ARFL - Navigating the NHMRC

“The Australian Research Funding Landscape” is a series of workshops delivered through the UTS Aspire Program. Each workshop showcases the diversity of opportunities available to UTS researchers in attracting external research funding. In this workshop, we will explore the competitive schemes offered by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), strategic planning for success, and resources available. This session will include:

• NHMRC Scheme Overview
• Outcome statistics and tools to benchmark yourself
• Significance, impact & goal setting in the NHMRC
• Success factors

The session will be facilitated by Katherine Waldron, Research Capability & Development Manager in the UTS Research Office. We will also have guest speaker A/Prof Mojtaba Golzan (Graduate School of Health) who will highlight his experiences with the NHMRC grant schemes.

Please note that this session will be recorded and the recording possibly uploaded as online training. 

If you are unable to attend on the day but still would like to receive the content, please register so that we can send you a link to the recording.


The Australian Research Funding Landscape follow-on sessions will run in successive weeks. Each follow-on session will cover a specific funding opportunity in greater depth:

• Planting the Seeds for Research Success in Australian Grants (25 May)
• Good Funding: Philanthropy 101 (1 June)
• International Research Grants: The Key to Success (28 June)
• Applied research: Engaging with industry and other clients (29 June)
• Demystifying Tenders (13 July)
• Am I ready for Category 1? An Overview of Competitive ARC Grants (25 July)
• Strategies for Success in Nationally Competitive Grants (MRFF) (3 August)

This is a UTS Aspire event. UTS Aspire is a program of pan-university research development opportunities led by the Research Capability and Development Team.