenza virus. There are simple things you can do to protect yourself and your mob from flu.

Heart Week is Australia’s national heart health awareness week held in the first week of May each year.

Reconciliation is about strengthening relationships between First Nations and non-First Nations peoples, for the benefit of all Australians. First Nations health and medical research experts tell us what we have achieved and what more we can do to improve the health of their peoples.

ATAGI has made recommendations on the use of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines as a primary course.

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Chairs Committee will advise on HTA investments under the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

Professor Yvette Roe leads a collaborative partnership that is transforming maternity care to promote the best start in life for First Nations children. The partnership is translating the successful Indigenous Birthing in an Urban Setting study into rural, remote and very remote settings.

With the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup just weeks away, what better way to celebrate and embrace women and girls in the game than during Female Football Week?

The Financial assistance to support the Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2020–2022 report is now available.

To better support the nursing workforce, we are developing Australia’s first National Nursing Workforce Strategy. We are doing this through a partnership with Victoria and in collaboration with all Australian Governments.