The Mission for Traumatic Brain Injury is an Australian Government Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) initiative that aims to support research to improve recovery after brain injury. The mission is investing $50 million over 10 years from 2019-20 to 2028-29 to invest in projects that create better outcomes for people living with an acquired brain injury sustained through a traumatic event. 

The mission aims to:

• Predict recovery outcomes after sustaining a traumatic brain injury.
• Identify care and treatments.
• Reduce barriers, enabling people to live their best life after sustaining a traumatic brain injury. 

Importantly, the Mission recognises that recovery is complex and not always linear. Many people experience ongoing changes in memory, communication, behaviour and emotional wellbeing. Research is increasingly focused not only on medical treatment, but also on improving quality of life, participation and independence.

As part of the Mission's funding principles, there is priority for projects that are co-designed with people living with TBI and support vulnerable populations such as:

• Regional, remote Australia.
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Families who have experience domestic violence.
• Older people.
• The military and veterans.
• Sport related communities and clubs.
• Culturally and linguistically diverse people. 

The mission also focusses on personalised care regardless of severity, to improve pathways and outcomes and ensure patients receive best practice care for a traumatic brain injury. 

Read the Traumatic Brain Injury Mission Roadmap from 2019-20 to 2028-29 recently refreshed in 2025. 

At BrainLink, we believe supporting people living with brain injury goes beyond clinical care. It means helping individuals rebuild confidence, stay connected and access the services they need to live well in their community. We highlight the importance of learning from lived experience and collaborating with our community living with and caring for a person with a brain injury to improve outcomes.

We will continue to partner with the brain injury organisations and individuals to play our part in improving the lives of over 700,000 Australian's living with brain injury.