MRFF – IHR Fund – 2020 Indigenous Health Research Grant Opportunity

Overview

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Indigenous Health Research Fund aims to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through: Indigenous-led research practice and governance; knowledge translation; and evidence-based change in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practice. The objectives of the MRFF – IHR Fund – 2020 Indigenous Health Research grant opportunity are outlined in the two Streams listed in the grant guidelines. The intended outcome of the research is to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people by:  Stream 1 (Incubator): generating new approaches for community based practices that transform care in early life and for chronic diseases and generating knowledge that defines the positive role that culture can play in health and wellbeing and articulates how it can be incorporated into services and programs Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): enabling Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander led primary health care services and practitioners to undertake research of relevance to their communities and drive implementation of best practice outcomes. Applicants to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the two Streams of research. An application may be submitted to one of the above two Streams only. Applicants must specify the Stream to which they are applying in their application.  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.