Traumatic Brain Injury

TIMELINE

ASAP: Notice of Intent (NOI) registration OPEN
10am, 19 Feb 2020 (Wednesday): Draft Grant Proposal due to RIC for strategic review. Early submission encouraged.
10am, 26 Feb 2020 (Wednesday): Draft application due to RIC for compliance and eligibility check (including other supporting documents, if applicable)
5pm, 26 Feb 2020 (Wednesday): Minimum Data due on RGMS
10am, 2 Mar 2020 (Monday): Authority to Submit due to RIC
5pm, 2 Mar 2020 (Monday): Final application submitted to RIC
5pm, 4 Mar 2020 (Wednesday): Final application submitted to NHMRC

Overview

The objective of this Traumatic Brain Injury grant opportunity is to support clinical research that improves knowledge and its translation into practice in order to enhance personalisation of care after TBI to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Examples of research that can be funded through this grant opportunity include, but are not limited to:

identifying clinical biomarkers that are prognostic of outcomes
novel imaging technologies and methods that could be used for prognostic purposes
understanding genetic factors that impact outcomes
investigating the novel use of artificial intelligence on administrative or other data collections to assist clinical decision making.

The expected outcome of the research is innovative diagnostic and prognostic methods that facilitate longer term advances in TBI treatment and drive improvements in health and social outcomes for patients after TBI and people around them.

Funding

The Australian Government has announced a total of $50 million for the Traumatic Brain Injury Mission. For this grant opportunity, up to $5m of funding is available in 2019-20. Minimum and maximum amounts of funding that can be requested for each grant are $1 million and $2 million, respectively.

The maximum grant period is three years.

2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
$5.0m	Nil	Nil

Eligibility

- A person must not be named as a Chief Investigator (CI) on more than one application submitted to this grant opportunity.

- You are not eligible if your research proposal was submitted to the MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaboration (ICTC) Program and it is currently being assessed, or is included in the ICTC Merit List. Chief Investigators on an application submitted to the ICTC Program that is currently being assessed or is included in the ICTC Merit List are eligible to submit a different research proposal to this grant opportunity.

- The proposed research should not duplicate research previously or currently being undertaken. The NHMRC may compare the research proposed in grant applications with grants previously or currently funded by the MRFF, NHMRC or other agencies (e.g. Australian Research Council) and published research (see also section 4.7 – Other ineligible expenditure)

How to apply

Notice of Intent: Please register your Notice of Intent if you are considering applying for the this grant opportunity. RIC-MRFF team will then contact each applicant with further information.
Update RGMS Profile: Each CI must obtain access to RGMS and update profile information (see RGMS information)
Review documentation: Review the grant guidelines and category descriptors available below and at Grant Connect.
Create and Complete the application: Log in to RGMS select "MRFF - Research Grant" from Initiatives and then select the relevant scheme from Round and complete the application.
Submit “Review Ready” application to RIC: Submit application to RIC within the RIC internal submission period for review.
Complete application: After taking feedback from the RIC team into consideration, complete the application in RGMS. It is suggested advice is sought from colleagues, Faculty Mentors, etc. before finalising the application.
Submit the UoM Authority to Submit Form:

This form must be submitted to RIC electronically by the final internal closing date. This form should include:

Complete the compliance and eligibility section
Signature of all CIs and AIs
Signature of Head of Department of CIA

Electronic signatures and email consent are permitted.

This is an NHMRC requirement and the application cannot be submitted to NHMRC until received.

Final Submission:

On the final internal closing date, the applicant must:
Submit finalised application by clicking ‘Submit to RAO’ in RGMS
Email RIC enquiries-mrff@unimelb.edu.au as well as a scanned, signed Authority to Submit form.
Should you require further information please contact Alvin Wong on 83449352 or via email