Current MRFF Grant Opportunities

 CLOSING DEC 2020

1)  2021 Frontier Health and Medical Research Initiative  (Re-Opened after pause in March 2020)

$110M pool

Closing Dec 11, 2020

CLOSING FEB 2021  

2) PPHRI- 2020 Efficient Use of Existing Medicines Grant Opportunity Guidelines  

$7.5M pool

Closing Feb 03, 2021

3) EPCDR Initiative – 2020 Childhood Cancer Research Grant Opportunity (Following the Ministers announcement over a week ago this call has now opened.)

$9M pool

Closing Feb 03, 2021

4) PPHRI- Quality, Safety and Effectiveness of Medicine Use and Medicine Intervention by Pharmacists MRFF Grant Opportunity 

also see https://business.gov.au/Grants-and-Programs/MRFF-2020-Quality-Safety-and-Effectiveness-of-Medicine-Use-and-Medicine-Safety-by-Pharmacists  

$13M pool  (NOW OPEN)

Closing Feb 23, 2021

5) Research Data Infrastructure Initiative -  2020 Primary Health Care Research Data Infrastructure grant opportunity 

also see https://business.gov.au/Grants-and-Programs/MRFF-2020-Primary-Health-Care-Research-Data-Infrastructure-Grant-Opportunity

$10M pool (NOW OPEN)

Closing Feb 23, 2021

 CLOSING MAR 2021    

6) Clinical Trial Activity Initiative - 2020 International Clinical Trial Collaborations Grant Opportunity 

 $6.3M pool (per round)

Round 2 Closing Mar 03, 2021

7) MRFF – 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Research grant opportunity  (EoIs) -Reminder

Round 3:closing 10 March, 2021

VBIC Network Event 2020 - Inaugural Awards

 

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.

Funding Opportunity: Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources - Citizen Science Grants Round 2 - Now Open

The objective of the Citizen Science Grants – Round 2 is to engage the public in science by offering opportunities to participate, as citizen scientists, in scientific research projects that have a national impact and include the collection or transformation of data in Australia.

The intended outcome of the grant opportunity is increased community participation in scientific research projects where participants learn new skills, form new networks, receive acknowledgement for their participation, and receive updates on their participation in specific research projects.

This round will support projects that contribute to areas of national significance by addressing these specific focus areas:

• disaster resilience and preparedness
• environmental change
• cyber security and artificial intelligence
• food and agribusiness.

The minimum grant amount is $150,000 and the maximum grant amount is $500,000 for science research projects. The grant amount will be up to 85% of eligible project expenditure.  Applicants are responsible for funding the remaining 15% of eligible project expenditure plus any ineligible expenditure.

Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to read the funding guidelines before applying.

UNIVERSITY LIMITS AND EOI PROCESS

As Monash can only submit ONE application for this round, the MRO will be running an internal EOI process.  The EOI panel will select one application for full submission.

Applicants must complete the MRO EOI form and forward the completed form with their CV (maximum two pages) to mro-applications@monash.edu by Wednesday, 18 November 2020.

EOI results will be announced on Thursday, 26 November 2020.  The successful applicant will need to create a Pure record, upload the application and supporting documents and send it for pre-approval by Wednesday, 9  December 2020.

Please note that ONLY the application selected for submission through the EOI process will need a corresponding Pure record.

KEY DATES

ACTION	DATE
EOI due to MRO	Wednesday, 18 November 2020
EOI result announced	Thursday, 26 November 2020
Pure record to be sent for Pre-Approval	Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Full submission due to Funder	5pm Thursday, 17 December 2020

LINKS TO FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information about the Citizen Science Grants Round 2 can be found at the following link.

Please contact mro-applications@monash.edu if you have any queries about this funding opportunity.