Research Infrastructure Support 2025
The Research Infrastructure Support (RIS) program aims to provide a sustainable health and medical research environment and to promote excellence in health and medical research in Western Australia.
The RIS 2025 program will provide support to eligible Western Australian medical research institutes, universities, and hospitals for the indirect costs of research and for costs associated with operating shared research-dedicated facilities, services and equipment incurred over the 2025 calendar year, where these costs are not directly funded by research grants.
Under Stream 1, eligible medical research institutes, universities and hospitals will receive a share of $17.5 million to support their indirect costs of research. This includes a dedicated allocation for eligible medical research institutes. Stream 1 funding will be awarded based on research excellence demonstrated through the receipt of eligible research grant income.
Under Stream 2, eligible medical research institutes, universities and hospitals will receive a share of $7.5 million for the operational costs associated with running shared research facilities, services and equipment to make them more broadly accessible to the health and medical research sector. Stream 2 funding will be awarded based on eligible operational costs.
Program Status: Open for Applications
Applications Close: 1.00pm (AWST), Tuesday, 4 March 2025
The Application Form and RIS Research Grant Income and Operational costs spreadsheet must be submitted via email in accordance with the Application Instructions included in the Guidelines and Conditions document and not via the Department of Health Grant Management System.
The Guidelines and Conditions, Application Form and RIS Grant Income and Operational costs spreadsheet can be accessed below:
- Last updated 12 December 2024
- Last updated 19 December 2024
Any queries related to the program can be directed to the DOH.OMRI@health.wa.gov.au with the subject line beginning with ‘Query – RIS2025’.
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