Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research

Grant Objectives:

The objective of this grant opportunity is to investigate evidence-based prevention and treatment options for individuals at risk of, or suffering from, accelerated silicosis caused by engineered stone.

The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve our understanding of pathology, prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment of accelerated silicosis caused by engineered stone and to inform policy and regulatory approaches to managing existing and emerging risks in dust diseases.

Primary Health Care Research initiative

Grant Objectives:

The objective of this grant opportunity is to support primary health care implementation research that builds the primary health care evidence base and accelerates development and/or adoption of best practice clinical care and models.

The intended outcome of the research is to improve health outcomes, raise the standard of clinical care and practice, support health system improvement in primary care, and/or improve primary health care policy.

Clinical Trials Activity Initiative

Grant Objectives:

Applications to this MRFF Clinical Trial Activity Initiative -2020 International Clinical Trial Collaborations Grant Opportunity must propose a clinical trial in Australia, in collaboration with international counterparts. 

Clinical Trials Activity Initiative

Grant Objectives: Applications to this grant opportunity must propose a clinical trial that addresses a gap in current research and/or knowledge in rare cancers, rare diseases and areas of unmet medical need. 

Million Minds Mission

Grant Objectives:
Support research into the following mental health priority areas:

•  new mechanisms for early identification and prevention amongst children and adolescents;
• treatments for those with treatment resistant or treatment refractory mental health conditions
• initiatives to address the physical health of individuals with mental illness
• mechanisms to support access to treatment

It is anticipated that this Grant Opportunity will fund two mental health clinical trial networks, one focussing on children and youth; and another on adults.

Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research

Grant Objectives: Support clinical trials that examine the effects of medicinal cannabis for the management of pain, symptoms and side-effects of cancer and cancer treatment in cancer patients.

Australian Brain Cancer Mission

The objective of this Grant Opportunity is to:

• support the development of new approaches and the use of technologies to improve communications between brain cancer survivors, their families, carers and health care professionals; and
• understand how information technologies and platforms can be used to support people with brain cancer, their families and carers, and their impact on the physical, psychosocial and economic sequelae of a brain cancer diagnosis

Partnership Projects will support connections, within the Australian context, that translate research evidence into health policy and health practice, to improve health services and processes.

Research may involve preventative programs, primary and community health care, hospitals, community services, the health workforce and infrastructure. NHMRC’s current key structural priorities are: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health research and researchers; health services research; gender equality.

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.

Priority is given to researchers whose work is particularly relevant to the priorities and research interests of the partner organisations, which for 2020 include Cancer Australia & Funding Partners.