Print versionAbout the Scheme
A NHMRC Development Grant provides funding support to individual, research teams, or health and medical research companies in partnership with researchers to undertake projects at the early proof-of-principle or pre-seed stage. The focus is on research that has the potential to be commercialised.
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.
Applications must demonstrate a basic understanding of the process and steps required to move from research to outcomes that can be commercialised, including:
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the process and steps to a market, the nature of the market and an initial assessment of the patent landscape;
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the milestones and risks of the venture; and
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an understanding of possible means of handling intellectual property connected with the project.
It is recommended that all applicants discuss their application with the appropriate Manager for Innovation and Commercial Development (MICD) for additional specialist advice, prior to submission. For a full list of contact details, please refer to: http://www.uq.edu.au/research/rid/rid-about-micds.
Closing Dates
This scheme is currently open for application. The UQ internal deadline for submission of complete applications is 20 June 2012.
The submission process is as follows:
- Please generate Snapshot Reports in RGMS.
- Then e-mail Sue O'Brien (s.obrien@research.uq.edu.au) in the Research Management Office (RMO), UQ Research and Innovation (UQ R&I), to advise that your application is in final draft form and ready for internal review.
- Please supply in hard copy at the Research Management Office a completed and signed UQ NHMRC Funding Application Coversheet with original signatures. The coversheet is available on the UQ R&I website
- While your application is under review by Research Management Office, we request that you do not make further substantive changes, given this affects the review content and processing.
UQ Information Session
- Presentation slides from an information session held on Friday 8 June 2012.
How to Apply: Step by step instructions for UQ applicants
Download the UQ NHMRC Development Grant Application Preparation Guide.
The key steps for completing your application form are summarised below.
- Step 1 - Join the UQ NHMRC Updates Mailing List
- Step 2 - Obtain Access to RGMS
- Step 3 - Read the key information documents
- Step 4 - Complete your Profile and CV in RGMS
- Step 5 - Complete the application form in RGMS
- Step 6 - Submit the application to RMO by the Internal Deadline
- Step 7 - Internal (RMO) Review
- Step 8 - Final Submission
Please subscribe to the UQ NHMRC Updates Mailing List by following this link: http://www.uq.edu.au/research/rid/mailing-lists. Official announcements and updates regarding the scheme will be sent via the mailing list.
If you are applying to the scheme through UQ, but are not currently a UQ staff member, please send an email to s.obrien@research.uq.edu.au and request to be added to the funding round specific mailing list.
Useful Documentation
NHMRC Application Documentation
Funding Rules- Advice and Instructions to applicants
- Criteria for Health and Medical Research of Indigenous Australians
- Australian Standard Research Classifications & NHMRC Keyword ⁄ Phrases
UQ Application Documentation
Further Information
NHMRC Website: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/apply/development/index.htm.
Should you require any further information please contact Sue O'Brien (s.obrien@research.uq.edu.au).