MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2025 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles Grant Opportunity

Overview

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative aims to enable or support research into new ways to address preventive and public health issues in Australia.   The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:  - Stream 1 (TCR): develop, implement and/or evaluate interventions to prevent or manage perinatal mental ill-health  - Stream 2 (TCR): develop, implement and/or evaluate holistic approaches that support healthy development for children aged 2-5 years  - Stream 3 (TCR): develop, implement and/or evaluate new co-designed and scalable health and wellbeing promotion and/or preventive health approaches to address modifiable risk factors in:  o Topic A: adolescents and young adults   o Topic B: middle-aged people.  The intended outcome of the research is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by:  - Stream 1: improving prevention and management of perinatal mental ill-health  - Stream 2: improving healthy development in early childhood to support a strong start to life   - Stream 3: promoting healthy lifestyle and preventive health approaches that address modifiable risk factors in adolescents, young adults and middle-aged people.  Applicants to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the 3 Streams of research. An application may only be submitted to one of the above 3 Streams. 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, Disability and Ageing.  Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's website A list of Eligible Organisations can be found on the NHMRC List of MRFF Eligible Organisations webpage.?