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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NHMRC- Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD): Strengthening Health Systems 2025
Link Round Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Stage 1 via GACD: Further Information
Stage 2 via NHMRC (Invitation only): Further Information
2025 Stage 2: 17 Sep 2025 NOI 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 NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further
information2025 10 Sep 2025 NOI 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 NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further
information2026 1 Oct 2025 NOI 29 Oct 2025 Full Review:
30 Oct 2025Mandatory Compliance Review:
12 Nov 202519 Nov 2025 -
Partnership Projects 2025 - Round 3
Link Round Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline 2025 24 Jul 2025
NOI 12 Nov 2025
Full Review:
13 Nov 2025Mandatory Compliance Review:
19 Nov 202526 Nov 2025
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NHMRC-Horizon Europe 2025
Link Round Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Step 1 via European Commission: Further information
Step 2 via NHMRC (invitation only): Further information
2025 Step 2:
Single-stage model:
Mar 2026Two-stage model:
Oct 2026TBC Step 2:
Full Review:
Single-stage model:
8 Apr 2026
Two-stage model:
4 Nov 2026Mandatory Compliance Review: Single-stage model:
22 Apr 2026
Two-stage model:
18 Nov 2026Step 2:
Single-stage model:
29 Apr 2026Two-stage model:
25 Nov 2026 -
NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program
Link Round Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information Last round opened Dec 2024 NOI TBA TBA TBA -
Synergy Grants
Link Round Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further
informationLast round opened Feb 2025 NOI TBA
TBATBA -
Ideas Grants
Link Round Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information Last round opened Mar 2025 NOI TBA TBA
TBA -
Development Grants
Link Round Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information Last round opened Apr 2025 NOI TBA
TBATBA -
Investigator Grants
Link Round Applications open Internal NOI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline Further information Last round opened Jun 2025 NOI TBA TBA
TBA
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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