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Webinar: Learn how we are supporting big ideas through the Frontier Health and Medical Research initiative
We invite you to join our webinar on the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Frontier Health and Medical Research initiative on 25 October 2024.
Insights into researchers supported by the Medical Research Future Fund
Learn about the diversity of researchers who have applied to, and are supported by, the Medical Research Fund (MRFF).
Panel to advise on funding for Australian brain cancer research
A new expert advisory panel will inform funding priorities for the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Australian Brain Cancer Mission.
Report on the Genomics Health Futures Mission
Read about the review of the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Genomics Health Futures Mission.
$71 million for clinical trials and research into the best multidisciplinary models of primary care
Applications are open for 2 new Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant opportunities.
$55 million for stem cell therapies, data infrastructure and research into rheumatoid arthritis
The Australian Government is investing $55.24 million in projects that will lead to new treatments and therapies for our community. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Policy on Medical Research Future Fund and NHMRC outcomes released under media embargo
Do you know what to do when a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) or National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding outcome is under media embargo?
$76 million for critical research infrastructure
Apply for funding under the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) 2024 National Critical Research Infrastructure grant opportunity from 4 October 2024.
$5.5 million investment in the health of Australian newborns
The Australian Government is investing $5.5 million into a newborn screening platform that will screen for hundreds of life-threatening genetic illnesses at birth. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Be counted as part of the Health and Medical Research Workforce Audit
Are you a health and medical researcher or do you support health and medical research activities? Have you had these roles in the past but left to work in another sector? If so, we want to hear from you.
$19 million for research using mRNA to prevent cancer and treat disease
The Australian Government is investing over $19 million into research that uses mRNA – the medical technology that underpins the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Commitment to equity on sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation
We have released a joint statement with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to help make health and medical research more inclusive.
Contribute to a new era in Australian health and medical research
We have joined with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to strengthen Australia’s world-leading research capability under a new structure. You can contribute by nominating for our new NHMRC-MRFF joint advisory committees.
$20 million to move digital health research from the lab into health care
The Australian Government is investing almost $20 million to commercialise digital health research projects that will transform health care in Australia. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
$57 million for research to transform health care using the power of AI and to fight genetic disease
The Australian Government is investing almost $30 million in research into how the healthcare system can use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve people’s lives. It is also providing $27 million for genomics research to improve the diagnosis of genetic disease and cancer. Funding is from MRFF.
Medical Research Future Fund supports new biotech company tackling hard-to-treat cancers
Thanks to funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), Ternarx will use world-leading technology to target difficult to treat cancers.
Experts to advise on traumatic brain injury research priorities
A new expert advisory panel will inform the future of Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) priorities for traumatic brain injury research.
$34 million for research to improve primary care and chronic pain treatment and to better understand long COVID
The Australian Government is investing $19.6 million for research into primary health care and nearly $14.5 million for research into the impacts of long COVID. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Have your say on our mission to improve cardiovascular health
We are seeking feedback on the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) $220 million Cardiovascular Health Mission.
Helping newborn babies to start breathing
One in ten newborns need help to start breathing at birth. Australian company ResusRight is developing a world-first portable resuscitation monitor. The Nemo monitor shows paramedics and birth attendants how much air to give the baby, helping to avoid injury or death.
Investing in today’s research for tomorrow’s health care
Read how the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) 3rd 10-year Investment Plan will support Australian research to ensure Australians receive the highest quality health care.
$10 million for research to address areas of unmet health need using existing data infrastructure in new ways
Apply for funding under the 2024 Research Data Infrastructure grant opportunity from 15 July 2024. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Helping the Northern Rivers community to heal after the 2022 floods
The Australian Government is providing $3.8 million to help over 200 people left with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after the floods. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Transforming health and medical research in Australia
The Australian Government is investing $1.89 billion, and will develop a national strategy, to transform health and medical research in Australia.
Explore Medical Research Future Fund funding rates and upcoming grant opportunities
Information about Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) funding rates and grant opportunities forecast to open from April 2024 is now available.
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