FHRI Fund Distinguished Fellows 2025-26

The FHRI Fund Distinguished Fellows 2025-26 program aims to attract outstanding research leaders to Western Australia, to undertake a program of research that builds WA’s reputation and capability for WA-led globally recognised research.

Fellowships will be made available to international or interstate senior research leaders, appointable at academic Level C, D or E, or equivalent clinical level, to relocate to WA.

The Fellowship packages consist of salary support for the Fellow and their team, direct research funding and relocation costs. The Fellowship packages are up to the value of $5 million over 5 years with 75 per cent of the costs provided by the FHRI Fund.

Funding will be provided on a merit basis.

Program Status: Open for Applications

Applications Close: Applicants may apply at any time

The FHRI Fund Distinguished Fellows 2025-26 Guidelines and Conditions can be accessed below.

The Application Form can be accessed and submitted via the Department of Health Grant Management System.

To view the application questions, after starting an application in the Grant Management System select ‘preview’ in the top right corner, which will download the application form questions (and your responses) as a Word or PDF document. For further instructions, please refer to page 9 of the User Guide ‘Downloading the application form’.

Queries related to the Guidelines and Conditions can be directed via email to DOH.OMRI@health.wa.gov.au with the subject line beginning with ‘Query – DF2025-26’.

Queries regarding the application process can be directed via email to DOH.GMS@health.wa.gov.au with the subject line beginning with ‘GMS Application Assistance – DF2025-26’.

Information on other FHRI Fund programs can be accessed by subscribing to updates or checking the FHRI Fund current opportunities.