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Join the new chair driving the development of the National Health and Medical Research Strategy

Join Ms Rosemary Huxtable AO PSM at 2:00pm AEDT on 5 December 2024 to learn about the National Health and Medical Research Strategy.

Share your ideas on brain cancer research in Australia

We invite you to contribute to our consultation on the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Australian Brain Cancer Mission.

$28 million for research into Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19

Applications are open for the 2024 Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 grant opportunity. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

Contribute to genomic research in Australia through our consultation and grant opportunity

Have your say on the future direction of the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Genomics Health Futures Mission. Apply for a share of $50 million under the 2024 Genomics Health Futures grant opportunity.

Funding opportunity for internationally collaborative clinical trials between Australia and the United Kingdom

A new Australia-United Kingdom (UK) grant opportunity will fund platform trials that address areas of unmet clinical need. This research will improve the lives of people with serious health conditions who have limited options for prevention, diagnosis or treatment.

$6 million for research into the causes of brain cancer and new therapies

Applications are open for the 2024 Brain Cancer Discovery and Translation grant opportunity. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)

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.
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