HRC Project Grants
Supports New Zealand investigators with project funding for biomedical, public health, and clinical studies designed for real-world implementation.
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) Project Grants is the principal investigator-initiated mechanism for funding discrete biomedical, public health, and clinical research projects with the potential to vastly improve health outcomes for New Zealanders. The HRC was established under the Health Research Council Act 1990 and is governed by a ten-member Council accountable to the Minister…
Biomedical, public health, clinical research with potential to vastly improve NZ health outcomes, in the General category (Rangahau Hauora Māori and Pacific Health are separate categories of the same Project Grant mechanism).
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