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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) will lead a review and update of the guiding principles for medication management in residential aged care facilities and in the community to support the safe and quality use of medicines.

The Australian Government is providing $3.2 million for the fourth and final round of the $45 million BioMed Tech Horizons program. This program has been successful in bringing cutting edge medical devices to market.

The Australian Government is providing $2.6 million for the latest information technology to improve the lives of people who have survived brain cancer.

The Australian Government has announced a $15 million competitive grant round to kick start clinical trials exploring the use of combination therapies to treat mental illnesses.

A new Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant opportunity is supporting Australian researchers to lead, and participate in, international collaborative clinical trials.

The Australian Government is investing $100 million into the development of new technologies to improve the diagnosis and treatment of stroke, epilepsy and lung disease, including COVID-19.

You can provide comments through public webinars that will be held between 16 February 2021 and 30 March 2021.

The Australian Government is providing $7 million through the Medical Research Future Fund for research into neurofibromatosis.

The Medical Research Futures Fund will fund two new research centres to address diabetes and heart disease.

The Australian Government is providing $10.1 million under the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for clinical trials related to COVID-19.

The Australian Government has announced an additional $172.5 million to supplement the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) in 2021-22.

Consultation on the Roadmaps and Implementation Plans for six Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Research Missions is now open.

A report on the medical research commercialisation landscape in Australia is now available.

The Rapid Applied Research Translation (RART) initiative invests in projects that encourage researchers and health service providers to work together. Read about the evaluation into this initiative.

The Australian Government has announced grant opportunities worth almost $311 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

The Australian Government is providing more than $4 million for research into COVID-19 and our response to the pandemic.

We have published a framework for assessing the performance of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

The Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2020-2022 are the third set of priorities for the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). The priorities came into effect on 6 November 2020.

The Australian Government is providing $9 million to support research into the causes, biology and progression of cancer among children and young adults.

The Australian Government is providing $25 million through the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research to improve the safe use of medicines and medicines intervention by pharmacists.

The Australian Medical Research Advisory Board is seeking comments through public webinars on 29 September 2020 and 7 October 2020.

The Australian Government is providing almost $6 million for the research and development of 3 Australian COVID-19 vaccines.

The Australian Medical Research Advisory Board is seeking comments through online submissions and public webinars.

The Australian Government is funding 13 biomedical projects to find breakthrough treatments, diagnostics and ultimately, a vaccine in the fight against COVID-19.

The Australian Government is providing $103.4 million through the Medical Research Future Fund for research into women’s health, primary health care, clinical trials and other vital research. This includes $86.5 million in new grant opportunities.