HRC Project Grants (2027 round)
Health Research Council of New Zealand
The Health Research Council of New Zealand's main investigator-initiated project funding, open across the full breadth of health research including behavioural, social, public health, kaupapa Maori, Maori health and Pacific health work. Two-stage process: a short expression of interest, then a full application with external peer review and an applicant rebuttal stage. Projects run two to five years, which suits longitudinal or intervention-evaluation designs a social work researcher would run.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (total award)Published in New Zealand dollars: up to NZ$400,000 per year to a total of NZ$1,200,000, or up to NZ$1,440,000 for randomised controlled trials. Numeric fields left null because the amount is not in USD.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Aug, NovPublished deadline: 2026-11-19 — 97 days awayAnnual round with two stages. Expression of interest closed 6 August 2026 at 1pm; the full application deadline is 19 November 2026 at 1pm, with results announced 28 May 2027. The full-application stage is open only to top-ranked EOIs.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- The first or co-first named investigator must be employed by a New Zealand host organisation, hold New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency, and be domiciled in New Zealand. Researchers who currently hold an HRC Project or Programme Grant from the last two funding rounds (2024 to 2026) cannot be first or co-first named investigator. Host organisation support is required.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- health research · kaupapa maori research · public health · new zealand
- Apply at
- https://gateway.hrc.govt.nz/funding/ideas-funding/2027-projects
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
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