Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO6033

The objective of Streams 1 and 2 of the 2023 Clinician Researchers: Applied Research in Health grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research projects:

• led by clinician researchers who are specialist general practitioners or specialists in any other specialty (see below)
• that validate and implement new approaches for improving the quality of patient care, and 
• address health issues in a Priority Population/s.

The objective of Stream 3 of this grant opportunity is to provide a grant of financial assistance to support a medical research project that prospectively evaluates projects funded through Streams 1 and 2 to generate knowledge that improves understanding of the factors that promote the adoption, impact and sustainability of evidence-based practice in health care.

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

• Streams 1 and 2 (Targeted Calls for Research): supporting specialist general practitioners and/or specialists in any other specialty to improve the quality of health care, practice and systems by undertaking applied research in health care that:
  • improves outcomes for their patients
  • addresses an identified health priority in clinical practice
  • improves the effectiveness of health services by improving safety, quality and/or efficiency
  • builds the capacity of clinician-researchers to undertake research that improves the quality-of-care patients receive.
• Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): generating evidence that will support the effective implementation of evidence-based practice in health care.

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) - CRI - 2023 Clinician Researchers Applied Research in Health Grant Opportunity Guidelines

The maximum grant duration is 5 years.

$45,500,000.00

From $0.00 to $1,500,000.00

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 5:00pm (ACT Local Time) on Wednesday, 05 July 2023

Questions should be submitted no later than 1:00pm (ACT Local Time) on Wednesday, 26 July 2023