Medical Research Future Fund
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a $20B long-term investment supporting priority-driven Australian health and medical research. The MRFF aims to transform health and innovation to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to health system sustainability.
Proposed projects must closely align with the goals, objectives and intended outcomes of the Initiative and Grant Opportunity being applied to. Refer to section 1 of the guidelines for each Grant Opportunity for further information.
Please refer to the MRFF Grant Opportunities Calendar for information on forecast MRFF grant opportunities.
MRFF funding application templates and resources
Upcoming rounds
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2025 TTRA Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Models of Care
Link Administered by Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline NHMRC 2 Jul 2025 NOI 8 Oct 2025 Full Review:
15 Oct 2025Mandatory Compliance Review:
29 Oct 20255 Nov 2025 -
2025 TTRA Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Risk Prediction and Data Solutions
Link Administered by Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline NHMRC 2 Jul 2025 NOI 8 Oct 2025 Full Review:
15 Oct 2025Mandatory Compliance Review:
29 Oct 20255 Nov 2025 -
2025 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles
Link Administered by Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further
informationNHMRC 6 Aug 2025 NOI 19 Nov 2025 Full Review:
20 Nov 2025Mandatory
Compliance Review:
26 Nov 20253 Dec 2025 -
2025 Research Data Infrastructure
Link Administered by Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline DISR 14 Aug 2025 NOI NA Full Review:
20 Nov 2025Compliance Review:
4 Dec 202511 Dec 2025 -
2025 International Clinical Trial Collaborations Grant Opportunity Round 2
Link Administered by Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline NHMRC 20 Feb 2025
NOI 10 Dec 2025
Full Review:
14 Jan 2026Mandatory Compliance Review:
28 Jan 20264 Feb 2026 -
2025 Genomics Health Futures
Link Administered by Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline NHMRC 13 Aug 2025 NOI 21 Jan 2026 Full Review:
22 Jan 2026Mandatory Compliance Review:
28 Jan 20264 Feb 2026 -
2025 Brain Cancer Research
Link Administered by Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline NHMRC 3 Sept 2025 NOI 21 Jan 2026 Full Review:
22 Jan 2026Mandatory Compliance Review:
28 Jan 20264 Feb 2026 -
2022 Frontier Health and Medical Research
Link Administered by Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline DISR 13 Feb 2023 NOI N/A Full Review:
2 weeks prior to EOI or full application deadlineMandatory Compliance Review:
1 week prior to EOI or full application deadlineLast round: Expression of Interest due 31 Mar 2026, full applications by invitation -
2025 Clinical Trials Activity
Link Administered by Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline MRFF 24 Sep 2025 NOI 4 Mar Full Review:
11 Mar 2026Mandatory Compliance Review:
25 Mar 20261 Apr 2026
Contact us
Pre-Award team - Research Services
Faculty contacts
- ABLE: Xiaochun Liu and Julia Kuliwaba
- HMS: Lesley Ritter and Farhana Alam
- SET: Weiping Xu and Shaneen Cunningham-Moody