Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program
Supporting high-quality cardiovascular researchers to increase national and international competitiveness of NSW cardiovascular research.
In June 2018, the NSW Government announced a $150 million investment over 10 years into cardiovascular research. NSW’s Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program funds high quality cardiovascular research in NSW in order to drive scientific discoveries, support the development of novel and innovative therapies, and improve health outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease.
Grant recipients announced: Cardiovascular Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants 2023.
We are pleased to advise that 5 Senior Researchers and 11 Early-Mid Career Researchers have been awarded grants under Round 4 of the Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program.
Please see the list of successful grant recipients here.
Further information about the research projects of the successful grant recipients is available on the Project Directory of our website.
Next round opens in April 2024
The next round of Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants will open in early April 2024. Grant guidelines and the application submission process will be published on this website.
Key dates
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Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants open | Early April 2024 |
Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants workshop | May 2024 |
Applications close | 1 July 2024(by 5pm AEST) |
Notification of outcomes to applicants | By 31 October 2024 |
Opening April 2024: Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants
Funding for these grants will be provided for three-year research projects. All researchers are encouraged to apply, including clinician researchers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, researchers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and primary carers who have experienced career disruptions.
The Grant Guidelines and Application Submission Process will be published on this website when the grant round opens.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to a number of Frequently Asked Questions are provided here for potential applicants.
Please see the 2023 Senior and EMC Researcher Grants Guidelines for more detailed information.
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Program Overview
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What is the Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program?
The Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program is an investment by the NSW Government in high quality cardiovascular research of $150 million over 10 years. The program aims to drive scientific discoveries, develop new and innovative treatments, fund research with the potential to prevent cardiovascular disease and improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people with disease.
What type of research is eligible for Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher grants?
The program funds cardiovascular research which encompasses all diseases and conditions of the heart and blood vessels. Funding will support researchers working in cardiovascular research across basic science, biomedical, clinical medicine and health services research, data science, and population health research. Grants also support research towards the development of novel therapeutics.
Approximately 60% of total funding will be allocated to basic science research and 40% to clinical medicine and science research, health services research, data science, and population health research.
How long is the grant period and how much funding is awarded?
Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants have a 3-year duration.
• Senior Researcher Grants will be awarded a maximum of $750,000.
• Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants will be awarded a maximum of $450,000*.
*A small number of outstanding Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant applicants may be awarded an additional $300,000 ($100,000 per year for the 3-year duration of the grant to enhance the proposed project). Applicants wishing to be considered for this additional funding are required to provide a separate additional budget and justification for this. The proposed research project should be structured to ensure that the main $450,000 component of the research is able to be completed as a standalone project without the requested additional funding, as requests for additional funding will be considered separately based on merit and the availability of funds.
How can the funding be spent?
Grants are for research projects or programs and can cover a combination of salaries of the research team (clinical and/or non-clinical), backfill for clinicians to quarantine research time, consumables and equipment.
Grants may not be spent on capital works, maintenance, organisational overheads, basic office equipment, rent or utilities. The Host Organisation is required to provide appropriate infrastructure support.
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Who is eligible for Early-Mid Career and Senior Researcher grants?
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Who can apply for Early-Mid Career and Senior Researcher grants?
All researchers are encouraged to apply, including clinician researchers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, researchers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and primary carers who have experienced career disruptions.
For the purpose of these Grants:
• an Early-Mid Career Researcher is defined as a researcher who is within 15 years of the conferral of their PhD (or equivalent) on the date on which applications close and has not reached full professorial level. PhD students who expect to have their PhD conferred by 15 May 2024 are eligible to apply. Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant applicants will be assessed in three categories: 0-2 years post-PhD, 3-7 years post-PhD and 8-15 years post PhD.
• a Senior Researcher is defined as a researcher who is 15 years or more postdoctoral OR a researcher who is less than 15 years postdoctoral, but who has reached full Professor level. Note: Associate Professors may apply as Early-Mid Career researchers if they are less than 15 years post-doctoral.
Which organisations can host Early-Mid Career and Senior Researcher grants?
The host organisation must conduct health and medical research in NSW and must be a NSW-based university, medical research institute, not-for-profit organisation or a local health district or other NSW public health organisation. The host organisation must agree to employ the researcher and to provide appropriate infrastructure support for the duration of the grant.
Funds will not be paid to Local Health Districts. Host organisations may choose to use a separate organisation to administer the funding, referred to in the Guidelines as an administering organisation.
Can I apply for multiple grants from the NSW Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program?
Only one Senior Researcher OR Early-Mid Career Researcher grant application will be accepted per applicant for each round.
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Selection criteria
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What are the selection criteria?
Applicants should refer to the full selection criteria in the Guidelines. These include:
• Chief Investigator (40%)
• Research project (40%)
• Skill development, leadership and capacity building (20%).
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Grant Process and Timeline
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What is the selection process?
There are five steps to the selection process:
Step 1: Eligibility check
Following the closing date for applications, NSW Health will determine if each application has satisfied the eligibility criteria.
Step 2: Review by independent expert panel
An independent panel of expert reviewers will assess each eligible application against the selection criteria.
Step 3: Funding recommendation
The independent panel will agree on the final ranking of all eligible applications and will make a recommendation for funding to NSW Health.
Step 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.
Step 5: Grant Agreements
NSW Health will contact host/ administering organisations for successful projects to execute a funding agreement. A standard, non-negotiable funding agreement will be used.
Do I need to submit an expression of interest as well as a full application?
No. There is only one stage in this grant round - a full application is submitted.
Who owns the intellectual property (IP) rights for the project?
To maximise benefits arising from the public funding of research, all recipients of Senior and Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants must comply with the National Principles of Intellectual Property Management for Publicly Funded Research as a condition of funding.
In addition, intellectual property (IP) arrangements should be agreed between all research partners and organisations. IP arrangements must cover both background IP and IP that is developed during the project. IP arrangements should consider the contributions of all parties. The arrangements should be detailed in the application.
NSW Health has recently updated its Policy Directive Intellectual Property arising from Health Research which provides a clear and consistent guide for public health organisations to protect their intellectual property arising from research. NSW Health has also released a Commercialisation Framework.
Both documents are available at https://www.medicalresearch.nsw.gov.au/intellectual-property-and-commercialisation-framework/.
Cardiovascular Elite Grants
Elite Postdoctoral Researcher Grants and Research Leader Grants encourage highly talented cardiovascular researchers to move to NSW from interstate or overseas.
Nominations for Elite Grants will only be accepted from eligible host organisations and must be signed by the nominated researcher. Individual researchers are unable to nominate themselves. Please refer to the Guidelines for more information.
Nominations for Elite Grants closes on 1 March and 1 September each year. Because we recognise that opportunities to attract world-leading researchers to relocate do not always align with these closing dates, we may be able to work outside of these timeframes if required. Confidential inquiries about potential nominees are welcome at any time. Please email MOH-OHMRGrants@health.nsw.edu.au in the first instance.
Previous Grant opportunities
Cardiovascular Collaborative Grants
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Cardiovascular Collaborative Grants Guidelines 2022
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Cardiovascular Collaborative Grants Application Form 2022
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Research Leadership Grant
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Research Leadership Grant Guidelines 2022
PDF - 155 KB
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Research Leadership Nomination Form 2022
DOCX - 84 KB
Postdoctoral Researcher Grant
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Elite Postdoctoral Researcher Grant Guidelines 2022
PDF - 153 KB
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Elite Postdoctoral Researcher Nomination Form 2022
DOCX - 82 KB
Past recipients
The project directory lists all research projects and/or devices that have received funding through the Office of Health and Medical Research.
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