HRC Health Delivery Projects

HRC Health Delivery Projects fund research into practice, policy, and system-level health delivery under the Health Research Council of New Zealand's Ideas Funding stream. The mechanism is built for translational work with real-world implementation potential, and it asks for Named Investigators based in healthcare delivery settings. Awards go up to NZD 1.4 million over five years. The annual 2026 round used an expression-of-interest stage in April 2026, followed by full applications in July and August 2026. Universities and research organisations in New Zealand are eligible, while individuals and for-profit companies are not. The scheme suits teams that can anchor a project inside a care setting and show how the work will influence practice or policy rather than sit purely in discovery science. Strong applications will usually pair academic expertise with operational experience in a delivery environment, because HRC is explicitly looking for translational outcomes and named investigators with that setting-based connection. The call is narrower than the broad project grant route, but it gives more room than Explorer Grants for a study that needs scale, time, and system access.

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