Medical Research Future Fund

General information about the MRFF (including strategy, governance and funding initiatives):

• Subscribe here to receive the monthly newsletter from the Health and Medical Research Office (Australian Government Department of Health)
• Want to apply for funding? Visit the MRFF website here to find out about current grant opportunities.
• Visit the MRFF website here to find out about why the MRFF is important, the funding process and the 10-year investment plan for the fund.
• View webinar delivered on 21 July 2021 explaining MRFF priorities, grant opportunities and recent outcomes. Includes responses to viewer questions.

Information about MTPConnect: 

• You can access MRFF funds indirectly. Visit the MTPConnect website here to learn about their various programs.
• MTPConnect delivers the Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) initiative, which provides industry experiences and skills development for students, researchers, clinicians, MTP (medical technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical) sector professionals, entrepreneurs, and innovators. Learn about it here.

How HTSA can help you:

• Learn about the MRFF Working Group and how they are working to increase MRFF funding opportunities for SA researchers. You can view our short video here or read about it here.
• Prof. Geraint Rogers, from SAHMRI and Flinders University, shares why the MRFF funding scheme is so powerful and how it provides new opportunities for researchers in SA. Read about it here.
• Learn how HTSA helped the Healthy Choices program, led by Prof. Susan Hillier from UniSA, establish a stakeholder network and receive funding through MRFF. Read about it here.