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Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants

Funding Providers

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Location

Australia Wide

Funding Type

Cash grant G17780

Primary Category

Research

Eligible to

  • Not-for-Profits
  • Universities
  • Businesses
  • State/Territory Governments

Funding

Total pool: $70,000,000 (approx)

Round(s)

Currently Closed

  • Opens 10-Sep-2025 Closes 05-Nov-2025
Please note: this grant program is currently not taking any applications.

Purpose

Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants support high-quality clinical trials and cohort studies that address important gaps in knowledge, leading to relevant and implementable findings for the benefit of human health.

Overview

This funding scheme is open to research proposals for clinical trials and/or cohort studies of any size – that is, they may be large or small clinical trials or cohort studies.

The intended outcomes of the Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants scheme are improvements in health and well-being, health care practice or policy, as a result of:

  • High-quality clinical trials that provide reliable evidence of the effects of health-related interventions on health outcomes (or appropriate surrogates).
  • High-quality cohort studies that provide reliable evidence on the relation of important risk factors and other exposures to health-related outcomes.
  • High quality retrospective cohort studies that provide reliable evidence on the relation of important risk factors and other exposures to health-related outcomes.

Funding

The provisional funding allocation for Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants 2023 is $70 million. NHMRC’s Research Committee annually reviews and recommends indicative budget amounts to be awarded across individual funding schemes.

Limitations

Eligibility

Applications will only be accepted from NHMRC approved Administering Institutions. A list of NHMRC approved Administering Institutions is available at: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/manage-your-funding/nhmrcs-administering-institutions.

Who is eligible to apply for a grant?

Chief Investigators and Associate Investigators

The maximum number of CIs allowed on a Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants 2023 application is ten.

  • Chief Investigator ‘A’

At the time of acceptance and for the duration of a grant the CIA must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or have an appropriate work visa in place. The CIA must also be based in Australia for at least 80% of the funding period.

  • Chief Investigators

The role and contribution of each CI must be described in the grant application. PhD students may be named as CIs where the PhD student is critical for the successful completion of the proposed research. CIs are expected to remain on the grant activity for the duration of the grant, unless a variation is approved by NHMRC in accordance with the NHMRC Grantee Variations Policy. NHMRC will only approve a change in CIs in exceptional circumstances and a variation request must not be used as a means to meet NHMRC eligibility requirements.

  • Associate Investigators

An Associate Investigator (AI) is defined as an investigator who provides some intellectual and/or practical input into the research and whose participation may warrant inclusion of their name on any outputs (e.g. publications). There is no restriction on who may be named as an AI on an application. However, a maximum number of 10 can be entered in Sapphire.

Contact Details

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