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

Coronavirus Research Response

Digital health approaches and tools have the potential to fundamentally transform the capacity and speed of the health system to respond to urgent and high-need challenges such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.

For this grant opportunity funding for high priority digital health infrastructure that has the potential to increase the speed and quality of health system responses during acute crises.

Coronavirus Research Response

For this grant opportunity funding for research into how diverse communities respond during outbreaks, how they react, access information and interpret it.

The intended outcome of this grant opportunity is to improve the community’s engagement with and responsiveness to Government communication efforts during outbreaks

Coronavirus Research Response

Promising COVID-19 Vaccine Development Projects

The intended outcome of the research is to support rapid development of a safe and effective COVID-19 prophylactic (disease-preventing) vaccine, which induces active long-term immunity, within the next 12-18 months.

This Grant Opportunity will consist of a maximum of three Rounds. A round will comprise two application steps: expression of interest and full applications.

Coronavirus Research Response

Applications to this Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Coronavirus Research Response: 2020 COVID-19 Immunological Studies Grant Opportunity must propose research that characterises the immune response across COVID-19 patients with asymptomatic, mild, moderate, severe, and critical disease.

The research should consider population dynamics in Australia and vulnerable population groups such as the elderly, pregnant women and those with complex and/or chronic health conditions.

Coronavirus Research Response

Grant Objectives:

To support research to understand how the mental health system can be enhanced to be most effective and responsive during and following the acute COVID-19 crisis. This may include consolidating data systems, helping to design and deliver new treatments, new services, and new policies both during and beyond the crisis. 

Rare/serious diseases, immunology or inflammation

Two competitively selected, five-year fellowships are awarded each calendar year to early-mid career (4-10 years post doctoral) medical researchers working on discovery or translational research with a focus on rare/serious diseases, immunology or inflammation.

The total value of each award is $AUD 1.25 million, which provides for a full-time salary plus research costs and/or a post-doctoral research assistant.

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.