MRFF – 2023 Clinical Trials Activity Grant Opportunity (GO6540)

The 2023 Clinical Trials Activity grant opportunity aims to fund research in 2 priority areas:

• Rare cancers, rare diseases and unmet need
• Effective health interventions.

Objectives and intended outcomes

The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

• Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a pilot study to assess the feasibility of a new clinical trial for one or more treatments and/or management strategies for a rare cancer, rare disease and/or unmet need.
• Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a clinical trial of one or more treatments and/or management-based interventions for rare cancers, rare diseases and/or unmet need.
• Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a clinical trial that assesses the comparative effectiveness of two or more health interventions to treat a specific clinical condition, to inform the decisions of policy makers, clinicians, and consumers regarding healthcare and to minimise the use of unnecessary, ineffective, and harmful health interventions.
• Stream 4 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct an implementation science trial to identify scalable strategies for reducing the provision of low value care.

The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by investing in new clinical trials that support increased access to high-quality, evidence-based and effective health care.

Maximum project periods

The maximum project period that can be applied for each stream is as follows:

• Stream 1: two years
• Stream 2: five years
• Stream 3: five years
• Stream 4: five years

Funding available

For this grant opportunity, the amounts available for a single grant in each stream are as follows:

• Stream 1: There is no minimum grant amount and the maximum amount available for a single grant is $0.8 million.
• Stream 2: There is no minimum grant amount and the maximum amount available for a single grant is $5 million.
• Stream 3: There is no minimum grant amount and the maximum amount available for a single grant is $5 million.
• Stream 4: There is no minimum grant amount and the maximum amount available for a single grant is $5 million.

Other Requirements

Applications to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the 4 Streams of research. An application may only be submitted to one of the above 4 Streams only. Applicants must specify the Stream to which they are applying in their application.

Grant administration

This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

Further information

Further information is available from the Department of Health and Aged Care.