National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants

• Research Office Guidelines for 2009 NHMRC Training Fellowships: USyd instructions for submission
• Research Office Guidelines for 2009 NHMRC Australia – China Exchange Fellowships: USyd instructions for submission
• Procedures for applying for an NHMRC grant
• Rejoinder Process
• ARC-NHMRC Cross-Scheme Funding
• NHMRC web-links relevant to application process
• NHMRC Research Grants & Fellowships forms
• Recent NHMRC Awards

1. Apply for a NHMRC Identification Number from the Research Office.
   You will require a different ID number for each application and must be used as the Informed Filler (IFM) file name when naming your saved application within GrantNet.
2. Lodge your application
   To do this you must download from NHMRC website: Informed filler software, The NHMRC project grants policy, Application form, Advice and instructions to applicants, Software users manual, and Assessor materials. DOWNLOADS
3. Application advice
   Read the NHMRC advice and USyd instructions carefully. Applicants complete the application form in the informed filler program, and create attachments in word prior to PDF conversion. Applicants then need to print the application form and attachments.
   The Director of the Strategic Development Unit can assist you with strategic aspects of the NHMRC Project grant application.
4. Write your application
   Please leave the Informed Filler 'check' function on (a button in the top right-hand corner.)
   The following links will assist you:
   FOR Codes
   SEO Codes
   Please use the checklist to ensure you have complied with all requirements.
   Note: The electronic attachment of Project Synopsis
   The project synopsis must be saved in Rich Text Format (RTF) (don't forget to include the application ID number in the name of the file) and attached from within Informed Filler.
5. Project grant submission
   Print one original (single-sided)
   Forward the complete hard copy application to the Research office by the internal closing date.
6. Research Office feedback
   Applicants complete any amendments. Send the final application in hard copy to the Research Office.
   Submit electronic form (Informed Filler file) and attachments (PDF format) to the Research Office in accordance with USYD instructions.

Note: NHMRC may reject applications that do not fully comply with the relevant scheme's guidelines.

• Description of Types of Research Grants

• NHMRC Homepage
• Project Grant Funding Policy
• Advice and Instructions for Applicants
• Access Policy
• Deeds of Agreement and Conditions of Award
• Guidelines for Administering Institutions
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Ethics
• Description of types of research grants
• Australian Standard Research Classifications & NHMRC Keyword / Phrases

For applications related to health research, it may not be clear whether an application is more appropriately considered by the ARC or the NHMRC. In these cases, the applicant should forward a two-page summary outlining the proposal through the Research Office by early January each year. Please send these requests to: Director, Research Office, A14, Main Quadrangle.

A committee comprising representatives from the NHMRC and the ARC will use the summary to decide which agency is more appropriate for the application. Each applicant will be advised of the decision approximately two weeks after the due date for such requests.

If the applicant fails to meet the above deadline, he/she must submit cross-referenced applications, using the same title, to both the ARC and the NHMRC and must declare the dual submission on the ARC application form. Failure to do so will render the application ineligible. The ARC will determine if it is the appropriate funding agency.

If an application has potential clinical overlap and neither of the above processes is observed, the application will be excluded, regardless of whether or not it falls under the scope of the ARC.