MRFF – PHCR Initiative - 2020 Primary Health Care Research Grant Opportunity

Overview

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)  Primary Health Care Research Initiative aims to enable or support an increase in Australia’s evidence base in primary health care through research to improve service delivery and patient outcomes, and translate this knowledge into action. The objective of this grant opportunity is to support primary health care implementation research that builds the primary health care evidence base and accelerates development and/or adoption of best practice clinical care and models. The intended outcome of the research is to improve health outcomes, raise the standard of clinical care and practice, support health system improvement in primary care, and/or improve primary health care policy. To be competitive for funding, applicants must propose to conduct primary health care research that delivers against the above objectives.  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