Avant Foundation Research Grants

Avant Foundation Research Grants provide up to $100,000 to organisations for the purpose of advancing quality, safety and sustainability in medicine through research, with a special focus on health systems. 

Projects should be well informed by literature and have potential to transform the practice of medicine.

Applications should articulate clear outcome objectives that are aligned with our aims.

To read about past recipients, click here.

You can apply for grants up to $100,000 for one year but we encourage smaller requests also. In assessing the project budget, we will consider whether the project represents value for money and its feasibility in terms of a likely outcome.

The number, type and value of projects funded will be determined by the quantity and quality of applications received and is entirely at our discretion.

Co-funding

We consider projects that already have funding commitments from other sources, as long as:

• Avant is the primary funder of the project
• any other funding is disclosed in your application and already secured at the time of your application.

Term of the grant

Funding is for one year.

Avant Foundation Research Grants are open to organisations. To see examples of past Research Grant recipients, click here.

Projects are evaluated using a closed, weighted evaluation system.

Criteria includes:

• relevance of the project to the objectives and purpose of Avant Foundation
• project clarity (clearly defined research proposal)
• project impact (articulation of proposed impact and demonstrated benefit of the research), speed to market and scalability
• experience of the project team and applicant entity
• reasonableness of the indicative budget against the proposed project.

Applicants are encouraged to review the terms and conditions and assessment criteria.

Please note, results of judging are confidential and will not be shared with applicants. We provide visibility of selection criteria to guide applicants to submit projects with the best chance of success. Judges’ decisions are final.

To find out more about past projects, see details about our grant winners this year and these Research Grant recipients here. 

Avant Foundation has three other grant programs to help fulfil our impact objectives.