MRFF – Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driver Research Initiative – 2024 Alcohol and Other Drugs Grant Opportunity

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – 2024 Alcohol and Other Drugs Grant Opportunity will support medical research and medical innovation projects that: 

  • Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a large scale multidisciplinary project, in partnership with consumers and health services, to identify and evaluate the risk and impact of increased access to alcohol on physical and mental health for:
    • Topic A: First Nations individuals and communities
    • Topic B: adolescents and young adults. 
  • Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a large scale multidisciplinary project, in partnership with consumers and health services, to identify and evaluate the risk and impact of polysubstance use and/or the use of new psychoactive substances on physical and mental health for: 
    • Topic A: First Nations individuals and communities
    • Topic B: adolescents and young adults.
  •   Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): develop, implement and/or evaluate patient-centred approaches for the treatment of substance use disorders, through co-design with health services and consumers, for: 
    • Topic A: First Nations individuals and communities
    • Topic B: adolescents and young adults 
    • Topic C: women.
  •   Stream 4 (Incubator): develop new approaches for pain management for individuals with a current or past substance use disorder, focusing on:
    • Topic A: pharmacological approaches
    • Topic B: non-pharmacological approaches. 

The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by:

  • Streams 1, 2 and 3 (Targeted Call for Research): supporting projects that progress research that addresses a specific health need. 
  • Stream 4 (Incubator): supporting early stage, small scale research projects that seek to assess the potential and feasibility of novel strategies to address critical or intractable health issues.

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.

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