The Traumatic Brain Injury Mission will provide $50 million over 10 years under the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to support research designed to improve the lives of all Australians who experience a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – 2024 Traumatic Brain Injury Grant Opportunity will support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

• Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): improve care for moderate to severe traumatic brain injury by optimising informatics approaches that gather nationally representative data.
• Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): test the efficacy and complete a process evaluation of novel treatments, clinical indicators and/or interventions for mild traumatic brain injury that improve long-term patient outcomes.
• Stream 3 (Incubator): conduct implementation research to test the effectiveness of best practice rehabilitation and/or care models that are focused on personalised outcomes to meet the needs of the individual, for:
  • Topic A: mild traumatic brain injury
  • Topic B: moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.
• Stream 4 (Targeted Call for Research): with a focus on Priority Populations, test the efficacy of novel rehabilitation models or approaches and complete a process evaluation for mild traumatic brain injury in improving personalised long-term patient outcomes that meet the needs of the individual.

Funding

• Total Amount Available (AUD): $13,000,000.00
• Estimated Grant Value (AUD): From $0.00 to $5,000,000.00

Who is eligible?

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.

Applications must satisfy all the requirements set out in the Medical Research Future Fund – Traumatic Brain Injury Mission – 2024 Traumatic Brain Injury Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

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