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Grant application support

Conduct your research with government funding

We provide support to researchers who apply for funding through Macquarie. Explore the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant opportunities at Macquarie.

Find information on specific rules, contacts, key dates, application deadlines and resources, to help you with the funding process.

NHMRC grant applicants will now be required to submit a formal DVCR co-funding request. This is to support our researchers to successfully complete their proposed NHMRC projects by providing up to 20 per cent co-funding on funds, to remain at Macquarie.

The goal is for the DVCR co-funding is to facilitate Maquarie University applicants in providing a ‘top-up’ of NHMRC salary costs (PSPs), which are lower than our equivalent salary rates.

The objective of the Ideas Grant scheme is to support innovative research projects addressing a specific question(s). The scheme provides particular opportunities for early- and mid-career researchers.

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Investigator Grants provide the highest-performing researchers at all career stages with consolidated funding for their salary (if required) and a significant research support package.

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Synergy Grants support outstanding multidisciplinary teams of investigators to work together to answer major questions that cannot be answered by a single investigator.

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Strategic and leveraging grants

The Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) scheme provides support for teams of researchers to pursue collaborative research and develop capacity in clinical research, health services research and public health research.

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Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants support high-quality clinical trials and cohort studies that address important gaps in knowledge, leading to relevant and implementable findings for the benefit of human health.

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The Development Grant scheme provides financial support to individual researchers and/or research teams to undertake health and medical research within Australia at the proof-of-concept stage that specifically drives towards a commercial outcome within a foreseeable timeframe.

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The EU Collaborative Research Grant scheme provides a contribution to Australian institutions and researchers who are participating in leading international collaborative research selected through Horizon 2020.

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The NHMRC-NIHR Collaborative Research Grants scheme supports Australian participation and collaboration in leading international collaborative research through the United Kingdom’s NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme.

The HTA Programme funds independent research about the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests.

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The Partnership Projects funding scheme provides funding and support to create new opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to define research questions, undertake research, interpret the findings and implement the findings into policy and practice.

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The NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships scheme funds successful applicants to attain a research-based postgraduate degree – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or a Research Masters Degree.

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A Targeted Call for Research (TCR) is a one-time request for grant applications to address a specific health issue where there is a significant research knowledge gap or unmet need.

A TCR specifies the scope and objectives of the research to be proposed, application requirements and procedures, and the review criteria to be applied in the evaluation of applications submitted in response to the TCR.

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Other Grant Schemes

About:

The objectives of the grant program are to:

  • strengthen cancer research to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
  • build the capacity of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research sector now and into the future, including through mentorship and leadership opportunities
  • elevate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led research, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership, genuine co-design, co-authorship, collaboration, and partnerships
  • empower and enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander frameworks, research methodologies, and data sovereignty
  • elevate community-driven research and the culturally safe inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers, families, and communities in cancer research.

Activities funded through this grant program are designed to achieve the following outcomes:

  • improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by
    generating translational knowledge to inform inclusive and equitable cancer care
  • build research capacity and capability of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
    cancer workforce
  • establish governance arrangements that enable shared decision-making, local
    leadership, community ownership of intellectual property, and community-led
    utilisation of data
  • increase engagement of communities in the co-design of research, to ensure there
    is a clear benefit to the community at all stages
  • increase research partnerships and collaborations between Aboriginal and Torres
    Strait Islander communities, health services, and academic institutions

NOTE: Applicants must nominate a Chief Investigator A (CIA) who will take the lead role in completing the application, conducting the research, and reporting as required under the grant agreement. Applicants may also nominate a Chief Investigator B (CIB) who will co-lead the research. Either the CIA or the CIB must be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander researcher.
A person must not be named as a Chief Investigator (CI) on more than one application submitted to this grant opportunity, otherwise both applications will be considered ineligible. 

Grant Period and Funding:

The minimum grant amount is $0.8 million and the  maximum grant amount is $2.5 million.
The maximum grant period is 3 years.

Managing agency: Cancer Australia (via Sapphire)
  • Opening Date: Wednesday, 16 October 2024
  • Strategic review (optional): On or before 28 Jan 2024 (book via this link)
  • Minimum data deadline: 5:00pm AEDT on Wednesday 4 December 2024.
  • Compliance and Eligibility check (mandatory): On or before  28 Feb 2024 (book via this link)
  • Applicant submits a final application in Sapphire : 5:00pm (AEDT) on  Sunday, 09 February 2025
  • Research Services submission : 5:00pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, 12 February 2025