Major Research and Innovation Application Support Round 10

The Major Research and Innovation Application Support (MRIAS) program aims to enhance WA’s standing as a leader in health and medical research and innovation.

In-principle cash commitments are provided on a competitive basis to Western Australian researchers and innovators applying to nationally or internationally competitive external grant funding programs (External Program).

Applicants must be intending to apply to the External Program within 12 months from the closing date of the MRIAS round being applied to.

In-principle cash commitments of up to $1 million will be awarded through a competitive and merit-based process and successful MRIAS applicants will be provided with a letter of support to submit with their External Program application.

To enable applicants to plan their submissions to External Programs, the upcoming MRIAS Rounds are listed below:

Current MRIAS eligible External Programs include:

• Australian Cancer Research Foundation - Major Grant
• ARC Centres of Excellence
• ARC Linkage Projects
• Brandon BioCatalyst CUREator+ BioMedTech Incubator
• Brandon BioCatalyst CUREator+ Dementia and Cognitive Decline
• Cure Parkinson’s UK (Stage 2 applications)
• DISR Cooperative Research Centre Projects
• MTP Connect Targeted Translation Research Accelerator
• MRFF Australian Brain Cancer Mission
• MRFF Cardiovascular Health Mission
• MRFF Clinical Trials Activity Initiative
• MRFF Clinical Trials Enabling Infrastructure
• MRFF Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care
• MRFF Frontier Health and Medical Research Initiative
• MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission
• MRFF Incorporating Patient Data in Health Technology Assessment Decision Making
• MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaborations
• MRFF Mental Health and Climate Change
• MRFF Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission
• MRFF National Critical Research Infrastructure
• MRFF Primary Health Care Research Initiative
• MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation Grant Opportunity
• MRFF Research Data Infrastructure
• MRFF Stem Cell Therapies
• MRFF Targeted Translation Research Accelerator – Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Models of Care Grant Opportunity
• MRFF Traumatic Brain Injury Mission
• NHMRC Collaborations in Health Services Research
• NHMRC Partnership Projects
• NHMRC Clinical Trial and Cohort Studies Grants

Requests to consider External Programs not listed above must be made by completing and submitting an MRIAS External Program Eligibility Form to DOH.OMRI@health.wa.gov.au at least 2 weeks prior to the closing date.

The Office of Medical Research and Innovation (OMRI) will advise within 4 working days whether the External Program is eligible.

Program Status: Open for Applications

Applications Close: 1.00pm (AWST), Thursday 1 October 2026 (Round 10)

A selection of External Programs aligning with MRIAS Round 10 is listed below:

• MRFF Primary Health Care Research Initiative
• NHMRC Clinical Trial and Cohort Studies Grants
• NHMRC Partnership Projects PRC3

The MRIAS Guidelines and Conditions and External Program Eligibility Form 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, start an application in the Grant Management System and select ‘preview’ in the top right corner to 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’.

Direct queries related to the Guidelines and Conditions by emailing DOH.OMRI@health.wa.gov.au with the subject line beginning with ‘Query – MRIAS’.

Email queries about the application process to DOH.GMS@health.wa.gov.au with the subject line beginning with ‘GMS Application Assistance – MRIAS’.

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

The WA Grant Excellence Service, delivered by AUScelerate in partnership with Synergy Health Solutions, and funded by the FHRI Fund, is designed to boost Western Australia’s success in securing funding through national health and medical research and innovation opportunities, particularly the MRFF. Find out more by joining the WAGES mailing list.