NHMRC Partnership Projects
| Status | OPEN Please note this application will be submitted via the NHMRC's new Grant Management System Sapphire. If you had an active RGMS account your CV and Profile email was migrated into Sapphire on 12 February 2020. To login to Sapphire: 1. If you have an existing RGMS account, a Sapphire account has been created for you. Click here to Activate your account. Tutorial and training modules for Sapphire can be found here. |
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| Changes to DVCR Co-Funding | For NHMRC grants applicants will now be required to submit a formal DVCR Co-funding request. The formal DVCR Co-funding request replaces the previous support of the Strategic Research Fund (SRF), which was managed directly between your Faculty Research Office and the DVCR Office and was not directly visible to academics as internal co-funding for their successful grants. The DVCR Co-funding is to support MQ researchers to successfully complete their proposed NHMRC projects by providing up to 20% co-funding on funds to remain at Macquarie. The goal is for the DVCR Co-funding is to facilitate MQ applicants in providing a ‘top-up’ of NHMRC salary costs (PSP’s), which are lower than MQ equivalent salary rates. These changes align the principles of DVCR Co-funding with other external funding schemes and assist the University in rationalising the allocation of internal funding used to leverage competitive, external funding opportunities. As Macquarie researchers continue to excel in the NHMRC funding scheme, we need to find a mechanism to ensure all successful NHMRC grants can be supported. As context, since 2015, our application volume for NHMRC funding has nearly doubled year on year. We know that health and medical researchers at Macquarie will be more active than ever in the coming years in applying for NHMRC funding to support their research, hence the need to make changes to meet the growing volume of awards. Eligibility for DVCR Co-Funding Eligibility for the DVCR Co-Funding Scheme is now contingent upon on-time submission of grant applications by your mandatory compliance and eligibility check. Many applications for external funding require cash and in-kind contributions from the host institution in order to be considered for funding. This funding includes project support funds, funding for research associates, scholarships, and major equipment and in most cases is processed via the DVCR Co-Funding scheme. View further information on deadlines, processes and FAQs
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| Aim | The NHMRC Partnerships for Better Health – Partnership Projects scheme is designed by the NHMRC to more effectively integrate evidence into health policy and service delivery.
It helps create partnerships among decision makers, policy makers, managers, clinicians and researchers. The scheme provides funding and support to create new opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to define research questions and undertake research and also to interpret and implement the findings. Partnership Projects will answer a specific research question to influence health and well-being through changes in the delivery, organisation, funding and access to health services. Partnership Projects should focus on the design and uptake, at the population or community level, of interventions that are known to be efficacious at the individual level and should have demonstrable application for health services or for health policy, at least for the partner organisations involved and preferably more generally, including for population-level application. |
| Funding | Projects may be of any duration up to five years and the maximum amount of NHMRC funding that may be requested for a single application is $1.5 million. |
| Faculty Processes | Guide for NHMRC Applicants on Macquarie Approvals Process Through PURE The Faculties have their own approval and review processes for grants under this scheme. They may also have deadlines for submission of draft applications that are earlier than Research Services deadlines. Please ensure that you contact your Faculty, as early as possible, for information on process and deadlines. Faculty contacts: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering Macquarie Business School Faculty of Arts |
| Key Dates | Note: NHMRC locates all their Scheme documentation in GrantConnect. You will be required to set-up a username and password to access. For applications submitted in 2023: Please note that our grant review processes have changed. Strategic reviews are optional, while compliance and eligibility checks are mandatory. If you wish to receive a strategic review of your NHMRC application, you must book via the online booking calendar (which will be provided when the scheme opens). Compliance and eligibility reviews for your NHMRC application is mandatory and you must book via the online booking calendar (which will be provided when the scheme opens). There are sufficient booking times available for all applicants, but we recommend booking early to ensure you have an ample choice of dates. These are estimated dates from previous NHMRC rounds but are subject to change 2023 Round 1
2023 Round 2
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| Resources | NOTIFICATION OF INTENT (NOI) NHMRC Information It is now a Macquarie University requirement that all partner letters MUST include "I certify that I have read, understood and complied with the Funding Rules, and if the Grant is successful I agree to abide by the terms of the NHMRC Funding Agreement regarding all funding schemes under the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and enter in a Multi-Institutional Agreement" MQ Resources CERTIFICATIONS |
| Contacts | Grant Development Team |