MRFF 2024 Traumatic Brain Injury
Key dates for MRFF 2024 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Proposals open in Sapphire: 20 November 2024
- UQ R&I NOI Close: 22 January 2025
- Minimum data requirements in Sapphire: 11 December 2024
- Applications due to UQ R&I: 22 January 2025
- Applications close: 5pm ACT time 5 February 2025
Overview
This grant opportunity will provide financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:
- Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): improve care for moderate to severe traumatic brain injury by optimising informatics approaches that gather nationally representative data.
- Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): test the efficacy and complete a process evaluation of novel treatments, clinical indicators and/or interventions for mild traumatic brain injury that improve long-term patient outcomes.
- Stream 3 (Incubator): conduct implementation research to test the effectiveness of best practice rehabilitation and/or care models that are focused on personalised outcomes to meet the needs of the individual, for:
- Topic A: mild traumatic brain injury
- Topic B: moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.
- Stream 4 (Targeted Call for Research): with a focus on Priority Populations, test the efficacy of novel rehabilitation models or approaches and complete a process evaluation for mild traumatic brain injury in improving personalised long-term patient outcomes that meet the needs of the individual.
Successful applicants are required to demonstrate how they will engage with previous recipients of funding from the Traumatic Brain Injury Mission. Refer to the guidelines for further details.
A person must not be named as a Chief Investigator (CI) on more than one application submitted to a Stream of this grant opportunity
The amount available for a single grant in each Stream are as follows:
- Stream 1 – there is no minimum grant amount and the maximum amount for a single grant is $5 million
- Stream 2 – there is no minimum grant amount, the maximum amount for a single grant is $1.5 million.
- Stream 3 – there is no minimum grant amount, the maximum amount for a single grant is $1.0 million.
- Stream 4 – there is no minimum grant amount, the maximum amount for a single grant is $1.5 million.
How to Apply
Internal notice of intent process
All researchers intending to submit an MRFF application are required to submit a mandatory internal Notice of Intent. NOIs will be collated centrally and distributed to Faculties and Institutes in order to provide maximum support to the UQ research community.
Step 1. Sapphire updates and scheme reading
- Register for Sapphire and update your full profile 'My Profile and CV'. The Grant Opportunity will be run through the new National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants management system, Sapphire, which replaces RGMS. If any team members are new to Sapphire and need a login/password, start early. The NHMRC require at least three working days to create new Sapphire accounts.
- Familiarise yourself with the key MRFF, NHMRC and The University of Queensland (UQ) documentation.
Step 2. Completing the application
- Log into Sapphire and complete the application
Step 3. UQ R&I internal review and feedback
- Ahead of internal review, ensure all online components are complete and valid in Sapphire and CIA has initiated the Certification process. Application errors will be signalled and can be corrected during the Certification stage.
- To initiate internal review, email your completed Funding Application Certification to UQ R&I at mrffgrants@research.uq.edu.au.
- Internal review by UQ R&I/feedback provided (compliance/eligibility/grantsmanship).
Step 4. Final submission
- Final submission by UQ R&I to NHMRC.
Letters of Support
Signing for all letters of support from UQ is co-ordinated through the Research Office. All Letters of support for MRFF applications, including those led by other institutions, must be accompanied by a completed Funding Application Certification (see below) and authorisations of any enumerated contributions or additional UQ staff beyond the lead CI listed in the letter. We strongly recommend working with your local school/institute research professionals to complete this process.
To provide time for review and signature, we ask that UQ researchers submit draft letters to mrffgrants@research.uq.edu.au no later than two weeks before the external closing date.
Partner Letters
We would encourage applicants to provide drafts of partner letters of support for review by the Research office before organising their final signature to ensure eligibility and compliance. A template Letter of Support is provided below.
Non-UQ Lead Applications
- The administering organisation should provide you with a draft letter of support. UQ information from the CEO letter below may assist you in completing the letter.
- Complete a generic Funding Application Certification, and get it countersigned by your Head of School/Institute.
- Submit both to mrffgrants@research.uq.edu.au, along with evidence for any additional co-contributions.
Readership and researcher support
Before applying, we recommend you:
- Contact your faculty or institute research manager for advice on peer readership programs.
- Join the UQ R&I Mailer to stay up to date with round developments.
- Access the UQ R&I Grants Library, a helpful resource of past successful proposals.
- If offered, attend UQ R&I information sessions and access PowerPoint presentations from presentations and slides.
Key documents
Before applying, please review the full suite of documents available from GrantConnect, the Australian Government grants information system and:
- Grant Connect GO7213
- MRFF Webpage
- MRFF Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Strategy 2020-21 to 2023-24
NHMRC
UQ
- UQ MRFF Application Certification Form (DOCX, 70.3 KB) *Updated 24/01/2025
- UQ MRFF Declaration of Interests template (DOCX, 21.9 KB)
- UQ MRFF Letter of Support template (DOCX, 31.8 KB)
- UQ How to Guide for MRFF Grants (PDF, 417 KB)