GO8647: MRFF – EPCDRI – 2026 Improving the Health of People with Disability Grant Opportunity

The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct large-scale, multidisciplinary projects, through co-design with the health and disability sector and people with lived experience, to develop, optimise and/or evaluate person-centred approaches to support health care transitions across life stages for people with disability Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): develop, implement and/or evaluate preventive health interventions for people with disability, through co-design with the health and disability sector and people with lived experience Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): develop and/or evaluate approaches that support people with disability to build stronger health self-efficacy, improve health literacy and/or make informed decisions about their care through co-design with the health and disability sector and people with lived experience.

Stream 4 (Targeted Call for Research): develop, implement and/or evaluate interventions that address the health needs of people with disability experiencing intersectional disadvantage, through co-design with the health and disability sector and people with lived experience.

This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.

Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's website.

A list of Eligible Organisations can be found on the NHMRC List of MRFF Eligible Organisations webpage.

The applicant organisation must be an MRFF Eligible Organisation approved by the NHMRC.

Joint applications are encouraged where there is an eligible lead organisation that is the main driver of the project.

Applicants must nominate a Chief Investigator A (CIA) to lead the application, research and reporting.

A person may be named as a Chief Investigator on no more than one application per Stream; up to 15 Chief Investigators may be included.

For Streams 1 and 2, at least 50% of the Chief Investigator team must be early to mid-career researchers (EMCRs), defined as being within 10 years of the earliest PhD award date, excluding eligible career disruptions.

The CIA must generally be an Australian citizen or permanent resident at application submission; if not, they must have the required work visa when accepting the grant.

The CIA must be based in Australia for the grant duration, apart from reasonable overseas travel.

Applications must address one stream only, meet the relevant funding limits, use eligible expenditure, provide required minimum data, comply with application formatting and page limits, be certified and submitted by the Research Administration Officer by the closing deadline, and propose research aligned with the grant objectives.