The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative aims to enable or support research into new ways to address preventive and public health issues in Australia.

The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

• Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): develop, optimise and/or implement diagnostic approaches that enable early detection and/or improved diagnostic accuracy for chronic respiratory conditions
• Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct small-scale developmental projects that investigate the pathophysiological mechanisms and pathways of disease for patients with multiple chronic respiratory conditions who are at risk of poor outcomes
• Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): implement effective evidence-based interventions for management (including self-management) and/or treatment for chronic respiratory conditions in Priority Populations.

Applicants to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the three Streams of research. An application may only be submitted to one of the above three Streams. Applicants must specify the Stream to which they are applying in their application.

Total Amount Available (AUD): $22,253,000.00

Estimated Grant Value (AUD): Up to $2,500,000.00

Eligibility:

Applications will only be accepted from approved MRFF Eligible Organisations. A list of approved MRFF Eligible Organisations is available from the GrantConnect GO Documents and from the MRFF Eligible Organisations List on the NHMRC website.

• Phone: 1800 500 983
• Email: help@nhmrc.gov.au