The Austin Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) is inviting researchers to submit applications for funding in 2026.
The AMRF has been supporting researchers at the Austin Health precinct for more than 50 years. Whilst the amount of money awarded is small in comparison to other schemes, the impact of the funding often leads to future success for the applicant.
In 2025, AMRF awarded grants totaling $382,000 to support a diverse range of projects from different specialty areas, disease groups and disciplines. The grants included top-up funds for current projects, seeding grant for a new idea and a special grant for the Bernie Sweet Clinical Research Fellowship Award. Please read the Application Guidelines and the Application Form for further details.
AMRF is also continuing to offer the Early Career Innovation Seeding Grant to celebrate more than 50 years of research excellence (1970-2025). This grant is intended for early career researchers who need help in developing a novel direction to their existing research. Please note that if researchers apply for an Early Career Innovation Seeding Grant, they do not need to submit the same for consideration for ordinary funding. They should justify the EC Innovation Seeding Grant with an EC Innovation application. If it is not successful, the AMRF Research Committee will still consider it for normal funding.
Please share this email with colleagues who may be interested in this opportunity. If you have any questions, please email austinMRF@austin.org.au.
You must be a medical researcher at the Austin precinct in order to apply for a grant. For more guidelines regarding who is eligible for a grant, please see the Guidelines.
Grant applications can only be submitted when the round is open.
The requested budget for any particular research project should not exceed $30,000.
The AMRF generally announces grant results around the middle of December for the following year.
We publish the recipients of our grants online. You can view the most recent year’s list of research programs provided with funding here.
There are a variety of factors that can influence how much money is awarded through grants. This can include details regarding the applicants and applications, funding available and number of donations received.
In 2025, the total amount awarded by the AMRF was $382,000.
Applications close: 5:00 pm, Friday, 19 September 2025
The Application Guidelines and Forms can be downloaded below. Please read the Guidelines carefully as they have changed from last year.
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