MRFF – PPHRI – 2025 Incorporating Patient Data in Health Technology Assessment Decision Making Grant Opportunity

aims to support medical research and innovation projects focused on integrating patient data into health technology assessments. Key details include:

Objectives:

• Develop consumer-informed approaches to generate and incorporate patient/consumer data across the health technology assessment lifecycle for medicines, vaccines, and medical devices.
• Create scalable, sustainable methods to evaluate long-term effectiveness of specialized therapies, emerging medicines, and medicine-related health technologies, including patient-reported outcomes.
• Develop approaches to incorporate patient-reported outcomes in assessing long-term safety, efficacy, material safety, and biocompatibility of implantable devices.

Target Beneficiaries:

• Approved MRFF Eligible Organisations in Australia.
• Researchers proposing projects aligned with one of the four specified research streams.

Research Streams (Applicants must choose one):

1. Consumer-informed approaches for medicines or vaccines.
2. Consumer-informed approaches for medical devices.
3. Scalable evaluation of long-term effectiveness of specialized therapies and emerging medicines.
4. Incorporation of patient-reported outcomes in safety and efficacy assessment of implantable devices.

Application Process:

• Applications must be submitted electronically via NHMRC’s online system (Sapphire).
• Applicants must read the Grant Guidelines and coordinate with their MRFF Eligible Organisation.
• Minimum data submission deadline: 25 June 2025, 5:00 pm ACT time.
• Final application deadline: 23 July 2025, 5:00 pm ACT time.
• Questions accepted until 16 July 2025, 1:00 pm ACT time.

Key Features:

• Total funding pool: AUD 16 million.
• Individual grant value: up to AUD 2 million.
• Administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.
• Focus on patient-centered data integration to improve health technology assessment decision-making.
• Supports innovation in medical research with a strong emphasis on consumer and patient involvement.

Contact and further information are available through NHMRC and the Department of Health and Aged Care websites. This grant is part of the Medical Research Future Fund initiative.