Current Funding Opportunities

MRFF – 2024 International Clinical Trial Collaborations Grant

Closing date: 5th February 2025

This initiative aims to:

• Improve the evidence base supporting clinical care
• Help patients access trials relevant to their health circumstances
• Enable researchers to bring international trials to Australian patients 

The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

• promote Australian involvement in international collaborative investigator-initiated clinical trials research through the establishment and co-ordination of clinical trial site/s in Australia.
• provide high-quality evidence of the effectiveness of novel health treatments, drugs or devices in ‘usual care’ settings, which will support a decision on whether to deliver the intervention in an Australian setting.

For further information and how to apply, please go to GrantConnect.

MRFF 2024 Clinical Trials Activity Grant 

Closing date: 2nd April 2025

The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

• Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a pilot study to assess the feasibility of a new clinical trial for one or more treatments and/or management strategies for a rare cancer, rare disease and/or unmet need.
• Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a clinical trial of one or more treatments and/or management-based interventions for rare cancers, rare diseases and/or unmet need.
• Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a clinical trial that assesses the comparative effectiveness of two or more health interventions to treat a specific clinical condition, to inform the decisions of policy makers, clinicians, and consumers regarding healthcare and to minimise the use of unnecessary, ineffective, and harmful health interventions.
• Stream 4 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct an implementation science trial to determine the best ways to implement a proven preventive health intervention, screening or diagnostic test, therapeutic agent, technology or model of care that is not in routine use in Australia.

Applications to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the 4 Streams of research. 

For further information and how to apply, please go to GrantConnect.

MRFF and NHMRC 2025 Australia-UK Platform Studies

A funding opportunity for international collaborative clinical trials between Australia and the United Kingdom is now available. This grant opportunity will fund platform trials that address areas of unmet clinical need. This research will improve the lives of people with serious health conditions who have limited options for prevention, diagnosis or treatment.

For further information and how to apply, please go to GrantConnect.