MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2021 Chronic Respiratory Conditions Grant Opportunity

Overview

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2021 Chronic Respiratory Conditions Grant Opportunity will support research that: Stream 1:  develop treatable trait-based precision medicine approaches for chronic respiratory disease Stream 2: clinically validate feasible technology enabled approaches to medication and therapeutic adherence and self-management of chronic respiratory diseases. The anticipated outcomes of the research is to improve the health and well-being of Australians by: Stream 1: supporting implementation of new individualised approaches for improving chronic respiratory disease assessment, treatment and outcomes Stream 2: driving the uptake of technology-enabled self-management interventions for chronic respiratory diseases.   Applicants to this grant opportunity must propose to conduct research that delivers against the above objectives and those of the Preventive and Public Health Initiative. Applicants are encouraged to describe how the outcomes of the research will be translated into health benefits for Australians. 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.