WA Near-miss Awards Ideas Grants 2024-25

The WA Near-miss Awards: Ideas Grants 2024-25 (WANMA IG) program (Program) targeted researchers who narrowly missed out on securing a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant, which is considered a critical career milestone for researchers. 

The Program aimed to support the careers of early- and mid-career researchers and to build the research capacity of WA in a sustainable way by increasing the number of successful Western Australian applications to the NHMRC Ideas Grant program.

The Program was open to Western Australian early- and mid-career researchers who were deemed ‘fundable’ but not funded in the 2024 NHMRC Ideas Grant funding round, with a score of 4.5 and above (equivalent to a category 5 score).  

Funding was awarded to the top-ranked applicants until the funding pool was exhausted, with recipients expected to resubmit their near-miss application to a future NHMRC Ideas Grant Opportunity.

The Program provided grants of up to $100,000 to support research activity that enhances areas of the NHMRC Ideas Grants 2024 near-miss application over a 12-month period.  

The WANMA Ideas Grant 2024-25 Guidelines and Conditions and Application Form can be accessed below: 

Any queries related to the program can be directed to the Western Australian Department of Health, Office of Medical Research and Innovation.  

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