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Funding callMedicine and clinical research · Australia

MRFF 2026 Rapid Applied Research Translation (GO8672)

The MRFF 2026 Rapid Applied Research Translation grant opportunity (GO8672) funds late-stage translational research that closes gaps in best-practice health care identified by collaborating health services, with grants of $250,000 to $5,000,000. This guide covers suitable research areas, eligibility and readiness checks, what assessment panels typically value and how to plan a competitive application.

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Next deadline
10 March 2027
Last checked
10 November 2026
Funder
Medical Research Future Fund (administered by NHMRC)
Sources
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Key dates

Application deadline
10 March 2027
Details last checked
10 November 2026
Apply through the official call

About the call

Funder
Medical Research Future Fund (administered by NHMRC)
Country
Australia
Scheme type
Project grant
Funding
$48,100,000 total; grants of $250,000 to $5,000,000
Eligibility
Approved MRFF Eligible Organisations may apply for late-stage translational research that closes gaps in best-practice health care identified by collaborating health services, with a separate stream for regional, rural and remote research.
Scope
Medicine and clinical research

Topics consistent with the call

  • Implementation of evidence-based care pathways within health services
  • Studies reducing unwarranted variation in clinical practice
  • Translation of proven interventions into routine hospital or primary care
  • Health service research addressing gaps identified by clinicians and managers
  • Regional, rural and remote research improving access to best-practice care
  • Evaluation of models of care for scale-up across health systems

Based on the published scope; the official page sets out the full themes and requirements.

Is your work a fit? Check before you apply

  1. Confirm that your administering institution is an approved MRFF Eligible Organisation.
  2. Check that the research is late-stage translation addressing a gap identified by a collaborating health service.
  3. Decide whether the regional, rural and remote stream applies to your project.
  4. Ensure the budget sits within the $250,000 to $5,000,000 range stated for the opportunity.
  5. Prepare a complete, institutionally approved application before the 10 March 2027 deadline.

Why This Funding Call Matters

Evidence for effective treatments and models of care often takes many years to reach routine practice, and gaps between best practice and actual care persist across health systems. Research co-designed with health services can shorten this delay by testing how proven approaches work in real settings. This grant opportunity links researchers with the services that identify the gaps, and its separate stream for regional, rural and remote research recognises that translation challenges outside metropolitan centres need dedicated attention.

Who Should Apply

Academic backgrounds

  • Health services research
  • Implementation science
  • Clinical medicine
  • Nursing and allied health
  • Rural and remote health

Institutions and sectors

  • Universities and medical research institutes
  • Local health districts and hospital networks
  • Primary health networks
  • Regional and rural health services

What Reviewers Typically Value

  1. A clearly documented gap in best-practice care identified with a collaborating health service.
  2. Strong partnership with health services that will adopt and sustain the findings.
  3. Rigorous evaluation designs suited to real-world service settings.
  4. A credible pathway to scale and embed changes across the health system.

Ideas You Could Develop

Stroke care pathway translationA multi-site project embedding an evidence-based acute stroke pathway in regional hospitals and evaluating its effect on time to treatment.
Deprescribing in aged careA stepped-wedge study translating a proven deprescribing intervention into residential aged care in partnership with a health service.
Telehealth for rural follow-upA project in the regional, rural and remote stream testing a telehealth model to close gaps in post-discharge follow-up.

Your Plan to the Deadline

A suggested schedule working back from 10 March 2027. Adjust it to the stage your work has reached.

  1. By 13 Jan 2027

    Read the call documents; confirm eligibility, budget limits, assessment criteria and institutional requirements.

  2. By 27 Jan 2027

    Agree the research question, aims, team and partners; contact your research office.

  3. By 10 Feb 2027

    Draft the case for support, methods, impact and budget.

  4. By 24 Feb 2027

    Obtain internal review, letters of support and institutional sign-off.

  5. By 5 Mar 2027

    Final checks against the funder’s guidance and formatting rules.

  6. By 10 Mar 2027

    Submit through the funder’s system before the deadline.

What you gain

  • Funding for the research, team and resources it needs.
  • Recognition from a competitive, peer-reviewed process.
  • Reviewer feedback that strengthens future applications.
  • A track record for larger grants and fellowships.

What happens after you apply

  1. Eligibility check: the funder confirms the application meets the call rules.
  2. Peer review: external reviewers assess the proposal against the published criteria.
  3. Panel: a committee ranks proposals; some schemes include an interview.
  4. Decision: outcomes are released on the funder’s timetable.
  5. Award: successful applicants agree terms and reporting requirements before starting.

What the Funder Are Looking For

The opportunity seeks late-stage translational research that closes gaps in best-practice health care, with the gaps identified by collaborating health services. Strong applications typically show genuine partnerships with services, a clear problem in current care, rigorous evaluation and a realistic path to adoption at scale. Researchers working in regional, rural and remote settings should review the dedicated stream. Detailed criteria and rules should be confirmed in the grant opportunity guidelines.

Read the official pageThis guide summarises the opportunity. Confirm deadlines, eligibility and requirements on the official page before you plan your work, and record the date you checked it.Open the official page

Expert help

How Pubrica Can Help

Pubrica’s subject specialists can help you prepare a competitive proposal, planned back from the deadline. You remain the author of your work.

Grant writingProposal writing structured to the funder’s guidance and assessment criteria. Literature review and gap analysisThe evidence base and the gap your proposal addresses. Study designStudy design and methods that reviewers can assess. Statistical analysis planSample size and analysis plans for the proposal. Data management planData management and sharing plans to funder requirements. Proposal editingEditing of the full proposal for clarity and consistency.
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FAQs

Questions Researchers Ask

The next published deadline is 10 March 2027. Dates can change, so confirm them on the official page before you plan your work.

The opportunity focuses on late-stage translation of existing evidence into practice, so early-stage testing of a new intervention may be a weaker fit. Check the grant opportunity guidelines on the NHMRC and GrantConnect websites to confirm what research stages are eligible.

Approved MRFF Eligible Organisations may apply for late-stage translational research that closes gaps in best-practice health care identified by collaborating health services, with a separate stream for regional, rural and remote research. Confirm the full eligibility rules in the call documents.

Yes. Pubrica’s specialists can review, write, edit and format your proposal. You remain the author and the person responsible for the submission.

Sources

  1. Medical Research Future Fund (administered by NHMRC). (2026). MRFF 2026 Rapid Applied Research Translation (GO8672). Retrieved 10 November 2026, from https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/find-funding/mrff-2026-rapid-applied-research-translation-grant-opportunity-go8672

How to cite this page

Pubrica Insights. (2026). MRFF 2026 Rapid Applied Research Translation (GO8672). Pubrica. https://pubrica.com/insights/calls-and-conferences/mrff-2026-rapid-applied-research-translation-go8672/

  • MRFF
  • Translational research
  • Health services
  • Australia
  • Rural health

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