Major Research and Innovation Application Support Program

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 applying to the full application stage of an eligible External Program (i.e. not the Expression of Interest stage) and 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+
• 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 Incorporating Patient Data in Health Technology Assessment Decision Making
• MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaborations
• MRFF Mental Health and Climate Change
• MRFF National Critical Research Infrastructure
• MRFF Targeted Translation Research Accelerator – Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Models of Care Grant Opportunity
• MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation Grant Opportunity
• MRFF Research Data Infrastructure
• MRFF Stem Cell Therapies
• NHMRC Collaborations in Health Services Research
• NHMRC Partnerships Projects
• NHMRC Clinical Trial and Cohort Studies Grants

Requests to consider other 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.

OMRI will advise within four working days whether the External Program is eligible.

Program Status: Open for Applications

Applications Close: 1.00pm (AWST), Wednesday 1 April 2026 (Round 8)

A selection of External Programs aligning with MRIAS Round 8 are listed below:

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, 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 – MRIAS’.

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 – MRIAS’.

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