Queensland Health clinical research fellowships

Applications for round 1 of the Queensland Health targeted clinical research fellowships (TCRF) are now open.

Applications for CRF round 5 are now closed. Applicants for CRF round 5 will be notified of outcome by April 2024.

The CRF program delivers on a key commitment by Queensland Health in the Queensland Advancing Health Research 2026 Strategy (PDF 2303 kB) to design, develop and fund new fellowships programs with a focus on translation into clinical practice and improved health outcomes.

The CRFs are intended to support Queensland Health clinician researchers undertake research linked to their practice. The program recognises that clinician researchers (including doctors, nurses, dentists, allied health practitioners and clinical scientists) are uniquely placed to identify clinical issues that can benefit from further research, lead patient-focused research discoveries and facilitate improved patient care through research translation.

Targeted clinical research fellowships (TCRF) program

The TCRF program sits alongside the general CRF program and is designed to support researchers and their high-impact research projects within the following 4 streams:

  • First Nations
  • rural and remote
  • women’s research
  • genomics.

Applications for TCRF round 1

Round 1 of the TCRF is now open.

If you are interested in applying, read the dates and documentation listed below.

Important dates

MilestonesSchedule
TCRF Round 1 opens 13 December 2023
TCRF Round 1 applications close 11:59pm AEST, 19 February 2024
Applicants notified April 2024

Steps for applying

  1. Read the TCRF round 1 funding rules (PDF 2666 kB) and frequently asked questions (PDF 1247 kB)
  2. Complete the TCRF round 1 application form (DOCX 905 kB)
  3. Read the Queensland Health research fellowships funding agreement terms and conditions (generic—version 2023.11) (PDF 273 kB) and complete the funding agreement declaration (PDF 178 kB)
  4. Submit the following completed documents to ORI_Fellowships@health.qld.gov.au as a single PDF in this order:
    • application form
    • letters of support
    • reference list (if required)
    • funding agreement declaration.

Previous fellowship recipients

Clinician researcher projects

Read about the insights 3 of the newest Queensland Advancing CRF recipients provide into their funded research projects:

Last updated: 12 December 2023