MRFF – TBIM – 2024 Traumatic Brain Injury Grant Opportunity

Overview

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): improve care for moderate to severe traumatic brain injury by optimising informatics approaches that gather nationally representative data. Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): test the efficacy and complete a process evaluation of novel treatments, clinical indicators and/or interventions for mild traumatic brain injury that improve long-term patient outcomes. Stream 3 (Incubator): conduct implementation research to test the effectiveness of best-practice rehabilitation and/or care models that are focused on personalised outcomes to meet the needs of the individual, for: Topic A: mild traumatic brain injury Topic B: moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Stream 4 (Targeted Call for Research): with a focus on Priority Populations, test the efficacy of novel rehabilitation models or approaches and complete a process evaluation for mild traumatic brain injury in improving personalised long-term patient outcomes that meet the needs of the individual. Applicants to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the four Streams of research. 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.