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Adrian Barnett receives funding from the Medical Research Future Fund and the National Health and Medical Research Council. He is a member of the NHMRC Research Committee; this article represents his own views.

Philip Clarke receives funding from the Medical Research Future Fund via grants held at the University of Melbourne.

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The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a A$20 billion fund to support Australian health and medical research. It was set up in 2015 to deliver practical benefits from medical research and innovation to as many Australians as possible.

Unlike the other research funding agencies, such the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), most of the MRFF funding is priority-driven. It seeks to fund research in particular areas or topics rather than using open calls when researchers propose their own ideas for funding.

As the Nine newspapers outlined this week, researchers have criticised the previous Coalition government’s allocation of MRFF funds. There is widespread consensus the former health minister had too much influence in the allocation of funds, and there was limited and sometimes no competition when funding was directly allocated to one research group.

The current Health Minister, Mark Butler, has instituted a review . So how should the big decisions about how to spend the MRFF be made in the future to maximise its value and achieve its aims?

Read more: Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt's big ideas for how Australia funds and uses research

Assess gaps in evidence

Research priorities for the MRFF are set by the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board , which widely consults with the research sector.

However, most researchers and institutions will simply argue more funding is needed for their own research. If the board seeks to satisfy such lobbying, it will produce fragmented funding that aligns poorly with the health needs of Australians.

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A better approach would be to systematically assemble evidence about what is known and the key evidence gaps. Here, the board would benefit from what is known as a “ value of information ” framework for decision-making.

This framework systematically attempts to quantify the most valuable information that will reduce the uncertainty for health and medical decision-making. In other words, it would pinpoint which information we need to allow us to better make health and medical decisions.

There have been attempts to use this method in Australia to help inform how we prioritise hospital-based research. However, we now need to apply such an approach more broadly.

Read more: COVID has left Australia's biomedical research sector gasping for air

Seek public input

A structured framework for engaging with the public is also missing in Australia. The public’s perspective on research prioritisation has often been overlooked, but as the ultimate consumers of research, they need to be heard.

Research is a highly complex and specialised endeavour, so we can’t expect the public to create sensible priorities alone.

One approach used overseas has been developed by the James Lind Alliance , a group in the United Kingdom that combines the public’s views with researchers to create agreed-on priorities for research.

This is done using an intensive process of question setting and discussion. Priorities are checked for feasibility and novelty, so there is no funding for research that’s impossible or already done.

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The priorities from the James Lind Alliance process can be surprising. The top priority in the area of irritable bowel syndrome , for example, is to discover if it’s one condition or many, while the second priority is to work on bowel urgency (a sudden urgent need to go to the toilet).

While such everyday questions can struggle to get funding in traditional systems that often focus on novelty, funding research in these two priority areas could lead to the most benefits for people with irritable bowel syndrome.

Consider our comparative advantages

Australia is a relatively small player globally. To date, the MRFF has allocated around $2.6 billion , just over 5% of what the United States allocates through the National Institute of Health funding in a single year .

A single research grant, even if it involves a few million dollars of funding, is unlikely to lead to a medical breakthrough. Instead, the MRFF should prioritise areas where Australia has a comparative advantage.

This could involve building on past success (such as the research that led to the HPV, or human papillomavirus, vaccine to prevent cervical cancer), or where Australian researchers can play a critical role globally.

However, there is an area where Australian researchers have an absolute advantage: using research to improve our own health system.

A prime example would be finding ways to improve dental care access in Australia. For example, a randomised trial of different ways of providing insurance and dental services, similar to the RAND Health Insurance Experiment conducted in the United States in the 1970s.

This could provide the evidence needed to design a sustainable dental scheme to complement Medicare. Now that is something the MRFF should consider as a funding priority.

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The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a once in a generation opportunity to significantly reshape the landscape of Australian medical research and innovation.

Australia has world leading health and medical research (HMR) and a world-class health system, but too often they operate in isolation from each other rather than as one system with the aim of a healthier community. The MRFF provides the opportunity to bridge the gap between the two, so that Australian medical research and innovation in partnership with health practitioners delivers the new practices, services and products needed to continue to improve the health, wellbeing and prosperity of Australians.

Funding  into  the MRFF

Established by legislation in August 2015, the Medical Research Future fund is an investment fund. Capital injections were made into the MRFF in successive financial years, with the target account balance of $20 billion being achieved in July 2020. The capital is invested and the earnings are available to fund health and medical research and innovation.

Funding from the MRFF

The first funding from the MRFF was announced in May 2017. More information on the funding announced so far is available here . This amount will grow rapidly over the next few years, from $121 million in 2017/18 to an estimated $579 million in 2020/21 and around $650 million each year thereafter.

Decisions about what to fund are made by the Minister for Health. The Minister is guided by an expert Advisory board, which is responsible for developing the MRFF’s Strategy and Funding Priorities.

Research Australia has been actively involved in the development of the MRFF from the time it was first proposed. We continue to engage with the Government and the Health Department about the MRFF and are following its progress closely to ensure that its objective of bridging the gap between research and the health system is being met.

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Funding decisions are made by the Health Minister in accordance with the five-year Strategy and two yearly funding Priorities, which are determined by the MRFF Advisory Board. Consisting of the CEO of the NHMRC and up to seven other appointees, the Board as a whole is required to have expertise in:

  • medical research;
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  • management or delivery of health services;
  • medical innovation;
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  • consumer issues relating to health.

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The MRFF is created by the Medical Research Future Fund Act 2015 .

What can be funded

Earnings on the MRFF’s capital are to be used to fund  medical innovation  and medical research , both of which are defined by section 5 of the Act.

Medical innovation  includes:

(a) the application and commercialisation of medical research for the purpose of improving the health and wellbeing of Australians; and (b) the translation of medical research into new or better ways of improving the health and wellbeing of Australians.

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Section 10 of the Act specifies that grants can be made to:

  • States and Territories via the COAG Reform Fund;
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  • universities and medical research institutes; and
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Next year, the Medical Research Future Fund will reach its 10th anniversary. Set up in 2015, it was intended to turbocharge Australian funding for health research through a long-term investment.

Research projects are paid for through interest on the fund’s value, which hit A$20 billion in 2020. Currently, the MRFF is doling out A$650 million annually, making it second only to the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC’s) annual spending of around A$900m.

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The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a dedicated vehicle for priority investment in health and medical research. 

The MRFF demonstrates the Government's strong comittment to research and innovation. It provides a long term sustainable source of funding to improve health outcomes, qualities of life and health system sustainability.

MRFF funding calls and announcements are made periodically and support a variety of schemes. As new announcements are made, the details are provided on this page. 

The MRFF also supports our researchers to make the next big medical discoveries that benefit all Australians.

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In order to support activity towards each of the Priorities, the Government has funded a series of initiatives under four broad categories: Patients, Researchers, Missions and Translation. Missions are initiatives with specific, ambitious goals; in some instances, but not all, missions are designed with the objective to seek significant co-funding investments. In all other instances, the funding initiatives are defined as Programs.

  • Patients The MRFF will deliver more advanced healthcare and medical technology that will improve the health of Australians
  • Researchers The MRFF is supporting the best health and medical researchers to make breakthrough discoveries, develop their skills and progress their careers in Australia
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  • Translation The MRFF funds research translation - turning research discoveries into new treatments and cures

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$5.7m for clinical trials

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Three UNSW Sydney projects have been awarded funding under the government’s Medical Research Future Fund’s clinical trials activity initiative.

UNSW Sydney researchers have been awarded more than $5.7 million under the Australian government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) clinical trials activity initiative, with projects spanning spinal cord injury, stroke, and diabetic ketoacidosis.

Interim Dean of UNSW Medicine & Health Professor Adrienne Torda congratulated the UNSW researchers who received funding. 

“These grants will help UNSW researchers and our partners improve the quality of life and health outcomes for many. I am so proud the teams who were successful in this round of funding and look forward to supporting their studies,” Prof. Torda said. 

Reducing spinal cord injury pain 

UNSW Professor Sylvia Gustin from UNSW Science and NeuRA was awarded $2.22 million for a randomised placebo-controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of an interactive brain-computer interface neuromodulation treatment combined with transcranial direct current stimulation for people with spinal cord injury neuropathic pain. 

The team of Prof. Gustin will conduct a randomised clinical trial to examine the efficacy and mechanisms of an advanced interactive Brain-Computer Interface Neuromodulation (BCI-N) treatment combined with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). The study has the potential to inform patient care across the spectrum of initial hospitalisation to home-based self-management.

“Given the deleterious impact of spinal cord injury neuropathic pain on the quality of life and the easy translation of our novel brain-technology intervention into accessible home use, the results of this clinical trial are expected to provide a sustainable advance in spinal cord injury pain management,” Prof. Gustin said.  

Improving outcomes for people with a debilitating form of stroke

Professor Jeremy Cohen from The George Institute for Global Health and UNSW Medicine & Health has received $1.9 million for a project that aims to improve the outcomes for younger people with a debilitating form of stroke, subarachnoid haemorrhage.

“A subarachnoid haemorrhage is a devastating type of stroke affecting around 2000 Australians a year, a third of whom will die from the condition with the remainder at risk of permanent disability. Up to 40 per cent of this often young and previously fit population are unable to return to their previous occupation,” Prof. Cohen said.

A common complication in this type of stroke is low blood levels of sodium (or hyponatremia) which occurs in up to two thirds of hospitalised patients. Hyponatremia is associated with a twofold increase in duration of hospital and ICU stay in these patients.

Previous work by Dr Jeremy Cohen, Director of the Wesley Hospital Intensive Care Unit and Honorary Professorial Fellow at The George Institute, confirmed that hyponatraemia during ICU admission is also significantly associated with worse levels of disability six months later.

This study will investigate if fludrocortisone, a low cost and well-established corticosteroid that regulates salt and water balance in the body, can prevent this fall in sodium and therefore improve outcomes in these patients.

Fluid therapy for diabetic ketoacidosis

Professor Mahesh Ramanan from The George Institute for Global Health and UNSW Medicine & Health has received $1.6 million for a fluid therapy trial for patients presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening complication of diabetes in which the body produces excess blood acids known as ketones. It occurs when there isn't enough insulin in the body and can be triggered by infection or other illness.

Fluid therapy is a vital component of the treatment of DKA, but which fluid provides the best outcomes is unknown. Saline is widely recommended in national and international guidelines despite a lack of high-quality evidence to support its use. It can lead to complications associated with worse outcomes in critically ill patients.

An alternative fluid, Plasma-Lyte 148 – a balanced salt solution that more closely matches the biochemistry of human blood – has theoretical advantages over saline and is recommended in some DKA guidelines.

“It is hoped that the results will provide definitive guidance on the best choice of fluid therapy in DKA and reduce healthcare costs by reducing the time patients need to spend in ICU and hospital,” Prof. Ramanan said.

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MRFF – 2023 Stem Cell Therapies Grant Opportunity (GO6227)

MRFF – Stem Cell Therapies Mission – 2023 Stem Cell Therapies Grant Opportunity 

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – SCTM - 2023 Stem Cell Therapies Grant Opportunity will provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

  • a final product or therapy
  • a feasible path to market
  • an approach to regulatory processes
  • a competitive advantage over comparable products
  • appropriate consideration of the ethical, legal and social issues associated with treatments
  • a strategy for enhancing sector capacity of key clinical, manufacturing and commercial skillsets
  • potential funding leverage
  • potential funding leverage Research projects may include:
  • screening of novel or repurposed drug candidates, silencing RNAs or therapeutic oligonucleotides or other modifiers of cellular function, including gene editing and base editing
  • personalised identification of appropriate drugs based on patient-specific stem cell–derived tissues

The anticipated outcome of the research is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by:

  • Stream 1 (Accelerator): developing novel stem cell-based therapies that have the potential to transform clinical care
  • Stream 2 (Accelerator): generating new treatments that can improve clinical care.

This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

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    The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) 2021 Frontier Health and Medical Research Grant Opportunity opened as the MRFF 2019 Frontier Health and Medical Research (Stage One) Grant Opportunity. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity was deferred. The MRFF 2021 Frontier Health and Medical Research Grant Opportunity now incorporates the entire Frontier process.

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    The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a dedicated vehicle for priority investment in health and medical research. The MRFF demonstrates the Government's strong comittment to research and innovation. It provides a long term sustainable source of funding to improve health outcomes, qualities of life and health system sustainability.

  11. Medical Research Future Fund

    Medical Research Future Fund - National Critical Research Infrastructure Initiative - 2023 Innovative Trials This program provides funding to promote development and implementation of 'adaptive platform' and 'registry based' clinical trial methodologies, that will be used to conduct world-class health and medical research in areas of unmet ...

  12. MRFF Eligible Organisations

    MRFF Eligible Organisations. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) administers Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grants. Organisations can apply to NHMRC to become an MRFF Eligible Organisation (MRFF EO). This will allow them to be separately identified in NHMRC's grant management system and to apply for MRFF grant funding.

  13. Medical Research Future Fund

    The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a $20B long-term investment supporting priority-driven Australian health and medical research. The MRFF aims to transform health and innovation to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to health system sustainability. Proposed projects must closely align with the goals, objectives and ...

  14. MRFF

    The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) - 2024 Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Grant Opportunity will support medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 1 (Priority Area 3.1, Targeted Call for Research): conduct implementation research focused on addressing inequalities in access to high-quality care for older Australians ...

  15. Genomics Health Futures Mission funds medical research at Garvan

    Four research teams led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have been awarded grants totalling $11.6 million from the Medical Research Future Fund Genomics Health Futures Mission. The grants will support projects that develop genomics for improved diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, inflammatory ...

  16. PDF Medical Research Future Fund

    The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a $20 billion long-term investment supporting Australian health and medical research. The MRFF aims to transform health and medical research and innovation to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to health system sustainability. The GHFM will provide A$500 million over 10 years under the MRFF to

  17. WEHI receives $2.5 million fund to develop personalized cancer treatments

    WEHI receives $2.5 million fund to develop personalized cancer treatments. With a $2.5 million fund received from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), a new genomics project led by WEHI will develop precision medicine and customized cancer therapy for Australians. A visualization of deep mutational scanning data from MaveDB.

  18. MRFF

    MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission - 2023 Cardiovascular Health Grant Opportunity. The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) - 2023 Cardiovascular Health Grant Opportunity will support research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 1 (Incubator): conduct small-scale development projects to establish feasible, evidence-based ...

  19. $5.7m for clinical trials

    Three UNSW Sydney projects have been awarded funding under the government's Medical Research Future Fund's clinical trials activity initiative. UNSW Sydney researchers have been awarded more than $5.7 million under the Australian government's Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) clinical trials activity initiative, with projects spanning ...

  20. MRFF grant opportunities calendar

    Funding anticipated to be awarded for Round 1 from December 2024. Funding anticipated to be awarded for Round 2 from June 2025. 2024 BioMedTech Incubator. 27 Feb 24. N/A. 31 Jul 24. Open. Funding anticipated to be awarded from December 2024. 2024 Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care.

  21. Accolades: Awards, honors and appointments April

    Brandon Wilder, Ph.D., of the Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, received funding from the Hypothesis Fund, which supports innovative, early stage health and climate change research.Wilder's project, "Intracellular antibodies as a paradigm-shifting strategy for antibody-based therapeutics," was selected for the boldness of the science, his willingness to take risks and go after a big idea, and ...

  22. Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care: State Disparities

    Studies show as well that many people of color contend with interpersonal racism and discrimination in health care settings and more often receive worse medical care than white patients. 8 According to an assessment by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Black patients received worse care than white patients on 52 ...

  23. Medical Research Future Fund Webinar: How to improve the health of

    I do welcome you to our March, 2024 Medical Research Future Fund webinar, how to improve the health of rural, regional, and remote communities with a Medical Research Future Fund grant, which we refer to as the MRFF. By way of introduction to myself, I'm Natasha Ploenges, I'm the CEO of the Health and Medical Research Office.

  24. PDF Department of Health and Aged Care

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  25. MRFF

    The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) - SCTM - 2023 Stem Cell Therapies Grant Opportunity will provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that: The anticipated outcome of the research is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by: Stream 2 (Accelerator): generating new ...