The Heart Foundation offers a range of awards across a variety of categories for research into heart, stroke and blood vessel disease.

Application forms, information booklets, assessment criteria, progress report proformas and other supporting material for Heart Foundation funding are available by clicking on the name of each award below. 

Please ensure you read the relevant instruction booklet very carefully before submitting your application. Check the closing dates for each award to make sure you submit all parts of your application by the required deadline.  

Please note that late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

The closing dates for 2010 are:

Travel Grants- Round 1: Closed
South Australian Cardiovascular Research Network Fellowships: Closed
Grant-in-Aid and South Australian Cardiovascular Research Network Grants: 
22nd March, 2010
Travel Grants- Round 2: 9th April, 2010 
Fellowships: 12th April, 2010
Travel Grants- Round 3: 3rd September, 2010
Scholarships: 27 August, 2010
Summer Scholarships: 21st September, 2010

Peer review process
The Heart Foundation Research Program supports over $13 million in research each year. To determine which applications will be funded, all applicants enter a rigorous peer review process. Assessment is not undertaken by Heart Foundation Research Program staff but rather involves multiple, independent reviews by suitably qualified researchers.

The Research Program is calling for reviewers to assist us in assessing applications for 2010. To be a part of our process for 2010, please click here

New funding deeds for 2010

Following extensive consultation with researchers and research administration officers, the new Heart Foundation funding deeds have now been finalised.

Thank you to all those who offered their feedback, this assisted us greatly in developing the new document and has helped us ensure that the Heart Foundation is inline with current industry standards.

New project deeds Download

New people deeds Download 

Available awards

Grants-in-Aid
The Heart Foundation awards Grants-in-Aid to support biomedical, clinical or public health (including health services) research in the cardiovascular field. Project grants of up to two years duration will be awarded. Click here for more information.

Postgraduate Scholarships (Biomedical, Clinical, Public Health)
Biomedical, clinical and public health Postgraduate Scholarships are for nursing, medical, science or other relevant graduates seeking support for full time research studies leading to a PhD at a recognised Australian research institution. Postgraduate Scholarships are normally awarded for three years. Click here for more information.

Postdoctoral Fellowships (Biomedical, Clinical, Public Health)
These Fellowships are available to medical and science graduates who have completed an MD or PhD award within the last five years and who are seeking support to become independent researchers.  Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable for up to two years. They may be full or part-time. Click here for more information.

Overseas Research Fellowships
Overseas Research Fellowships are available to medical and science graduates who have completed a PhD or MD award within the last 24 months. Click here for more information.

Career Development Fellowships
The purpose of the Career Development Fellowship is to develop the career of Australian citizens or permanent residents, who are 2-12 years postdoctoral. These awards are the most prestigious offered by the program. Career Development Fellowships are tenable for four years. They may be full or part time. Click here for more information.

Summer Scholarships
Summer Scholarships give undergraduate students an opportunity to participate in biomedical, clinical or public health research projects which are broadly related to heart, stroke and blood vessel disease. Click here for more information.

Travel Grants
Travel Grants are available to support Australian researchers travelling to present their cardiovascular research at an overseas conference.  They are also available to Indigenous health researchers travelling to present their research in Australia. Click here for more information.

Strategic Research
In late 2007, the Heart Foundation launched a Strategic Research Program to fund research in priority areas defined by the Heart Foundation's work.  The first priority area for the Strategic Research Program was Depression and Heart Disease. Click here for more information. 

South Australian Cardiovascular Research Network awards 
The South Australian Cardiovascular Research Development Program (SACVRDP) will support high quality research, which is relevant to heart, stroke and blood vessel disease with a focus on supporting early career researchers.  The aim of this funding is to stimulate, enhance and sustain the collaborative potential of South Australian researchers. 

The SACVRDP will fund two categories of cardiovascular research awards: Development Grants and Research Fellowships.  

Click here for more information.
 

General forms

Referee report Download 
Expenditure - Acquittal form - grants and awards   Download
Institution Acknowledgement form  Download  

Further information
Please email the Research Team who will be happy to assist you with your enquiry or call us on 03 9321 1581.