Initial stimulus funding to enhance and improve clinical trial infrastructure in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia
Initial stimulus funding to support new and innovative approaches that enhance and improve clinical trial infrastructure, to extend existing clinical trials into rural, regional and remote areas of Australia.
Funding is for facilities, research equipment, systems and services to improve access to clinical trials for people outside metropolitan areas.
To be eligible you must:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- be incorporated in Australia
- and, in accordance with sections 20 and 24 of the Medical Research Future Fund Act 2015, be one of the following entities: a medical institute
- a university
- a corporate Commonwealth entity
- a corporation (including businesses and not for profits)
- a state or territory government
- a state or territory government entity
Joint applications are encouraged, provided you have a lead organisation who is the main driver of the project and is eligible to apply.
To be eligible your project must:
- be aimed at the objectives and outcomes in section 1.3 of the grant opportunity guidelines
- have at least $5 million in eligible expenditure
- include one or more of the following eligible activities: minor capital works, development/installation of research equipment, employment of personnel
We will consider activities based outside of rural, regional and remote areas provided the proposal can demonstrate the benefit to patients in rural, regional and remote areas; however preference will be given to trial activities provided in rural, regional and remote areas.
Unless otherwise formally agreed with the department, the definition of Rural, Regional and Remote areas for this grant opportunity are locations in the MMM (Modified Monash Model) Classification 3-7 (use the MMM Locator on the Health Workforce Locator tool to determine Classification).
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Last updated: 12 February 2026