Mental Health Translational Research Grants 2026

The Mental Health Translational Research Grants 2026 program is a one-off round of targeted funding designed to accelerate implementation of the Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Strategy 2026-2031 (the Strategy).

Funding will be provided on a competitive basis to support applications that address priority areas of the Strategy and aim to improve mental health and wellbeing or prevent mental illness for Western Australians.

The Mental Health Translational Research Grants is open to Western Australian researchers and their teams.

Successful applicants will be awarded funding of up to $600,000 to undertake research activities to develop and advance implementation of evidence‑based mental health models, including collaborative approaches that support rapid translation into practice. Funded activities must be completed within a 3‑year period.

Program Status: Open for Applications

Applications Close: 1.00pm (AWST), Thursday 30 July 2026

The 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 – MHTRG 2026’.

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 – MHTRG 2026’.

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