MRFF – EPCDRI – 2022 Models of Care to Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Acute Care Grant Opportunity

Overview

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative (the Initiative) aims to enable or support:  high quality biomedical, clinical, health services and/or population health research that improves patient care translation of new discoveries into clinical practice new diagnoses, treatments and cures for those suffering from rare and debilitating conditions joint collaboration of consumers and researchers in undertaking research in emerging priority areas; and many Australians with debilitating conditions.  The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects in each state and territory that develop, implement and validate evidence-based and scalable clinical models of care that improve acute care and reduce the pressure on Australian emergency departments. There are eight streams under this grant opportunity: Stream 1: Australian Capital Territory Stream 2: New South Wales Stream 3: Northern Territory Stream 4: Queensland Stream 5: South Australia Stream 6: Tasmania Stream 7: Victoria Stream 8: Western Australia Applicants must specify the Stream to which they are applying in their application, that is, the state or territory in which the research will be conducted. The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by generating evidence that supports implementation of more effective and timely acute care approaches.  This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health.  Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health website.