Research requests
We work with NSW Health staff, external researchers and partner organisations to undertake research in partnership with eHealth NSW.
eHealth NSW uses an operating model, including key criteria and principles, with consideration on value and benefits for the system, as well as how research could be translated into practice. With these considerations, eHealth NSW endorses and partners with particular projects.
“What we are doing is coordinating, enabling, and providing standardised governance and reporting,” said Lachlan Rudd, Director of Data and Analytics, eHealth NSW.
For research-related enquiries, please contact EHNSW-Research@health.nsw.gov.au.
- Eligibility Criteria
- Endorsement by eHealth NSW
- Application process overview
- Research Conduct
- Current research projects
- Frequently asked questions
- Recent opportunities
- Conferences
Research Project Eligibility Criteria
Research projects must meet the following criteria in order to be considered:
- The research must add value and benefit the system.
- The project must directly align with the priorities of eHealth NSW (eHealth Strategy for NSW Health, NSW Health Analytics Framework, NSW Health Strategic Priorities, and The Premier’s Priorities).
- The application must demonstrate collaborative engagement and consultation with relevant networks and stakeholders where applicable (e.g. partner organisations, MOH, ACI, clinicians, Local ICT, Chief Information Officer, health service administrators, researchers, and consumers).
- Completed feasibility trial and/or pilot project demonstrating value, before considering multi-site state-wide roll out and/or broad ICT integration.
eHealth NSW Endorsement
All applicants who require endorsement from eHealth NSW need to contact the Research Coordinator for project approval.
- Prior to applying for any research grant, applicants should submit a request below in the “submit a request” section. Please attach a one-page project outline for review including what is requested from an eHealth perspective. The Research Coordinator will review the application and get in contact to provide feedback and next steps.
Application Process Overview
Submission of applications, review and reporting follows a standard process.
eHealth NSW Consultation Phase
- Researcher contacts eHealth NSW
- Initial eHealth NSW review of application
- eHealth NSW internal stakeholder engagement
- Feedback from eHealth NSW to Researcher
- Researcher project proposal submission to EHNSW-Research@health.nsw.gov.au.
eHealth NSW Review Phase
- Research evaluation and engagement of partner organisations (mix of internal and external) review
- eHealth NSW executive and/or relevant NSW Health partner organisations executive endorse successful proposals
Report Phase
- Researcher makes ethics application to HREC
- Researcher conducts research project
- Researcher delivers progress reports and engages with network/taskforce/institute/HREC/funding organisation
- Research presents project outcomes to eHealth NSW (project report, outcomes, benefits and translation)
eHealth NSW supports and encourages a strong research program, driven by internal and external researchers
The Research review and approval process involves 3 steps
- External Researcher engagement
- Internal eHealth NSW review and collaboration
- eHealth endorsement and approval
Research Review and Approval Flowchart

*Researchers may be required to obtain approval from other agencies impacted by the research
e.g. Data ownership is likely to lie with either the MoH or CE of the partner LHD
Research Conduct
All research undertaken in partnership with the eHealth NSW must adhere to relevant standards of research conduct. Proposals and research designs should be developed with reference to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Australian Research Council (ARC) standards of academic conduct.
All research practices conducted in partnership with eHealth NSW must meet the following conduct:
- obtain and maintain ongoing approval from relevant human research ethics committee(HREC)
- encourage collaboration
- have a high likelihood to translate into better patient outcomes, health service delivery, and population health and wellbeing
- be of excellent and robust scientific quality
- demonstrate excellent leadership
- ensure security of research data and information
- support appropriate intellectual property
- meet legislative requirements on confidentiality and privacy of information
- establish mechanism for appropriate record keeping
- be appropriately resourced
- protect participants
- maintain appropriate training of staff and researchers
- commit to regular reporting, including publishing results and disseminating research finding in an accurate and timely manner
- provide eHealth NSW advanced copies of publications, at least two weeks prior to submission
- support appropriate authorship rights
- support appropriate acknowledgements
- meet internationally recognised research integrity standards.
eHealth endorsed and approved projects 2020
MRFF - The 2021 Medical Research Data Infrastructure Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 8-Feb-2022 | Up to 3,000,000 | The 2021 Medical Research Data Infrastructure Grant Opportunity is part of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and the Research Data Infrastructure Initiative. This opportunity looks to fund the creation or extension of national research data infrastructure. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=ddca6ab1-208b-495f-a0d4-857949472069 |
MRFF - 2021 Traumatic Brain Injury Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 9/02/2022 | 25/01/2022 | $4,000,000 | The objectives of the MRFF – 2021 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) grant opportunity are to: Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): through a competitively selected national consortium, improve care for mild TBI by designing and implementing informatics approaches that gather nationally representative social, biological, health, clinical, intervention and outcome data of value to people with lived experience of TBI Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): develop and implement new approaches for the prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment of sports-related concussion | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=e7d1c603-6b7b-412f-b47d-a3c9fd6c764d |
MRFF - 2021 Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 16/02/2022 | 2/02/2022 | Up to $5,000,000 | The objective of this grant opportunity is to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that will: | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=1cf0f3ff-9612-46d5-b373-becb7aa90f39 |
MRFF - Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative – 2021 Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions in Children and Adolescents Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 16/02/2022 | 2/02/2022 | From $500,000 to $2,500,000 | The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=9a97bcf5-bfe3-430c-8b0a-859b898a6a7a |
MRFF - 2021 Genomics Health Futures Mission Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 16/02/2022 | 2/02/2022 | Up to $10,000,000 | The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): develop new models of genomic newborn screening Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): through a competitively selected national consortium, conduct research addressing emerging ethical, legal and social issues associated with the governance of clinical and genomic datasets Stream 4 (Targeted Call for Research): through a competitively selected national consortium, conduct research to develop effective approaches for responsible, culturally appropriate and nationally consistent involvement of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in genomics research and clinical practice Stream 5 (Targeted Call for Research): through a competitively selected national consortium, conduct research to enrich genomics databases to support the inclusion of culturally and linguistically diverse groups in genomics research, and equitable benefit from genomics in health Stream 6 (Incubator): conduct small-scale development projects to establish feasible, evidence-based approaches for population cohort research, focusing on culturally and linguistically diverse groups, including: | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=cd955d15-2346-469b-96ce-97f83f8d5739 |
MRFF - Coronavirus Research Response – 2021 COVID-19 Treatment Access and Public Health Activities Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 23/02/2022 | 9/02/2022 | $33,000,000 | The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Coronavirus Research Response – 2021 COVID-19 Treatment Access and Public Health Activities Grant Opportunity aims to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=728ac8ee-f40c-4e09-a65c-37b06be0e902 |
MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission - 2021 Cardiovascular Health Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 23/02/2022 | 9/02/2022 | From $200,000 to $1,000,000 | The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): support effective adoption and adherence of preventive health interventions for cardiovascular disease and stroke Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): accelerates equitable patient access to best care that results in best possible outcomes Stream 4 (Incubator): conduct small-scale development projects will establish feasible, evidence-based approaches for identifying and targeting personalised lifelong care approaches, to prevent further stroke or heart events Stream 5 (Incubator): conduct small-scale development projects will establish feasible, evidence-based approaches for developing new treatments for recovery with better understanding of the biology of recovery, leading to improved monitoring and new treatments. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=d35a8d63-3e38-4dc7-9077-e5f10fb4222c |
MRFF - 2021 Stem Cell Therapies Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 23/02/2022 | 9/02/2022 | Up to $7,000,000 | The intended outcome of the research is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by: Stream 2 (Accelerator): evaluating and performing pre-clinical screening of new therapeutics using human tissues made from stem cells. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=342d489d-c6dc-466a-b50f-4b8e1e1016ca |
MRFF - 2021 Primary Health Care Research Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 23/02/2022 | 9/02/2022 | Up to $5,000,000 | The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 2: test the effectiveness of new point-of-care testing delivery models: | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=2647228a-3e67-4279-89be-a6ce0dde371a |
MRFF - Australian Brain Cancer Mission – 2021 GBM AGILE Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 2/03/2022 | 16/02/2022 | Up to $12,000,000 | The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide a grant of financial assistance to support an Australian medical research and medical innovation project that aims to improve outcomes for Australians diagnosed with brain cancer (specifically glioblastoma multiforme) by leading, co-ordinating and managing the implementation and evaluation of the Australian arm of the Glioblastoma Adaptive Global Innovative Learning Environment (GBM AGILE) clinical trial. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=32660d68-c7d4-4517-b246-8528966e7f0c |
MRFF - Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2021 Optimising the Clinical Use of Immunoglobulins Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 2/03/2022 | 16/02/2022 | $4,000,000 | The objective of opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects. Stream 2: conduct a randomised trial to compare different regimens for a therapeutic immunoglobulin in immunoglobulin responders whose acquired hypogammaglobulinaemia is not due to haematological malignancy. Stream 3: conduct a randomised trial to compare different regimens for a therapeutic immunoglobulin (e.g. varied dosage, duration, route of administration) against each other and/or other therapeutic options (e.g. alternative or concurrent therapies) for myasthenia gravis or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, to inform their most cost-effective use. Stream 4: build the evidence base to inform the cost-effective clinical use of immunoglobulin in Australia. This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=ca16278b-eceb-444a-849a-a66921386bb4 |
MRFF - 2021 Indigenous Health Research Fund - 2021 Indigenous Health Research Grant
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 2/03/2022 | 16/02/2022 | Up to $5,000,000 | The objectives and outcomes of the 2021 Indigenous Health Research grant opportunity are detailed in the grant guidelines. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=9807d139-936b-40ba-8f24-c698cbdc6f2a |
MRFF - Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research – 2021 Chronic Neurological Conditions Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 9/03/2022 | 23/02/2022 | Up to $4,000,000 | The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 2: conduct a national clinical trial that tests multiple new nerve repair and protection therapeutics for multiple sclerosis Stream 3: assess the feasibility, usability and acceptability of new assistive technologies for adults with chronic degenerative neurological disease. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=367c7da5-e97f-490d-b6fb-bf1d1a385879 |
NHMRC - Investigator Grants
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 16/03/2022 | 16/02/2022 |
| The objective of the NHMRC’s Investigator Grant scheme is to support the research program of outstanding investigators at all career stages. It consolidates salary and research support into a single grant scheme by offering a salary component (if required) and a research support package. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=b49fcb57-61e2-42d3-a9dc-e012bc9965e4 |
NHMRC - Synergy Grants
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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13-Apr-22 | 16/03/2022 | $5,000,000 | The intended outcomes of the Synergy Grant scheme are: | https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/find-funding/synergy-grants |
NHMRC - Idea Grants
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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04-May-22 | 6/04/2022 | The amount of funding for an Ideas Grant is based on assessment of the requested budget | The expected outcomes are: |
MRFF - Australian Brain Cancer Mission – 2021 Brain Cancer Research Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 4/05/2022 | 20/04/2022 | $7,500,000 | The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Australian Brain Cancer Mission aims to double the survival rates and improve the quality of life of people with brain cancer over 10 years to 2027, with the longer-term aim of defeating brain cancer. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=36ed826c-9d6a-4a62-bb0b-0a11f1163760 |
MRFF - 2021 Clinical Trials Activity Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 6/07/2022 | 22/06/2022 | Up to 3,000,000 |
| https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=a16dfdcc-a19e-4be1-bf07-e6e6b9ffaead |
NHMRC - CIHR Healthy Cities Implementation Science Team Grant Scheme 2021
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 8/07/2022 | $5,000,000 | The NHMRC-Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Healthy Cities Implementation Science (HCIS) Team Grant Scheme supports Australian participation in international collaborative research through the CIHR Healthy Cities Research Initiative. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=ec98686f-0b5b-4a25-b661-55b4199f30e4 |
MRFF - 2021 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 13/07/2022 | 29/06/2022 | Up to $5,000,000 | The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 2 (Accelerator): Establish a large-scale interdisciplinary research program led by mid-career researchers that drives implementation of substantial improvements to health care and/or health system effectiveness Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): Utilise co-funding between MRFF, a sponsoring academic organisation and partner organisation(s) to accelerate translation of research led by early to mid-career researchers. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=dfbdbdbe-c2c6-4001-9faf-5ef47fb1e137 |
MRFF - Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2021 Chronic Respiratory Conditions Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 13/07/2022 | 29/06/2022 | From $200,000 to $2,000,000 | The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2021 Chronic Respiratory Conditions Grant Opportunity will support research that: Stream 2: clinically validate feasible technology enabled approaches to medication and therapeutic adherence and self-management of chronic respiratory diseases. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=f1ec1030-f546-4508-a8af-a80b1bfb2c24 |
MRFF - Primary Health Care Research Initiative – 2021 Primary Health Care Digital Innovations Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 13/07/2022 | 26/06/2022 | $5,000,000 | The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Primary Health Care Research Initiative aims to enable or support an increase in Australia’s evidence base in primary health care through research to improve service delivery and patient outcomes and translate this knowledge into action. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=585ee34c-0342-4722-abaf-7023ee7f587e |
MRFF - Preventive and Public Health Research – 2021 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 13/07/2022 | 29/06/2022 | From $250,000 up to $2,000,000 | The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 2: develop new scalable approaches to reduce alcohol and other drug use by adolescents and young adults Stream 3: develop new co-designed and scalable lifestyle interventions to reduce the risk of cancer in priority populations. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=206bb4ea-dd1e-4028-a4af-3f413622767c |
MRFF - Preventive and Public Health Research initiative - 2021 Consumer-Led Research Grant Opportunity
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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5pm 29/07/2022 | 29/06/2022 | Up to $1,000,000 | The objectives of this grant opportunity are to: Stream 2: projects that use citizen science methodologies where citizens and scientists use web-based platforms and digital tools to co-create health knowledge that has practical implications for improving health outcomes and/or improving consumer experiences of health care, whilst increasing consumer understanding of, and consumer involvement in, research. | https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=00ba3a66-86cd-4b6d-b880-3f00cb9e5152 |
NHMRC - Partnership Grants Rounds 1-3
Closing Date | Minimum Data Closes | Funding Available | Description | Link |
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PRC1 - 6/04/22 | $1,500,000 | This funding scheme provides funding and support to create new opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to define research questions, undertake research, interpret the findings and implement the findings into policy and practice. | https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/find-funding/partnership-projects |
Conferences
Conference | Abstracts are invited from the following research topics | Abstracts are due | Link |
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2021 Emergency Care Research Symposium | The ECI Research Symposium is intended to support clinicians who are interested in developing their skills in research and establishing a research portfolio.
It is targeted at both novice and more experienced researchers and for those wishing to receive feedback on their research project methodology and approach. There is a focus on broader directions and priorities in emergency care research, funding opportunities and ongoing support for researchers. The program includes sessions about priorities in emergency care research and workshops that will provide practical research skills. | Thursday, 19 August 2021 | Register here |
Nursing Informatics 2021 |
| 23rd August 2021 - 2 September 2021 | Register here |
Innovation and leadership in Digital Health: Perspectives from the Australian Defence Force and ACT Health | This exciting webcast event, hosted by ACHSM ACT Branch, will feature guest speakers Rear Admiral Sarah Sharkey, AM, CSC (ADF) and Peter O’Halloran (ACT Health) as they discuss some of the opportunities and challenges of designing and implementing complex, large scale digital health projects. | Wednesday 25th August via zoom | |
Digital Therapeutics (DTx) – a global perspective | Hear what global and Australian experts have to say about the potential of digital therapeutics in changing the way we think about and invest in digital health. | 31 August, 9.00 - 11.00 (AEST) | Register here |
Digital Health ECR Community Virtual Journal Club - September | Chaired By Dr. Naseem Ahmadpour The Journal Club will introduce attendees to Virtual Reality in Digital Health. This will be followed by a guided discussion of one of three journal articles Naseem has authored on the use of Virtual Reality to support patient health and wellbeing. | Thursday September 2nd at 11.00am | Register your interest for the September journal club here |
ANDHealth Australian Delegation to HLTH | Hear from and connect with the health industry’s visionaries, changemakers and leading investors from across the global health ecosystem who come together at HLTH to solve some of the world’s largest health problems and bring to life the most promising opportunities to improve health. | 17 - 20 October | Register Here |
Innovate Health 2021: Remote monitoring and digital innovations enabling home as the centre of care | Day 1:
Day 2:
| 2-Day event 8 - 9 November 2021 | For more information and to register |
Future of Health 2021 | Understanding the evolution of healthcare. Emerging tech like AI being put to work, new healthcare models threatening old models, it is clear that healthcare is changing. | 2-Day event 8 - 9 December 2021 | Register here |