Science progresses faster when researchers can work together and use each other’s data.
A new research grant opportunity is available through the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and the Research Data Infrastructure initiative. This grant seeks fund the creation or extension of national research data infrastructure to support world-class health and medical research in Australia, helping researchers to collect, share and analyse data more widely.
The 2024 Research Data Infrastructure grant opportunity will provide $10 million to support Australian medical research and innovation projects that:
- use multiple types of existing research data infrastructure in new ways
- use these in areas of existing or emerging unmet health need.
Research proposals should incorporate:
- new linkage and/or use of data from multiple (at least two) existing research data infrastructure sources of different types (e.g. administrative and biobank data, registry and biobank data, wearables and use artificial intelligence); and/or
- novel methodologies and approaches that leverage and enhance existing linked research data infrastructure of at least two different types (e.g. administrative and biobank data, registry and biobank data, wearables and use artificial intelligence); and
- a clear outline of how the proposed project will produce knowledge and outcomes that address and area of unmet medical need.
Guidelines for the grant opportunity are now available.
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