MRFF – Traumatic Brain Injury Mission – 2026 Traumatic Brain Injury (round 2) Grant Opportunity

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Traumatic Brain Injury Mission aims to enable or support research designed to improve the lives of all Australians who experience a traumatic brain injury. The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that: - Stream 1 (Priority area 3.2, Targeted Call for Research): Conduct a prospective longitudinal study and establish a national registry to support identifying longer-term outcomes for people experiencing traumatic brain injury of all severity including in the context of family, domestic and sexual violence, repeated sports related concussion and repeated mild traumatic brain injury experienced in the military. - Stream 2 (Priority area 3.3, Targeted Call for Research): Quantify the economic impact of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Australia. The intended outcome of the research funded by this grant opportunity is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by: - Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): Improving understanding of longer-term outcomes of traumatic brain injury to inform continuing care strategies. - Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): Quantifying the costs of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Australia. Applicants to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the two Streams of research. An application may only be submitted to one of the above two Streams. Applicants must specify the Stream to which they are applying in their application. This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's website. A list of Eligible Organisations can be found on the NHMRC List of MRFF Eligible Organisations webpage.