MRFF – 2023 Genomics Health Futures Grant Opportunity (GO6287)

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – 2023 Genomics Health Futures Grant Opportunity will support research to: 

• Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): improve early detection and targeted treatment for the most common cancers to reduce the burden of disease. Research proposals in this Stream must focus on one of the following Topics: 
  • Topic A: developing patient-friendly, non-invasive approaches to cancer screening and management 
  • Topic B: exploring methodologies for longitudinal cancer management using genomics and functional genomics. 
• Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): through a competitively selected national consortium, apply advanced analytics (for example, artificial intelligence) to enhance the diagnostic utility of genomics. 

The anticipated outcome of the research is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by: 

• Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): enabling earlier and more efficient genomic diagnosis of cancers to inform clinical options and pathways. 
• Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): developing innovative methods for more effective use of genomics for diagnostic purposes.  

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

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