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HRC Explorer Grants

Funds exploratory New Zealand health research ideas with seed support for non-traditional project directions.

HRC Explorer Grants are the council's smallest and most flexible Ideas Funding route, aimed at transformative or unconventional health research ideas under the Health Research Council of New Zealand. The scheme reaches across biomedical, clinical, behavioural, social, public health, Māori health, Pacific health, and translational sciences, and it is open to researchers in any health-related field.

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

Last verified: 27 May 2026Source: gateway.hrc.govt.nz