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External research grants

In Metro South Health research grants represent funding from internal (ie Metro South Health Research Support Scheme - MSH RSS) and external sponsoring/funding entities/organisations for approved research projects.

Translational Research Institute (TRI)

The TRI has compiled a helpful resource which identifies some grant and funding opportunities relevant to research projects at TRI. 

GrantConnect

  • Information on current and future grant funding can now be found on the Australian Government’s whole-of-government grants information system—GrantConnect.
  • GrantConnect is the authoritative source for potential grant applicants to find and access Commonwealth Grant Opportunities and Grant Opportunity Guidelines.
  • Anyone can sign up to receive optional email notification of new Commonwealth Grant Opportunities, relevant to their interests, as they are published.
  • To access Grant Opportunity Guidelines and to receive optional email notifications, users will need to create a GrantConnect account.
  • The GrantConnect Helpdesk (run by Department of Finance) can be reached on 1300 484 145 (between 9am and 5pm ACT Local Time, Monday to Friday, excluding ACT and national public holidays) or via email ‐ GrantConnect@finance.gov.au

There are several bodies who provide research grant opportunities. For more information on grants' eligibility and availability please visit the organisations' website.

State (Queensland)

National

ANZ Society of Nephrology

ANZCA

Australian Cancer Research Foundation

Australian Research Council

Australian Respiratory Council

Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation

Emergency Medicine Foundation

Equity Trustees Grant Funding

Fulbright Scholarships

Gastroenterological Society of Australia

Haemophilia Foundation

Harold Mitchell Foundation

Heart Foundation

Kidney Health Australia

Leukaemia Foundation

Medical Advances Without Animals (MAWA) Trust

Menzies Foundation

Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc

Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia

National Breast Cancer Foundation

National Critical Care Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC)

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Science Foundation

National Stroke Research Foundation

NeuroScience Research Grants (Pfizer)

Nutrition Society of Australia

Ophthalmic Research Institute

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

RACP Research and Education Foundation

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation

Retina Australia

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust

 

International

External research grant applications

  • If a research grant is sought from an entity/organisation external to Metro South Health, principal investigators and research student supervisors must ensure the relevant sponsoring/funding entity/organisation’s processes are followed, in addition to, provisions outlined within the Research Grants Administration Procedure.
  • Metro South Health must be involved in the research grant application process if it is proposed for Metro South Health to be identified as the grant administering institution.

Multi-Institutional Agreement (MIA)

Research grants support

  • On request from the clinician or researcher and with sufficient notice the Metro South Research Support Coordinator may be able to facilitate a more detailed review of the application, aimed at improving the quality of the application.
  • Please contact the Metro South Research Support Coordinator to discuss further.
Last updated 12 January 2021
Last reviewed 11 December 2020