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NHMRC opportunities

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) administers funding for health and medical research on behalf of the Australian Government. The NHMRC invites all researchers in Australia to apply for funding through schemes ranging from scholarships to research programs.

Grants
Research
Centres of Research Excellence The Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) Scheme replaces the Centres for Clinical Research Excellence Scheme and the Capacity Building Grants in Population Health and Health Services Research.    The CRE Scheme seeks applications from teams of researchers to pursue innovative, high quality collaborative research activities.
Development grants A Development Grant provides funding support to individual researchers, research teams, or a HMR company in partnership with a researcher/s to undertake research at the early proof-of-principle or pre-seed stage. The Scheme supports the commercial development of a product, process, procedure or service that if applied, would result in improved health care, disease prevention or provide health cost savings.
Partnerships grants NHMRC Partnership Projects support collaborations between researchers and policy or practice agencies.  Applications for these awards will be a joint effort by researchers and agencies and the NHMRC will ensure that parties have appropriate formal agreements regarding matters such as intellectual property and publication of findings.
Program grants Program Grants provide support for teams of high calibre researchers to pursue broad based, multi-disciplinary and collaborative research activities. Teams will be expected to contribute to new knowledge at a leading international level in important areas of health and medical research.
Project grants The Project Grant Scheme is the NHMRC's main avenue of support for individuals and small teams of researchers undertaking biomedical, clinical, public health or health services research in Australian universities, medical schools, hospitals or other research institutions.
Strategic Awards: Australian-European Union Health Research Grants The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) - European Union (EU) Collaborative Research Grants scheme aims to assist Australian researchers to participate in projects with international researchers that have been selected for funding under the European Union Framework Programme.
Equipment Grant This scheme is aimed at supporting total or partial cost of equipment. Applications may be made for equipment purchased in 2011 or planned for 2012
People support
Career Development Fellowship The NHMRC Career Development Fellowship scheme aims to:
  • help build Australia's health research skills, with a particular emphasis on clinical, public health and health service research;
  • increase knowledge and support the development of evidence based health policies;
  • encourage the growth of knowledge-based industries in Australia by helping to bridge the gap between research and industry and fostering an environment that values industry achievement; and
  • provide a vehicle for Australian researchers working overseas to return to Australia to continue their career development.
Practitioner Fellowships The Practitioner Fellowship is a targeted award intended to assist experienced and productive clinical and public health researchers who wish to maintain both a research and a professional career. The scheme aims to support clinical (medical, paramedical, allied health) and public health professionals who have undertaken a successful research program and wish to continue at nationally or internationally competitive levels. Successful applicants will, for their non-research time, be employed by a health care authority to provide clinical care, or public health services or related policy activity. Applicants for a Practitioner Fellowship must be engaged in clinical or public health practice in order to be eligible for the Scheme. Recipients of Practitioner Fellowships are generally in the top 10% of their field.
Research Fellowships The purpose of the NHMRC Research Fellowships Scheme is to provide opportunities for outstanding biomedical and health researchers with proven track records to undertake research that is both of major importance in its field and of significant benefit to Australian health and medical research. Research Fellowships offered by the NHMRC are prestigious awards and are, consequently, highly sought after and extremely competitive.  Recipients of Research Fellowships are generally in the top 10% of their field.
Early Career Fellowships The NHMRC Early Career Fellowships provide opportunities for Australian researchers to undertake research that is both of major importance in its field and of benefit to Australian health. Early Career Fellowships provide a vehicle for training in basic research either in Australia or overseas (where appropriate), to enable Fellows to work on research projects with nominated advisers. (Formerly known as Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships)
Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) The NHMRC TRIP Fellowship awards provide support and training for future leaders in translating important research findings into clinical practice. The award supports protected- time for clinicians in researching approaches to applying evidence to improve care, and develop the range of skills needed for leadership in research translation.