Grant funders

National Health and Medical Research Council

Research council, Australian Capital Territory

Also known as NHMRC

Australia
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Given in 2025 AUD 275.9m
Typical grant AUD 1,000k Middle half AUD 212k to AUD 2.7m
New grantees in 2025 22% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

22% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 86% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

Victoria 5,603 grants · typical AUD 452k
New South Wales 4,062 grants · typical AUD 429k
Queensland 2,180 grants · typical AUD 439k
South Australia 1,281 grants · typical AUD 444k
Western Australia 1,036 grants · typical AUD 409k
Australian Capital Territory 396 grants · typical AUD 415k
Northern Territory 179 grants · typical AUD 422k
Tasmania 132 grants · typical AUD 346k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Griffith university An integrated adjuvant discovery program to enhance infectious disease vaccine development (AUS-Adjuvant) AUD 5.0m 1 Aug 2026
University of melbourne Addressing the Public Health Challenge of Mould in Homes AUD 5.0m 1 Jun 2026
University of New South Wales Co-designing and integrating older Aboriginal voices into strengths-based models of care AUD 3.6m 1 Apr 2026
The University of Queensland Pathways to best care after perinatal loss AUD 1.5m 1 Feb 2026
University of melbourne Meeting the needs of Lifeline Australia’s frequent help-seekers AUD 1.6m 1 Feb 2026
Monash university Transforming opioid dependence treatment through data-driven co-design AUD 1.5m 1 Feb 2026
University of western Australia Moorditj Marp (strong skin) - SHARE: developing an Aboriginal Health Practitioner-led Skin Health Assessment & Research Evaluation initiative for Aboriginal children and young people AUD 966k 1 Feb 2026
The walter and eliza hall institute of medical research The importance of targeting Plasmodium vivax for elimination of malaria in the Philippines in the context of an ongoing resurgence and a diverse ecological setting AUD 750k 1 Feb 2026
Queensland University of Technology Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Effects and Immune Regulation Mechanisms of Cold Atmospheric Plasma Based on Immunotheranostics AUD 740k 1 Feb 2026
University of New South Wales Unraveling the neural code of predictive dysfunction in chronic pain and anxiety in humans and mice AUD 819k 1 Feb 2026

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