NHMRC Ideas Grants

NHMRC Ideas Grants fund innovative health and medical research questions from discovery through to implementation. They are open across career stages, with a chief investigator leading the work, and they are the scheme to use when the project is not primarily a clinical trial or cohort study. Funding runs for one to five years, and the award size is assessed from the requested budget rather than from a fixed published cap. Applications go through NHMRC's Sapphire system and are advertised on GrantConnect; the 2026 round, GO8295, includes Cure4 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as a philanthropic co-funder for qualifying applications. The scheme fits tightly framed health research with a clear question and a realistic delivery plan. Teams with trial-led or cohort-led work should look to the separate Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies stream instead, because Ideas Grants are designed for broader research questions. Review still depends on how clearly the team defines scope, feasibility, and expected health value.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.