2020 NHMRC Equipment Grants - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

NHMRC Equipment Grants are now open for application in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (FMNHS).  The allocated funds are to be used for equipment purchased in 2020 or 2021, but must be fully expended by the end of December 2021.

An individual is only permitted to be named as the Primary Chief Investigator (CIA) on ONE (1) application, and can be named as CIB or subsequent CI on up to ONE (1) additional application.

Objectives & Selection Criteria

Please ensure that you address the following points in Q7 and keep your answer within the 300-word limit.

The NHMRC’s objectives of the scheme are:

• to support institutions to be strategic in the purchase of larger items of equipment that will benefit health and medical research in Australia;
• to encourage the purchase of equipment that will be used collaboratively; and
• to support the purchase of Australian-made equipment where possible.

The NHMRC requires the following criteria to be met for the allocation of these funds:  

• the equipment should support the highest quality health and medical research funded by the NHMRC (or through another competitive grant process);
• consideration should be given to the lack of access to similar equipment in the institution or town/city to avoid duplication;
• thought should be given to the collaborative gain that can achieved through the use of the equipment e.g. multi-user equipment which crosses disciplines, research groups and departments.

The FMNHS will prioritise applications on the basis of:

1. Alignment with the Monash University Research Agenda 2020, particularly around the provision of advanced research infrastructure, and in the context of the Platforms, talent enhancement and cross-disciplinary research collaborations;  
2. Opportunity for multiple use;
3. Alignment with the long term investment policy of the Faculty; and
4. Encouragement of innovation.

Equipment purchases should not include the type of apparatus normally classified as ‘office infrastructure’ such as desks, cabinets, etc. Funds will not be provided for the purchase of computers and software, except where these are an integral component of a piece of laboratory equipment or are of a nature essential for work in the field.

Submission Process

Applicants are required to submit a copy of the completed and signed NHMRC Equipment Grants application form via email to medicine.research@monash.edu.

Submission deadline:  Sunday 29 November 2020 at 11:59PM (AEDT)

LATE OR INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.  HARD COPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

NOTE:  The Application Form will be used internally within Monash University only – do not enter this into Pure.

Questions about the scheme should be directed to medicine.research@monash.edu.