MRFF – EPCDRI – 2024 Alcohol and Other Drugs Grant Opportunity

Overview

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 a large scale multidisciplinary project, in partnership with consumers and health services, to identify and evaluate the risk and impact of increased access to alcohol on physical and mental health for: Topic A: First Nations individuals and communities Topic B: adolescents and young adults. Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a large scale multidisciplinary project, in partnership with consumers and health services, to identify and evaluate the risk and impact of polysubstance use and/or the use of new psychoactive substances on physical and mental health for: Topic A: First Nations individuals and communities Topic B: adolescents and young adults. Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): develop, implement and/or evaluate patient-centred approaches for the treatment of substance use disorders, through co-design with health services and consumers, for: Topic A: First Nations individuals and communities Topic B: adolescents and young adults Topic C: women. Stream 4 (Incubator): develop new approaches for pain management for individuals with a current or past substance use disorder, focusing on: Topic A: pharmacological approaches Topic B: non-pharmacological approaches. Applications to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the 4 Streams of research. This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health and Aged Care’s website.