MRFF consultations

Public consultations

You can have a say in how the Australian Government spends MRFF money.

The Australian Medical Research Advisory Board (AMRAB) consults on the strategy and priorities for the MRFF every 5 and 2 years, respectively. AMRAB then develops the next strategy and set of priorities based on this feedback.

AMRAB talks to:

• organisations with expertise in health and medical research and innovation
• consumer representatives
• clinicians
• health services managers.

We also consult the public on other relevant matters to compile consultation reports.

Open consultations

AMRAB invites you to provide feedback on the:

• draft Australian Medical Research and Innovation Strategy 2026-2031
• draft Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2026-2028.

You can have your say through our consultation hub between 17 July 2026 and 16 August 2026.

Previous consultations

Previous consultations include:

• consultation on the 2026 Indigenous Health Research Fund grant opportunity between 17 October 2025 and 28 November 2025
• consultation on the Roadmap and Implementation Plan for the Traumatic Brain Injury Mission between 8 January 2025 and 10 February 2025
• consultation on the Roadmap and Implementation Plan for the Australian Brain Cancer Mission between 8 November 2024 and 20 December 2024
• consultation on the Roadmap and Implementation Plan for the Genomics Health Futures Mission between 14 October 2024 and 8 November 2024
• AMRAB consultation on the Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2024-2026 and MRFF Act Review between 2 and 13 September 2024
• consultation on the National Health and Medical Research Council/MRFF Statement on Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation in Health and Medical Research. This consultation was open between 6 November 2023 and 15 December 2023
• consultation on the alignment and coordination of the MRFF and NHMRC’s Medical Research Endowment Account between 4 June 2023 and 14 July 2023
• consultation on the Roadmap and Implementation Plan for the Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission between 28 October 2022 and 1 December 2022
• AMRAB consultation on the Australian Medical Research and Innovation Strategy 2021-2026 and the related Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities between 20 September 2021 and 11 October 2021
• consultation on the Roadmaps and Implementation Plans for 6 MRFF research missions between 14 December 2020 and 23 April 2021
• AMRAB consultation on the 2020-2022 Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities between 9 September 2020 and 7 October 2020.

Consultation reports

Read reports related to previous consultations:

• Australian Brain Cancer Mission Roadmap and Implementation Plan Refresh National Consultation Report
• Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2024-2026 and MRFF Act Review – Consultation Report
• Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2020-2022 – Consultation Report
• Australian Medical Research and Innovation Strategy 2021-2026 and the Related Priorities – Consultation Report
• Cardiovascular Health Mission Roadmap and Implementation Plan National Consultation Report
• Consultation summary report: Improving alignment and coordination between the MRFF and NHMRC’s Medical Research Endowment Account
• Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission Roadmap and Implementation Plan National Consultation Report
• Genomics Health Futures Mission Roadmap and Implementation Plan National Consultation Report
• Health and Medical Research Early to Mid-Career Researchers Roundtable – 6 May 2021
• Health and Medical Research Early to Mid-Career Researcher Stakeholder Roundtable – 14 October 2021
• Indigenous Health Research Fund Roadmap and Implementation Plan National Consultation Report
• Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission Roadmap and Implementation Plan National Consultation Report
• MRFF Indigenous Health Research Fund 2026 grant opportunity national consultation report - 15 April 2026
• Stem Cell Therapies Mission Roadmap and Implementation Plan National Consultation Report
• Traumatic Brain Injury Mission Roadmap and Implementation Plan National Consultation Report.

Have something to say?

You can email us at any time with your feedback.