MRFF – Research Data Infrastructure Initiative - 2026 Research Data Infrastructure Grant Opportunity

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Research Data Infrastructure Initiative aims to improve health outcomes, quality of life and health system sustainability. The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that use novel methods to harness multiple existing data infrastructure types in developing and implementing new approaches for addressing an unmet medical need. The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by supporting Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that use multiple types of existing research data infrastructure in new ways in areas of existing or emerging unmet health need. Applicants to this grant opportunity must propose to conduct research that delivers against the above objective and those of the Research Data Infrastructure Initiative. 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.