This eligibility tool helps to determine if you are eligible to apply for an Investigator or Ideas Grant. It is for the 2025 round, for funding commencing in 2026. It was updated in mid-2024, prior to the Investigator 2025 round opening, to incorporate streamlining to NHMRC’s eligibility policies.

The key change in 2025 is that Synergy Grants no longer impact a CI’s eligibility to apply for and/or hold an Investigator or Ideas Grant.

This tool provides potential applicants with an indication only of their eligibility. Applicants must also read the eligibility requirements detailed in the scheme grant guidelines before applying.

When using the tool, select your NHMRC grant portfolio as it will be on 1 January 2026, based on the ‘original’, rather than the varied end date of your held grant/s.

Grants held at 1 January 2026 (original end date)
Ideas
Investigator
  • Active: Investigator Grant will continue beyond first year of the new grant, if awarded
  • Overlap: Final year of Investigator Grant/NHMRC Fellowship will overlap with first year of the new grant, if awarded
  • NOTE: Synergy Grants no longer impact eligibility to apply for and/or hold an Investigator and/or Ideas Grant. There are no longer references to Synergy Grants in the eligibility tool.
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