MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2023 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles Grant Opportunity

Overview

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) - Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative - 2023 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles Grant Opportunity aims to provide grants of financial assistance to support health and medical research and innovation to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians. 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): develop new scalable approaches to improve maternal and/or early childhood nutrition and exercise Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): develop new scalable approaches to reduce alcohol and other drug use by adolescents and young adults Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): develop new co-designed and scalable lifestyle interventions to reduce the risk of chronic diseases in Priority Populations. The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by: Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): reducing mortality and morbidity in mothers and babies and/or morbidity in early childhood Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): reducing the harm caused by alcohol and drug use by adolescents and young adults Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): reducing the incidence of chronic diseases by improving modifiable lifestyle-related risk factors in Priority Populations. Applicants to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the three Streams of research. An application may only be submitted to one of the above three 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 and Aged Care. Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health and Aged Care’s website.