Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO5570

The objective of Streams 1 and 2 of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research projects led by nurses, midwives and allied health professionals that validate and implement new approaches for improving the quality of patient care.

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 supporting nurses, midwives and allied health professionals 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 local health priority
• 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.

This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health.

Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health 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) – Clinician Researchers Initiative – 2022 Clinician Researchers: Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Grant Opportunity Guidelines

(as per grant guidelines)

The maximum grant period that can be applied for in each Stream is as follows:

• Stream 1: 4 years
• Stream 2: 4 years
• Stream 3: 5 years.

$20,300,000.00

From $0.00 to $1,500,000.00

Applicants are advised to read the Grant Guidelines thoroughly and liaise with the Eligible Organisation that will submit the application to identify any specific requirements that the Institution might have.

Applications must be submitted electronically using NHMRC’s online granting system (Sapphire).

Minimum Data closes at 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 27 July 2022

Questions should be submitted no later than 1:00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 03 August 2022