FRONTIER HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM – STAGE ONE – RESEARCH PLAN
Develop your health and medical research plan
Last Updated: 13 November 2019
Frontier Health and Medical Research Program – Stage One – Research Plan
Between $250,000 and $1 million to develop a research plan.
Researchers with projects in the health and medical sector.
Overview
The Frontier Health and Medical Research Program will provide grants to a total of $240 million over five years. For the Stage One grant opportunity, up to $10 million is available.
The program creates opportunities for researcher collaborations to explore bold and innovative ideas and make discoveries of great potential and global impact.
Australia has the potential to lead markets and create new ones by applying cutting-edge science and technologies to new, first-in-world applications that improve human health. This program encourages Australia’s best and brightest researchers to create talented and ambitious multi-disciplinary teams.
The program will operate using a two-stage process:
- Stage One funds the development of detailed research plans for cutting-edge research projects.
- Stage Two will fund the implementation of selected research projects.
Selected applicants from the Stage One grant opportunity will be invited to participate in Stage Two.
Stage One
The Stage One grant opportunity funds up to ten projects for one year to develop a detailed research plan. Your research plan will need to cover up to 5 years of activity that takes your idea from concept to outcome. You must demonstrate how your idea is novel and transformative. And show how you will bring together multi-disciplinary research and industry partners to transform your idea into practical benefit for Australia.
The intended outcome of this grant opportunity is a detailed research and implementation plan. Your plan will form the basis of a Stage Two application. Your research should transform healthcare in Australia with a range of new treatments for disease and medical services.
Stage One is currently closed. A second round of funding for Stage One will be available shortly.
Stage Two
Stage Two projects will enable selected research plans developed under Stage One to receive investment to develop their ideas. These ideas will revolutionise healthcare with new technological advances or approaches.
Stage Two grants will vary depending on applicant requirements, but they would typically be in the range of $10 to $20 million per annum for 5 years.
Stage Two is currently closed.
Eligibility
What are the eligibility criteria?
To be eligible you must:
- have an Australian business number (ABN)
- be incorporated in Australia
You must also be one of the following eligible bodies:
- a medical research institute
- a university
- a corporate Commonwealth entity
- a corporation (including businesses and not for profits)