Current funding opportunities

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Recent funding opportunities

2026 Explorer Grants
Our Explorer Grants provide seed support for researchers with transformative, innovative, exploratory or unconventional research ideas that have a good chance of making a revolutionary change to how we manage health in New Zealand. These grants are available in any health-related field (e.g. basic, clinical, behavioural, social, public health, kaupapa Māori, Māori health, Pacific health, and translational sciences) and are worth $150,000 for a term of up to 24 months.

2026 Programmes
Programme Grants support high-performing teams to undertake a programme of health research in an area of importance and priority for New Zealand. Research programmes are required to have a clear strategic goal, with specific research objectives that can tangibly contribute to improved health outcomes in New Zealand and/or demonstrate the potential to make a significant breakthrough within a field of research. Meaningful collaboration with others to collectively achieve health gains and deliver maximum value for the New Zealand’s public investment in health research is strongly encouraged. Up to $5 million is available over five years.

2026 Projects
We offer funding of up to $1,200,000 for research projects that have the potential to vastly improve the health of New Zealanders. Projects can cover a diverse range of areas, from biomedical and public health to clinical studies. Most projects have a term of three years, but we can negotiate terms of up to five years.