Welcome
We manage the Government's investment in health research. Our vision is to improve the health and quality of life of all New Zealanders.
Funding Opportunities
The HRC allocates funding through an annual funding round for researcher initiated projects, Requests for Proposals, and a range of career development awards.
About Us
We invest in a broad range of research on issues important to New Zealand, and support the development of health research careers. Our mission is 'benefiting New Zealand through health research'.
News and Publications
We produce a wide range of publications and documents, which provide information about funding opportunities, research outcomes and HRC-related news.
Ethics and Regulatory
We help ensure all research involving human participants is based on good science, meets ethical standards and complies with best practice.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the HRC or would like to know more about how our funding process works, please drop us a line.
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Projects
Projects are available for individuals or small research teams to address well-defined health research questions
Researchers should aim to make a significant improvement in, or develop knowledge that contributes to, health outcomes. The HRC offers contracts worth up to $400,000 per year, to a maximum contract value of
$1.2 million.
Check out all our funding recipients
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Application forms and guidelines for projects (expression of interest) for the HRC's 2018 funding round are now available below. Please note that there is now a registration closing date for project grants.
The HRC uses a two-stage process to assess Projects. In the first stage, applicants register their interest and submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) application. Applicants who are selected to go through to the second round are invited to submit a full application. In the 2017 funding round, we also introduced Pacific Project grants.
Research Investment Stream information
The HRC’s investment framework includes four Research Investment Streams, listed below. Project applicants must specify which investment stream their application responds to. We are unable to advise applicants on which stream they should select for their proposal. Applicants should review the HRC's Research Investment Streams 2017/2018 document (1.66mb, pdf) to guide application decisions:
- Health and Wellbeing in New Zealand - Keeping populations healthy and independent throughout life
- Improving Outcomes for Acute and Chronic Conditions in New Zealand - Improving outcomes for people with illness or injury
- Rangahau Hauora Māori - Supporting Māori health research that upholds rangatiratanga and uses and advances Māori health knowledge, resources and people
- New Zealand Health Delivery - Improving health and disability service delivery outcomes over the short-to-medium term
All four investment streams are described in the HRC Research Investment Streams 2017/2018 document (1.66mb, pdf), along with general guidelines on the investment stream framework.
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