Funding Opportunities

Major Grant – Up to $100,000

The purpose of this grant is to provide funding to health services to undertake dedicated nursing and/or midwifery research and education. Health Services are invited to apply for up to $100,000 for disbursement in 2027. Priority areas for the 2027 round include Data analytics and Aged Care.

COMING GRANT OPPORTUNITY | NHMRC Regional, Rural and Remote Capacity Building Grant 2026

NHMRC has announced a new grant opportunity to support health and medical researchers in regional, rural and remote (RRR) Australia. It will provide funding to help established RRR researchers lead and mentor early to mid-career researchers, support emerging researchers (including clinicians) to become future leaders, and fund high quality place-based research that benefits RRR communities.

The Regional, Rural and Remote Capacity Building grant opportunity is expected to open for applications in mid-2026. Grants of $5 million each will be distributed over a 7-year period

Each year, Lowitja Institute invites applications for research project and seeding funding.

The innovative and impactful research projects we commission are grounded in addressing crucial community priorities to benefit health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Lowitja Institute grant rounds are influenced by the themes and priorities that are identified at our bi-annual International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference.

Novartis provides funding opportunities for the general purposes of supporting healthcare initiatives from scientific and charitable organisations that directly support patients, improve healthcare and enable ongoing education that are aligned to our Therapeutic Areas:

• Cardiovascular
• Immunology
• Neuroscience
• Oncology

Pink Sky Grants ~ Intermittent merit-based funding support high-risk, high-reward research projects with significant paradigm shifting potential to revolutionise approaches to combating breast cancer.

The Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (AuSPEN) offers grants to society members for assistance in undertaking projects of significance to AuSPEN. AuSPEN offers grants for novice researchers (a clinician who does not have an established research track record or a higher degree in research) to assist them to conduct clinical projects of significance to the field of clinical nutrition.

ReViTALISE participant, Barwon Health supports researchers through their Research Support Unit – website is open to the public

Launched by the Victorian Government in 2017, each year the Fund provides funding support to accelerate health and medical research and fast-track innovative projects from research to real-world impact. The Fund will be delivered in two tiers: Early-stage research – Supporting innovative early-stage research that will deliver health and economic benefits to Victoria; Research translation – Providing direct funding to fast-track the translation of health and medical research into real-world outcomes.

The Ian Potter Foundation is a major Australian philanthropic foundation that supports and promotes excellence and innovation. The Foundation was established in 1964 by Australian financier, businessman and philanthropist, Sir Ian Potter (1902 – 1994).

The Current Grant Opportunity List contains all current Grant Opportunities (GOs) open for application. GOs are sorted by default with those closing soonest at the top, and those that are ongoing at the end of the list.

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a $20 billion long-term investment supporting Australian health and medical research. The MRFF aims to transform health and medical research and innovation to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to health system sustainability.

The ARC is responsible for administering the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP), assessing the quality, engagement and impact of research, and providing advice and support on research matters. The ARC’s purpose is to grow knowledge and innovation for the benefit of the Australian community by: funding the highest quality research, assessing the quality, engagement, and impact of research, providing advice on research matters.