Medical Research Future Fund
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Status not published
Individual grant opportunities are published on GrantConnect with their own closing dates. The MRFF publishes a rolling implementation plan setting out upcoming opportunities.
A A$20 billion endowment funding health and medical research and innovation through targeted competitive grant opportunities. Individual grants range from a few hundred thousand dollars to tens of millions depending on the initiative. Relevant streams for companies include the Biomedical Translation Bridge and BioMedTech Horizons style initiatives, plus targeted translational research missions.
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing / National Health and Medical Research Council (administering)
public · national
Deadline: cutoff — Individual grant opportunities are published on GrantConnect with their own closing dates. The MRFF publishes a rolling implementation plan setting out upcoming opportunities.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health
- Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed, series_a
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Eligibility varies by grant opportunity. Many streams require an Australian university, medical research institute or hospital as administering institution; some translation and commercialisation streams admit companies directly or as partners.
How to apply
- Monitor GrantConnect and the MRFF implementation plan for relevant opportunities.
- Identify whether an administering institution (university, MRI or hospital) is required as the lead applicant.
- Prepare the application in Sapphire or the relevant grants system.
- Peer review and assessment.
- Award and execution of the funding agreement.
What you will need
- Grant application and research plan
- Budget and justification
- CVs of chief investigators
- Administering institution certification
- Ethics approvals or plans
- Commercialisation plan for translation-focused streams (if applicable)
Source. https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/medical-research-future-fund — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked
"The Medical Research Future Fund is a long-term investment supporting Australian health and medical research."