MRFF – Cardiovascular Health Mission - 2024 Cardiovascular Health Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – 2024 Cardiovascular Health Grant Opportunity will support medical research and medical innovation projects that:
- Stream 1 (Priority area 1.2, Targeted Call for Research): reduce the number of Australians experiencing cardiovascular disease and stroke by developing and implementing early, more effective preventive health interventions, by developing, optimising and implementing clinical pathways that embed evidence-based treatment, including for risk factors.
- Stream 2 (Priority area 2.1, Targeted Call for Research): conduct research to foster uptake of best-practice care, including to reduce care inequities, by improving uptake of evidence generated from the program into acute care guidelines or policy.
- Stream 3 (Priority area 3.3, Targeted Call for Research): conduct a large-scale project that builds on the development projects* that are focused on new models of rehabilitation and recovery support that increase equity of access for all people (e.g. digital or online delivery of services like tele-rehab for heart and stroke).
- Stream 4 (Priority area 3.3, Targeted Call for Research): conduct research to support effective national adoption and best-practice use of rehabilitation and recovery programs.
* i.e. the short-term, small-scale development projects under Priority area 3.3 that were supported through the 2020 Cardiovascular Health grant opportunity.
The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by:
- Stream 1 (Priority area 1.2, Targeted Call for Research): reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease and stroke through effective clinical pathways.
- Stream 2 (Priority area 2.1, Targeted Call for Research): generating evidence to support the effective implementation of equitable access to best-practice care.
- Stream 3 (Priority area 3.3, Targeted Call for Research): identifying new approaches to improve rehabilitation and recovery support and drive equitable health outcomes.
- Stream 4 (Priority area 3.3, Targeted Call for Research): generating evidence to support the national adoption of best-practice rehabilitation and recovery care.
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.