NHMRC Partnership Project Grants

NHMRC Partnerships for Better Health (Partnership Projects) will help create partnerships among decision makers, policy makers, managers, clinicians and researchers. This funding scheme provides funding and support to create new opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to define research questions and undertake research and also to interpret and implement the findings.

Partnership Projects will answer a specific research question to influence health and well-being through changes in the delivery, organisation, funding and access to health services.

Continuous application process

NHMRC has changed the arrangements for this scheme to allow applicants to apply at any time during the year rather than through just one annual round. This process also allows researchers and partner organisations to develop timely collaborations. The grant commencement date will not be fixed for 1 January - it will be aligned with the timing of each round. Therefore, funding will be provided more quickly after grants are awarded/announced and when all necessary documentation is in place.

Changes to Partnership Projects for 2018

Applicants should note the following changes to the Partnership Projects scheme-specific Funding Rules for 2018:
Additional funding is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research through a Partnership Projects Special Initiative (see section 9 of the Partnership Projects scheme-specific Funding Rules). This Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Obesity Prevention Research Special Initiative (Special Initiative) will be available to researchers applying to peer review cycles from 2018 until 2019, unless the allocated funding is exhausted in earlier cycles.

For further information, visit NHMRC Partnership Project Grants website

1. Contact your Faculty/IFM/IISRI research office to register your intent to submit. Applicants must work with their Faculty/Institute/SRC and/or School to develop a high calibre application
2. Submit a Notice of Intent to Submit (NOIS) to Deakin Research Grants.
3. Read the Guidelines, Instructions to Applicants and Peer Review document.
4. Plan and draft your grant proposal early; CIs should gather their individual CV information/updates.
5. Once the round is open, commence your online application in NHMRC Research Grants Management System - RGMS.
6. Contact the DR-Grants NHMRC team if you have any queries.
7. Organise relevant certification forms, AI consents and partner letters.

• NOIS for Partnership Projects (DOCX, 20.1KB)
• Certification Form (DOCX, 30.7KB)
• Deakin University Salaries for casual salaries and actual salary costs for partner contribution