Grants-in-Aid
The Heart Foundation awards Grants-in-Aid to support biomedical, clinical or public health research relevant to heart, stroke and blood vessel disease. Applications for project support are available to investigators who have proven ability in research.
Research proposals are assessed according to the relevance to cardiovascular disease, scientific merit and the track record of the investigator(s). Grants of up to two years' duration will be awarded.
New agreement with the NHMRC
The Heart Foundation is pleased to announce a new agreement with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to partner in the administration of our research funding process for project grants. Under the agreement, applications for funding from the Heart Foundation will be initially assessed by the NHMRC.
This initiative will significantly reduce administration costs for the Heart Foundation thereby raising the amount of funding available for research into heart, stroke and blood vessel disease to an unprecedented level. Most importantly, it will allow more Australian cardiovascular researchers to focus their time and talents on their research.
The funding process
The funding process will continue to operate under the most scrupulous methods, using a peer review process, to ensure that funding provided to the Heart Foundation by its many donors is used to support the best and brightest in Australian cardiovascular research.
The new arrangements will mean that cardiovascular research applications are assessed by a panel of experts in the field, brought together by the NHMRC. It will also mean that volunteer assessors will have a reduced workload so each application can be considered in more detail.
To ensure that cardiovascular research continues to receive the amount of funding it needs, the Heart Foundation will still be involved in the assessment process.
More information
Closing date
Applications for this funding round have closed.
Progress report (for currently funded researchers)
Grant-in-Aid Progress report (Word doc) Download
Expenditure Acquittal form (for currently funded researchers)
Expenditure - Acquittal form - grants and awards (Word doc) Download