Medical Research Future Fund

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a $20B long-term investment supporting priority-driven Australian health and medical research. The MRFF aims to transform health and innovation to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to health system sustainability.

Proposed projects must closely align with the goals, objectives and intended outcomes of the Initiative and Grant Opportunity being applied to. Refer to section 1 of the guidelines for each Grant Opportunity for further information.

Please refer to the for information on forecast MRFF grant opportunities.

MRFF funding application templates and resources

Upcoming rounds

  • 2024 International Clinical Trial Collaborations
    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		NHMRC 6 Mar听2024

    Round 2:

    4Dec 2024

    Round 2
    Full Review:
    22 Jan 2025

    Compliance Review:
    29 Jan 2025

    听

    Round 2:
    5 Feb 2025

  • 2024 Genomics Health Futures
    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		NHMRC 24 Oct 2024

    22 Jan 2025

    Full review:
    23 Jan 2025

    Compliance review:
    29 Jan 2025

    5 Feb 2025

  • 2024 Brain Cancer Discovery and Translation
    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		NHMRC 16 Oct 2024

    22 Jan 2025

    Full review:
    23 Jan 2025

    Compliance Review:
    29 Jan 2025

    5 Feb 2025

  • 2024 Traumatic Brain Injury
    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		MHMRC 20 Nov 2024 11 Dec 2024

    Full Review:
    22 Jan 2025

    Compliance Review:
    29 Jan 2025

    		 5 Feb 2025

  • 2024 Improving Health Outcomes of People with Intellectual Disability
    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		NHMRC 13 Nov 2024 11 Dec 2024

    Full Review:
    29 Jan 2025

    Compliance Review:
    5 Feb 2025

    		 12 Feb 2025

  • 2024 National Critical Research Infrastructure
    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		DISR 4 Oct 2024 N/A

    Full Review:
    17 Mar 2025

    Compliance Review:
    24 Mar 2025

    		 31 Mar 2025

  • 2024 Clinical Trials Activity

    Link

    Administered by

    Applications open

    Minimum data

    Internal deadline

    External deadline

    NHMRC

    4 Sep 2024

    5 Mar 2024

    Full review:
    19 Mar 2025

    Compliance review:听
    26 Mar 2025

    2 Apr 2025

  • 2024 Integrated Multidisciplinary Models of Primary Care
    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		NHMRC 11 Sep 2024 5 Mar 2024

    Full Review:
    19 Mar 2025

    Compliance review:听
    26 Mar 2025

    		 2 Apr 2025

  • 2024 Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19
    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		NHMRC 30 Oct 2024

    26 Mar听2025

    Full review:
    2 Apr听2025

    Compliance Review:
    9 Apr 2025

    16 Apr 2025

  • 2024 Chronic Respiratory Conditions
    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		NHMRC 13 Nov 2024

    2 Apr 2025

    Full review:
    16 Apr听2025

    Compliance Review:
    23 Apr 2025

    30 Apr 2025

  • 2023 Frontier Health and Medical Research

    Link Administered by Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		DISR 13 Feb听2023 N/A

    Full Review:
    2 weeks听prior to EOI or full application deadline

    Compliance Review:
    1 week听prior to EOI or full application deadline

    		 Expressions of interest due 31 Mar听and 30 Sep听each year until 31 Mar听2026, full applications by invitation

Contact us

Pre-Award team - Research Services

E: preaward@adelaide.edu.au

Faculty contacts

  • ABLE: Xiaochun Liu and Julia Kuliwaba
  • HMS: Lesley Ritter and Shaneen Cunningham-Moody
  • SET: Angie Jarrad