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Current Grant Opportunity View - GO8599

2026 Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies

Contact Details

NHMRC Research Help Centre

Phone:
1800 500 983

Email Address: help@nhmrc.gov.au

Web Address: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/find-funding/clinical-trials-and-cohort-studies-grants

Grant Opportunity Documents

GO ID:

GO8599

Agency:

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Close Date & Time:

4-Nov-2026 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time)
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Internal Reference ID:

1299

Primary Category:

231013 - Medical Research

Publish Date:

9-Sep-2026

Location:

ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS

Selection Process:

Targeted or Restricted Competitive

Description:

The objectives of the Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant scheme are:

• To support high-quality clinical trials and cohort studies that address important gaps in knowledge, leading to relevant and implementable findings for the benefit of human health. This grant opportunity is open to research proposals for clinical trials and/or cohort studies of any size – that is, they may be large or small clinical trials or cohort studies.

• The Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant scheme is not intended to provide ongoing support from NHMRC, and grant funding does not support infrastructure costs. Grantees will be required to report against milestones at twelve-month intervals.

The intended outcomes of the Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants scheme are improvements in health and wellbeing, health care practice or policy, as a result of:

• High-quality clinical trials that provide reliable evidence of the effects of health-related interventions on health outcomes (or appropriate surrogates).

• High-quality cohort studies that provide reliable evidence on the relation of important risk factors and other exposures to health-related outcomes.

• High quality retrospective cohort studies that provide reliable evidence on the relation of important risk factors and other exposures to health-related outcomes.

Eligibility:

Applications will only be accepted from NHMRC approved Administering Institutions. A list of NHMRC approved Administering Institutions is available at:

https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/manage-your-funding/nhmrcs-administering-institutions

Applications must satisfy all the requirements set out in the Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants 2026 Guidelines.

Grant Activity Timeframe:

Outcomes: Grants to be announced in September/October 2027 (date is indicative and subject to change) and the research output will be delivered for up to 5 years from commencement of the grant.

Total Amount Available (AUD):

$75,000,000.00

Instructions for Application Submission:

Applications must be submitted electronically using Sapphire, NHMRC’s online grants management system, unless otherwise advised by NHMRC.

Other Instructions:

Minimum data due Wednesday 7 October 2026 at 17:00 AEDT.