National Health & Medical Research Council
The National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) provides funding support across the full spectrum of health & medical research, from basic science through to clinical, public health, and health services research.
NHMRC schemes and deadlines are listed in the table below and on the NHMRC Funding Calendar page.
NHMRC funding application templates and resources
Upcoming Rounds
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Investigator Grants 2026
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information 2026 4 Jun 2025 EOI 2 Jul 2025 Full Review:
9 Jul 2025Mandatory Compliance Review:
23 Jul 202530 Jul 2025 -
Partnership Projects 2025 PRC 2 | PRC 3
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline 2025 PRC2:
20 Mar 2025PRC3:
24 Jul 2025EOI PRC2:
23 Jul 2025PRC3:
12 Nov 2025Full Review:
PRC2: 24 Jul 2025
PRC3: 13 Nov 2025Mandatory Compliance Review:
PRC2: 30 Jul 2025
PRC3: 19 Nov 2025PRC2:
6 Aug 2025PRC3:
26 Nov 2025 -
NHMRC - TCR: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Addressing Violence for Safer Families and Communities
Link Round Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information 2025 25 Jun 2025 6 Aug 2025
Full Review:
7 Aug 2025Mandatory Compliance Review:
13 Aug 202520 Aug 2025
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NHMRC-Cancer Australia Research Initiative – Targeted Call for Research: Early-Onset Cancer 2025
Link Round Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information 2025 16 Jul 2025 27 Aug 2025
Full Review:
28 Aug 2025Mandatory Compliance Review:
3 Sep 202510 Sep 2025
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NHMRC- Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD): Strengthening Health Systems 2025
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Stage 1 via GACD: Further Information
Stage 2 via NHMRC (Invitation only): Further Information
2025 Stage 2: 17 Nov 2025 EOI NA Stage 2 Full Review:
7 Oct 2025Stage 2 Mandatory Compliance Review:
21 Oct 2025Stage 2: 28 Oct 2025 -
Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies 2025
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further
information2025 10 Sep 2025 EOI 8 Oct 2025 Full Review:
15 Oct 2025Mandatory
Compliance Review:
29 Oct 20255 Nov 2025 -
Centres of Research Excellence 2026
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further
information2026 Forecast to open Oct 2025 EOI TBA TBA
Dec 2025 -
NHMRC-Horizon Europe 2025
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Stage 1 via European Commission: Further information
Stage 2 via NHMRC (invitation only): Further information
2025 Stage 1: 22 May 2025
Stage 2: Mar 2026
EOI TBC Stage 2 Full Review: TBC Mar 2026
Stage 2 Mandatory Compliancec Review: TBC Mar 2026
Stage 2: TBC Apr 2026 -
NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information Last round opened Dec 2024 EOI TBA TBA TBA -
Synergy Grants
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further
informationLast round opened Feb 2025 EOI TBA
TBATBA -
Ideas Grants
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information Last round opened Mar 2025 EOI TBA TBA
TBA -
Development Grants
Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information 2025 Last round opened Apr 2025 EOI TBA
TBATBA
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