Translational Research Grants Scheme

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These grants support NSW Health staff to undertake high impact research that has the potential to be translated into policy and practice and build research capability within NSW Health.

Key information

  • Status: Closed
  • Grant amount: Up to $500,000
  • Application opened: 23 February 2026
  • Application closed: 30 April 2026, 5:00 pm

Program objective

Translational Research Grants aim to:

  • foster the generation of high-quality research that is directly relevant to clinical, health service and population health practice in NSW.
  • support projects that have the potential to be translated into policy and practice, including research that can be generalised and scaled across the state. 
  • reduce the time from evidence generation to practice implementation.
  • enhance health and medical research capability and capacity within the NSW health system. 

This program is funded and administered by NSW Health.

Eligibility

Who can apply

  • The Chief Investigator must be a medical, nursing, allied health, or population health practitioner employed by an eligible host organisation for the duration of the grant.

  • The project must be conducted in NSW, within an eligible host organisation.

  • Projects led by NSW Ambulance or NSW Health Pathology must partner with a local health district and/or specialty health network if the intervention impacts these health services or districts.

  • Eligible host organisations include NSW Health local health districts and/or specialty health networks, NSW Ambulance, and NSW Health Pathology. 


For more information, please refer to the Grant Guidelines (PDF 497.91KB). 

Eligible areas of research

The project must align with the research priority areas for TRGS 10:

  • Climate risk and net zero
  • Mental health acute models of care for pilot, spread or scale
  • Locally identified needs
  • Aboriginal Health
  • Rural Health. 

What can’t you apply for

TRGS funding may be used for costs associated with the research and translation activities but cannot be spent on health service delivery costs or directed towards new services. 

TRGS funds also cannot be directed towards:

  • research administration costs
  • capital works
  • general maintenance costs
  • 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 primarily focused on cancer (which is funded by Cancer Institute NSW) nor on research conducted outside of NSW. Refer to the Grant Guidelines for more information regarding the scope of translational research funded by the Scheme and other exclusions. 

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What your application needs to include

You can download the full guidelines and application form:

1

Prepare your application with this checklist

  • The Translational Research Grants Scheme has an expression of interest stage which is managed by host organisations according to local processes. 
  • Each host organisation may submit up to three (3) full applications. 
  • Contact the TRGS Coordinator at your local host organisation for information about local expression of interest processes including forms. View the list of TRGS Coordinators. 


Please review the Grant Guidelines (PDF 497.91KB) for more detail on how to apply. 

2

Address the eligibility criteria

  • Chief Investigator A must be a medical, nursing, allied health, or population health practitioner employed by an eligible host organisation for the duration of the grant. 
  • The research project must be conducted in NSW, within an eligible host organisation.
  • The project must align with the research priority areas for TRGS 10.
  • Eligible host organisations include NSW Health local health districts and/or specialty health networks, NSW Ambulance, and NSW Health Pathology. Host organisations must provide financial and in-kind support. 
3

Address the assessment criteria

  • Need for the research in NSW - 25%
  • Quality of the research proposal - 50%
  • Feasibility of implementation in the NSW health system - 25%


Please review the Grant Guidelines (PDF 497.91KB) for detailed assessment criteria. 

Start the application

Download:

File

Translational Research Grants Scheme Round 10 Guidelines (PDF 497.91KB)

File

Translational Research Grants Scheme Round 10 Expression of Interest Form (DOCX 197.45KB)


Host organisations will manage expressions of interest according to local processes. Applicants are advised to contact their TRGS Coordinator to confirm local requirements with expressions of interest due by 30 April 2026. 

After the application is submitted

  1. Eligibility check: Following the closing date for applications, NSW Health will determine if each application has satisfied the eligibility criteria.
  2. Review by expert panel: A panel of expert reviewers will assess each eligible application against the selection criteria. 
  3. Funding recommendation: The panel will agree on the final ranking of all eligible applications and will make recommendations for funding to NSW Health.
  4. Decision and notification: NSW Health will determine grant recipients and amounts. All applicants will be informed as to whether they have been awarded funding.
  5. Grant agreements: NSW Health will contact host/ administering organisations for successful projects to arrange payment.  

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