National Health & Medical Research Council

°Õ³ó±ðÌýÌý (NHMRC) provides funding support across the full spectrum of health & medical research, from basic science through to clinical, public health, and health services research.

NHMRC schemes and deadlines are listed in the table below and on the .

NHMRC funding application templates and resources

Upcoming Rounds

  • NHMRC-Cancer Australia Research Initiative – Targeted Call for Research: Early-Onset Cancer 2025
    Link Round Applications open Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline
    2025 16 Jul 2025

    27 Aug 2025

    Full Review:
    28 Aug 2025

    Mandatory Compliance Review:
    3 Sep 2025

    10 Sep 2025

  • NHMRC- Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD): Strengthening Health Systems 2025
    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    Stage 1 via GACD:

    Stage 2 via NHMRC (Invitation only):

    		2025 Stage 2: 17 Nov 2025 EOI NA

    Stage 2 Full Review:
    7 Oct 2025

    Stage 2 Mandatory Compliance Review:
    21 Oct 2025

    		 Stage 2:Ìý Ìý Ìý 28 Oct 2025

  • Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies 2025
    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline
    2025 10 Sep 2025 8 Oct 2025

    Full Review:
    15 Oct 2025

    Mandatory
    Compliance Review:
    29 Oct 2025

    		 5 Nov 2025

  • Centres of Research Excellence 2026
    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline
    2026 1 Oct 2025 29 Oct 2025

    Full Review:
    30 Oct 2025

    Mandatory Compliance Review:
    12 Nov 2025

    		 19 Nov 2025

  • Partnership Projects 2025 - Round 3
    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    		2025

    24 Jul 2025

    		 EOI

    12 Nov 2025

    Full Review:
    13 Nov 2025

    Mandatory Compliance Review:
    19 Nov 2025

    26 Nov 2025

  • NHMRC-Horizon Europe 2025
    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline

    Stage 1 via European Commission:Ìý

    Stage 2 via NHMRC (invitation only):

    		2025

    Stage 1: 22 May 2025

    Stage 2: Mar 2026

    		 EOI TBC

    Stage 2 Full Review: TBC Mar 2026

    Stage 2 Mandatory Compliancec Review: TBC Mar 2026

    		 Stage 2: TBC Apr 2026

  • NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program

    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline
    Ìý Last round opened Dec 2024 EOI TBA TBA TBA

  • Synergy Grants
    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline
    Ìý Last round openedÌýFeb 2025 EOI TBA



    TBA

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  • Ideas Grants
    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline
    Ìý LastÌýround opened MarÌý2025 EOI TBA

    TBA

    		 TBA

  • Development Grants
    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline
    Ìý Last round openedÌý Apr 2025 EOI TBA


    TBA

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  • Investigator Grants
    Link Round Applications open Internal EoI Minimum data Internal deadline External deadline
    Ìý Last round opened Jun 2025 EOI TBA

    TBA

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Contact us

Pre-Award team - Research Services

E: preaward@adelaide.edu.au

Faculty contacts

  • ABLE: Xiaochun Liu and Julia Kuliwaba
  • HMS: Lesley Ritter and Farhana Alam
  • SET: Weiping Xu and Shaneen Cunningham-Moody