Cardiovascular Collaborative Grants fund two-year cardiovascular research projects which support NSW- led collaborations involving multiple institutions to achieve success with national funding opportunities.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: Up to $750,000
- Application opened: 2 September 2024
- Application closed: 6 December 2024, 5:00 pm
Program objective
Cardiovascular Collaborative Grants aim to:
- fund research that improves wellbeing and health outcomes
- encourage collaboration, leadership, and capability building in the NSW research environment
- support the development of multidisciplinary NSW-led collaborations to leverage national funding opportunities to further research and its translation in NSW
- foster research excellence and increase the number of outstanding cardiovascular researchers in NSW
- embed high-quality, innovative cardiovascular research in the NSW health system
- bridge the gap between research, policy, and practice to increase and document research impact and translation.
This program is funded and administered by NSW Health.
Eligibility
Who can apply
Cardiovascular researchers who:
- will be based in NSW and have the right to work in NSW for the duration of the grant (2 years)
- will be employed by an eligible host organisation for the duration of the grant, which must be in NSW, conduct health and medical research and be a university, medical research institute, not-for-profit organisation, local health district or other public health organisation
- may be clinicians, including medical, nursing, and allied health professionals. Clinicians may use up to 50% of the grant to backfill their clinical role, with appropriate justification.
Who can’t apply
- Chief Investigator A’s who received a NSW Health Collaborative Grant in 2023
- People who do not meet the eligibility criteria listed above.
Types of projects funded under this grant
Funding will support researchers working in cardiovascular research across basic science, biomedical, clinical medicine and health services research, data science, and population health research. Grants also support research towards the development of novel therapeutics.
The term cardiovascular is used to encompass all diseases and conditions of the heart and blood vessels, including but not limited to:
- heart disease
- stroke
- heart failure
- vascular disease and vascular health
- cardiovascular complications of diabetes and obesity
- major independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease
- rheumatic heart disease
- congenital heart disease.
What you can’t apply for
Collaborative Grants must not be spent on capital works, general maintenance costs, organisational infrastructure or overheads (including administrative and other general costs of the recipient that are not directly associated with the performance of the Project), telephone/ communication systems, basic office equipment, such as desks and chairs, rent and the cost of utilities.
Funds awarded cannot be used to support research conducted outside of NSW.
Example projects
A list of research projects previously funded by the Office for Health and Medical Research is available in this Project Directory: https://www.medicalresearch.nsw.gov.au/project-directory/
What your application needs to include
You can download the full grant guidelines:
Prepare your application with this checklist
You must provide a:
- completed Application Form and if applicable, may also attach:
- a list of references supporting the science
- project images
- evidence of career disruption
- Aboriginal Health Impact Statement, using the NSW Health template
- any other supporting documentation requested in the Guidelines.
Address the eligibility criteria
Chief Investigator’s A must be:
- located in NSW and employed by an eligible host organisation for the duration of the grant (2 years)
- an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold an appropriate visa for the duration of the grant (2 years).
The Collaboration must:
- include a minimum of three eligible research institutions, at least two of which are based in NSW, along with other team members and partners
- include at least 2 early-mid career researchers as Chief Investigators (10 years or less post-PhD, relative to opportunity)
- include no more than 8 Chief Investigators.
Address the assessment criteria
All applications for funding that meet the eligibility criteria will be assessed against the following selection criteria:
- Track record in research and impact (20%)
- Potential for knowledge gain and impact (40%)
- Collaboration (40%)
In addressing the selection criteria, applicants should specifically highlight the relevance to cardiovascular research. Applications should be written in plain English.
Start the application
Download the grant guidelines (PDF 413.84KB) and application form (DOCX 257.86KB).
Submit a Word and PDF version of your application form to:
MOH-OHMRGrants@health.nsw.gov.au by Friday 6 December 2024.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: NSW Health
- Eligibility check: Following the closing date for applications, NSW Health will determine if each application has satisfied the eligibility criteria.
- Review by Expert panel: A panel of expert reviewers will assess each eligible application against the selection criteria.
- Funding recommendation: The panel will agree on the final ranking of all eligible applications and will make a recommendation for funding to NSW Health.
- Decision and notification: NSW Health will determine grant recipients and amounts. All applicants will be informed as to whether they have been awarded funding.
- Grant Agreements: NSW Health will contact host/ administering organisations for successful projects to execute a funding agreement. A standard, non-negotiable funding agreement will be used.
Support and contact
Phone: 02 9391 9228