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NHMRC Development Grants - Opening of Applications
Sponsor: National Health and Medical Research Council 		Closing Date: 23-Jan-2019
NHMRC Development Grants for funding to commence in 2020 are now open in RGMS.

Development Grants provide funding to individual researchers and/or research teams to undertake health and medical research within Australia at the proof-of-concept stage that specifically drives towards a commercial outcome within a foreseeable timeframe. The scheme supports the commercial development of a product, process, procedure or service that if applied, would result in improved health care, disease prevention or provide health cost savings. It does not fund early stage research or knowledge creation research, which may be funded through the NHMRC Ideas Grant scheme.

Key changes this round
The Development Grant Scheme 2019 Guidelines document incorporates those previously referred to as the:

NHMRC Funding Rules;
Development Grant scheme-specific funding rules; and
Advice and Instructions to Applicants

Important Dates
Minimum data due in RGMS: 23 January 2019
Applications due to UQ R&I: 23 January 2019
Applications close with NHMRC: 6 February 2019

Minimum Data Requirements
The following sections of the application in RGMS must be completed in order to satisfy minimum data requirements:

* General – Application Information: complete fields for Administering Institution, Application Title, Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Research (yes/no) and Plain English Summary
* A-RC Research Classification: all sections.

For UQ staff unable to attend, a recording of the Information Session will be made available on the UQ R&I webpage following the session.

Documentation & Resources
The Development Grant scheme Guidelines and Grant Proposal template are available from GrantConnect, the Australian Government grants information system. Applicants must be GrantConnect registered users to download documents. These documents have also been downloaded to the UQ R&I NHMRC Development Grants webpage for your convenience. Further information can also be found on the NHMRC website.

As applicants must provide a Business Case with comprehensive evidence of their strategies to commercialise their product and bring it to market, all applicant teams are strongly encouraged to engage with their Research Partnership Managers for additional specialist advice during the application development process.

Enquiries on the scheme may be directed to nhmrc@research.uq.edu.au.
Website: http://research.uq.edu.au/research-support/research-management/funding-schemes

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