Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program

The Office for Health and Medical Research held an online briefing on 27 September 2024 to support researchers intending to apply for the Cardiovascular Collaborative Grants in 2024.

NSW Health invites eligible researchers to apply for NSW Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program Collaborative Grants. These grants support NSW-led collaborations involving multiple institutions to achieve success with national funding opportunities.

Funding for Collaborative Grants will be provided for two-year research projects. For the purpose of these Grants, a collaboration is defined as:

• a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by a NSW-based Chief Investigator A (CIA)
• a minimum of three research institutions, including at least two NSW-based research institutions
• up to 8 Chief Investigators, including a minimum of two early-mid career (EMC) researchers, where EMC is defined as up to 10 years post PhD.

Additional team members (such as Associate Investigators) and partnerships with other types of organisations, are encouraged, where appropriate.

The NSW-based CIA will apply on behalf of the collaboration. NSW Health will enter into one funding agreement per Collaborative Grant with the eligible host organisation at which the CIA is employed, or eligible administering organisation if the funds are being administered separately. Any subsequent agreements with other eligible NSW host organisations who are collaborating on the grant are to be managed by that funded organisation.

Please see below the instructions for applying (these are also included on page 2 of the Application Form and page 4 of the Grant Guidelines).

1. All applications should be submitted by email to MOH-OHMRGrants@health.nsw.gov.au by 5pm (AEDST) on 6 December 2024.
2. Applicants must use the Collaborative Grants 2024 Application Form and attach any supporting evidence.
3. All applications will receive an email acknowledging receipt within 72 hours. It is the applicant’s responsibility to follow up if no acknowledgement email is received.
4. The maximum email size is 20MB. Larger emails will be rejected by the NSW Health server and applicants may not be notified that the email has been rejected.

Any queries may be directed to MOH-OHMRGrants@health.nsw.gov.au.

Note: a new version of the Cardiovascular Collaborative Grant Program Application Form has been uploaded here (version 2.0). Please note that only formatting has changed slightly (text boxes inserted so applicants can now type their responses) and no questions have been changed from version 1.0. The maximum grant amount awarded for this grant is $750,000.  

The Office for Health and Medical Research and the NSW Cardiovascular Research Network (CVRN) hosted a workshop on 9 May 2024. The purpose of the workshop was to support researchers intending to apply for the Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants Program in 2024. There were also online pitching sessions available. Registration for both the workshop and pitching sessions has now closed.

• Videos of the 2024 workshop can be viewed on YouTube here.
• Slide presentations from the 2024 workshop can be downloaded: Part 1 and Part 2.
• Videos from the 2023 workshop can be viewed on YouTube here.
• There are more education resources on developing a grant application available on the OHMR website here.

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