The Medibank Better Health Research Hub and Diabetes Australia have a shared commitment to funding high quality research that focuses on collaboration, meaningful consumer engagement and research translation to improve health service delivery and health outcomes for people living with and/or at risk of diabetes.

Through a newly established research partnership grant, we are calling for research projects that focus on implementation of innovative early interventions in primary care to prevent type 2 diabetes in people living with pre-diabetes and priority populations. This includes innovative models that address healthcare workforce issues including education and training, peer support and care integration to improve prevention, screening and early diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in primary care to prevent and reduce the conversion rate to long-term, advanced diabetes in Australians.

Applications will be assessed on scientific merit, meaningful consumer and community involvement and ability to tangibly improve primary healthcare service delivery. We welcome applications that demonstrate strong potential and a considered approach for scalable translation of research outcomes into practice.

One award of up to $200,000 for a project of up to two years will be offered to researchers of any career stage addresses the focus area of the award.

The closing date for Expressions of Interest is 19 December 2025 (5pm AEST).

How to apply

Applications will be submitted online using the Diabetes Australia Smarty Grants platform. https://diabetesaustralia.smartygrants.com.au/

Stage 1 Letter of Intent: submission deadline by 19 December 2025 (5pm AEST).

Stage 2 Full Application: Upon receiving an invitation to proceed, you will be invited to submit a full written application.