National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding

Internal submission dates

SCHEMENotice Of Intent to Submit
(NOIS) *
Applications Open
in Sapphire
Final Application to DRG for
Compliance Check
NHMRC-CIHR Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging: Indigenous Health Research (GO7114)CLOSED22 Aug 202415 Jan 2025
* updated date *
TCR: Oral Health Care in Australia 2024 (GO7335)CLOSED20 Nov 202422 Jan 2025
TCR: Addressing the Needs of People with High Healthcare Service Utilisation (GO7367)CLOSED11 Dec 202419 Feb 2025
NHMRC-NEURON - Interdisciplinary approaches to the neuroscience of pain (GO7482)29 Jan 2025Two stage process:
Pre-proposal (NEURON)
- 07 Jan 2025
Full proposal (Sapphire)
- mid May 2025
Two stage process:
Pre-proposal (NEURON)
- 20 Feb 2025
Full proposal (NEURON / NHMRC)
- 05 Jun 2025
Synergy Grants15 Jan 20255 Feb 202512 Mar 2025
NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program Grants (GO7403)2 Feb 202518 Dec 202412 Mar 2025
Partnership Projects PRC1 (GO7440)15 Jan 202508 Jan 202512 Mar 2025
Ideas Grants7 Feb 202512 Mar 2025From 09 Apr 2025
* updated due to Easter and public holidays *
Postgraduate Scholarships4 Mar 20259 Apr 202514 May 2025
Development Grants11 Mar 202516 Apr 202521 May 2025
Investigator Grants30 Apr 20254 June 2025From 2 Jul 2025
Partnership Projects PRC2 (GO7440)07 May 202520 Mar 202516 Jul 2025
Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies20 May 202525 Jun 202530 Jul 2025
Partnership Projects PRC3 (GO7440)27 Aug 202524 Jul 202505 Nov 2025

How to apply

  1. Submit an online Notice of Intent to Submit (NOIS) form to DR Grants
  2. Contact your Faculty/Institute research office to determine their application development and review process. Applicants must work with their Faculty/Institute/SRIC and School to develop a high calibre application
  3. For major NHMRC schemes (i.e., CRE, Investigator, Synergy, Ideas and CTCS), please refer to your Faculty/Institute Research Office. Faculty of Health applicants should refer to the Faculty of Health Research Grant Portal
  4. Read the NHMRC Grant Guidelines and Peer Review Documents
  5. Plan and draft your grant proposal early. CIs should gather/update their individual Profile information on Sapphire
  6. New Sapphire users should register for a Sapphire account early. All CIs and AIs will require a Sapphire account
  7. Once the Grant Opportunity is open, commence your application on Sapphire
  8. Contact research-grants@deakin.edu.au if you have any queries

*Participating in a Not Deakin-led grant application?

Approval is now required for all Not Deakin-led grant applications. Guidelines and request forms can be found on the Research Sharepoint Page.