Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO5915

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) - Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission - 2022 Mental Health Research Grant Opportunity aims to provide grants of financial assistance to support health and medical research and innovation to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians.

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

• Stream 1 (Incubator): conduct small-scale developmental projects to improve the understanding of:
  • Topic A: social determinants of mental health to inform the prevention of, and treatments for, mental illness and psychological distress
  • Topic B: social determinants and protective factors for the optimal mental health of children (0 to 12 years)
  • Topic C: social determinants and protective factors for the optimal mental health of young people (12 to 25 years)
• Stream 2 (Incubator): conduct small-scale projects to develop new and improved diagnostic tools for mental illness.

The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by:

• Stream 1 (incubator): generating knowledge on the factors supporting optimal mental health to inform new treatments and preventions.
• Stream 2 (incubator): improving diagnosis of mental illness as an enabler for accessing treatment and support.

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

This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. 

Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health and Aged Care’s website.

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 (MRFF) – Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission – 2022 Mental Health Research Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

The maximum grant duration is 2 years.

$8,000,000.00

From $0.00 to $1,000,000.00

Applicants are advised to read the Grant Guidelines thoroughly and liaise with the MRFF Eligible Organisation that will submit the application to identify any specific requirements that the Organisation might have.

Applications must be submitted electronically using NHMRC’s online granting system (Sapphire).

Minimum Data closes at 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 1 March 2023.

Questions should be submitted no later than 1:00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 22 March 2023.