The HRC's Health Delivery funding round is our primary investment mechanism focused on supporting research that directly informs health policy, practice, or systems. Up until now, our Health Delivery Research Career Development Awards have been offered twice a year. From 2025 onwards, however, we will bring these awards in line with all our other grant types and offer them once a year.

We have not yet set a date for when our 2025 Health Delivery Research Career Development Awards will be offered, however, we will keep you up to date with developments via our Update e-newsletter and here on HRC Gateway's homepage. Information about our Health Delivery Research Activation Grants will be announced in due course.

The following HRC funding rounds will be opening soon. Please see below for the key dates.

2025 Health Delivery Projects

Open date: 1pm, 5 February 2025
Registration due date: 1pm, 12 March 2025
Expression of Interest (EOI) application due date: 1pm, 26 March 2025
EOI outcome notification: 4 June 2025
Invited full application due date: 1pm, 23 July 2025

2026 Career Development Awards

The following opportunities will be available in this round:

General Career Development Awards

Open date: 1pm, 4 June 2025
Registration due date: 1pm, 2 July 2025
Application due date: 1pm, 2 July 2025

Māori Health Career Development Awards

Open date: 1pm, 4 June 2025
Registration due date: 1pm, 23 July 2025
Application due date: 1pm, 23 July 2025

Pacific Health Career Development Awards

Open date: 1pm, 4 June 2025
Registration due date: 1pm, 23 July 2025
Application due date: 1pm, 23 July 2025

2026 Project Grants

The following opportunities will be available in this round:

General Project Grants; Rangahau Hauora Māori Project Grants; and Pacific Project Grants

Open date: 1pm, 4 June 2025
Registration due date: 1pm, 2 July 2025
Expression of Interest (EOI) application due date: 1pm, 9 July 2025
EOI outcome notification: 2 October 2025
Invited full application due date: 1pm, 13 November 2025

Please refer to the HRC Gateway funding calendar for updates and additional round information.

In early February 2025, the Health Research Council will release a Request for Proposals (RFP) looking to fund high quality AI implementation research in healthcare that will directly address priorities identified in the Government Policy Statement on Health 2024-2027. AI technology has significant potential to increase efficiency within the healthcare system and improve quality of care.

The scope of this RFP is inclusive of all research disciplines that are relevant to AI implementation in healthcare, and we encourage transdisciplinary research teams that include members working within the health sector.

A total funding pool of up to $5 million (excluding GST) will be available. The HRC expects to fund a range of project grants of differing values through the RFP. Further information will be provided ahead of the RFP opening.