Research Infrastructure Support 2025

The Research Infrastructure Support (RIS) program 2025 aimed to provide a sustainable research environment and to promote excellence in health and medical research in Western Australia.

The RIS 2025 program provided 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 were not directly funded by research grants.

Under Stream 1, eligible medical research institutes, universities and hospitals received a share of $17.5 million to support their indirect costs of research, including a dedicated allocation for eligible medical research institutes. Stream 1 funding was awarded based on research excellence demonstrated through the receipt of eligible research grant income.

Under Stream 2, eligible medical research institutes, universities and hospitals received 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 was awarded based on eligible operational costs.

Program Status: Closed  

The Guidelines and Conditions, Application Form and RIS Grant Income and Operational costs spreadsheet can be accessed below: 

- Last updated 10 January 2025

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’.