Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) 1st 10-year Investment Plan (2018–19 to 2027–28)

The Australian Government's $5.1 billion MRFF 1st 10-year Investment Plan outlined how we would fund medical research between 2018–19 and 2027–28.

This plan contained 20 initiatives under 4 themes:

Patients

• Clinical Trials Activity
• Emerging Priorities and Consumer-Driven Research
• Global Health

Researchers

• Frontier Health and Medical Research
• Researcher Exchange and Development Within Industry
• Clinician Researchers

Research missions

• Australian Brain Cancer Mission
• Cardiovascular Health Mission
• Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission
• Genomics Health Futures Mission
• Indigenous Health Research Fund
• Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission
• Stem Cell Therapies Mission
• Traumatic Brain Injury Mission

Research translation

• Medical Research Commercialisation
• National Critical Research Infrastructure
• Preventive and Public Health Research
• Primary Health Care Research
• Rapid Applied Research Translation
• Research Data Infrastructure

This plan has been replaced by the $6.3 billion MRFF 2nd 10-year Investment Plan.