Project Grants
The Project Grants Scheme is the NHMRC’s main avenue of support for individuals and small teams of researchers undertaking biomedical, public health and health services research in Australian universities, medical schools, hospitals and other research institutions. This scheme aims to fund research leading to improved health of all Australians.
To achieve this aim the scheme provides support for projects with the following attributes:
- Investigator-initiated research across all fields of research, from basic research through to research in clinical and community settings, relevant to health; and
- Single investigators or small teams of researchers (usually up to 6 investigators) and early career researchers (new investigators).
This scheme also identifies and supports research in the following areas:
- NHMRC’s Priority Research Area of Indigenous Health
- NHMRC Strategic Plan Initiatives to build Australian research effort in areas identified in the current NHMRC Strategic Plan
- NHMRC Special Initiative Areas where NHMRC has received additional funding for particular areas of health and medical research, and where Research Committee has advised of its relevance to the goals of NHMRC
(See page 9 in the Project Grant Funding Rules document for funding commencing 2013)
Key Dates
- Applications Open: 7 December 2011
- Applications Close
- Internal deadline (full review): 22 February 2012
- Eligibility check: 5 March 2012
- Submission only (no review): after 5 March 2012
Please ensure your application is received on or before the nominated date
Applicants must submit their applications via RGMS at https://www.rgms.nhmrc.gov.au. A complete Project Grant Application should consist of the following: - Completion of Parts A and B of the RGMS application form
- PDF document containing your Detailed Background and Research Plan (Proposed Research) - including Track Records for each CI
- PDF document relating to Career Disruption (if relevant)
- Supplementary (additional) questions - if also applying to Cancer Council, Cancer Australia or the Heart Foundation.
Full applications from University of Adelaide staff to be submitted to Research Branch by the internal closing date for full review:
- Application must be submitted to RAO for endorsement via the RGMS system.
- CIA to gain written agreement from each CI to both be named on the application and for the final application to be certified. Written evidence of this to be emailed to raohealth@adelaide.edu.au or delivered with application coversheet/ hard copy application.
- Deliver one complete hard copy together with application coversheet to Level 7, 115 Grenfell Street
A complete hard copy should consist of:
- Summary Snapshot
- Application Details Snapshot
- Assessor Snapshot
- Detailed Background and Research Plan (Proposed Research) PDF
- Supplementary (additional) questions form (if applying to the Cancer Council, Cancer Australia, or the Heart Foundation)
- Note that for each supplementary submission to either the Cancer Council, Cancer Australia, or the Heart Foundation, one hard copy accompanied by a signed application coversheet will be required by Research Branch to accompany your Project Grant application.
For Funding Policy and Advice and Instructions to Applicants, visit:
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/apply/projects/index.htm.
Prior to submission of an application for project funding, please ensure you read all the relevant reference material. Further information on RGMS, offline forms and details on how to apply for access is available from: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/rgms/index.htm.
If also applying for funding by an organisation offering funding through the NHMRC Project Grants scheme, applicants must comply with any additional criteria from specified by the relevant funding body.
Please check the following websites for further information:
Cancer Council, Cancer Australia, Heart Foundation Clinical & Affiliate Title Holders:
Full applications should be submitted through your Institution's Research Secretariat. |
