MRFF Theme: Researchers
Supporting our researchers to make breakthrough discoveries, develop their skills and progress their careers in Australia
Frontier Health and Medical Research
The Frontier Health and Medical Research initiative is a two-stage program that will provide a total of $570 million over nine years. It will support researchers to explore bold ideas that could have a global impact.
- Stage One — researchers form teams and develop detailed research plans for cutting-edge projects. They must convince the selection panel that their idea has merit. Successful applicants have one year and $1 million to get their proposal ready for submit for Stage Two.
- Stage Two — successful Stage One teams compete for up to five years of further funding to pursue their projects. We expect funding to range from $10 million to $20 million per year.
Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI)
This initiative was previously called Industry Researcher Exchange and Training. It will invest $32 million over four years to provide researchers with:
- industry placements
- mentoring
- exchange programs
- exposure to entrepreneurialism
- skills in research translation and commercialisation
- a diverse range of experiences beyond the research lab
The Australian Government will fund a service provider to run this program.
Clinical Researchers
The Australian Government is investing $190.8 million in clinician researcher fellowships over the next decade. This provides money for health care professionals who work with patients to carry out research projects. The aim of this scheme to allow clinicians to be able to invest their time in not only clinical work, but research as well.