Grants

Successful Grant Funding

2025

Title Scheme Role Amount
YOUNG AT HEART Mechanisms linking vascular brain and cognitive health in older adults ARC Discovery project CI $852,831.00

2024

Title Scheme Role Amount
The BLOOM program A digital intervention integrating social and emotional learning physical activity and nutrition in early years settings to enhance preschoolers wellbeing MRFF CI $999,805.60
Which Way? Quit Pack: Assessing the implementation and impact of a National mailed smoking and vaping cessation intervention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents and adults. MRFF CI $4,739,632.78

2023

Title Scheme Role Amount
Living Well after Hospital: A randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a coordinated transitional care program for older adults being discharged from hospital. MRFF CI $916,761.11
Understanding the Social Determinants of Young Peoples Mental Health: an Exploratory Mixed Methods Study MRFF AI $457,765.90
ROADMAP trial: RandOmised Arthroplasy infection worlDwide Multidomain Adaptive Platform trial NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies AI $4,886,490.32
Tools for Change: Informing and Supporting Sustainable Chronic Disease Prevention in Australian Schools MRFF AI $4,869,263.25
DPYD and UGT1A1 genotyping for fluoropyrimidine and irinotecan dose personalisation to reduce severe toxicity MRFF AI $2,705,260.74
Exploring the benefit of multidisciplinary primary care MRFF CI $1,744,251.10
The use of scrotal cooling to improve semen quality and pregnancy rates within infertile men MRFF AI $1,195,461.94

2022

Title Scheme Role Amount
Using existing digital infrastructure for the national scale-up of an effective school nutrition program to reduce population CVD risk MRFF AI $997,350.60
Improving the Well-Being of Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: a Randomised Controlled Trial National Heart Foundation of Australia AI $964,531.00
Predict prevent and treat bone metastases in prostate cancer NHMRC Ideas grant AI $622,333.32
A Preventative Care Program to optimise mental health during transition into residential aged care MRFF AI $200,000.00
The Australian Secondary School Alcohol and Drug Survey: Monitoring the prevalence type and burden of adolescent gambling in NSW NSW Department of Customer Service CI $135,200.00
Getting quality evidence to policy makers and practitioners more quickly Applying novel methods to identify effective scalable interventions to prevent e-cigarette use in youth MRFF AI $1,862,283.00
A randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of Baby-EATS a scalable digital health intervention targeting infant feeding and weight in children aged 0-2 years MRFF CI $1,377,504.90
Increasing the capacity of Community Managed Organisations to provide preventive care to people with a mental health condition MRFF CI $1,135,281.00
Wearables Integrated Technology to support healthy behaviours in people with Type 2 Diabetes (Wear-IT) MRFF CI $1,093,405.00

2021

Title Scheme Role Amount
Discovery and validation of a blood-based protein biomarker for the early detection of ovarian cancer Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation CI $595,095.00
Using a national level multi-registry analysis to determine whether prescribed anti-platelet therapies post-stroke can modify the risk of cognitive decline or dementia NHMRC Ideas grant CI $452,550.00
A trial of vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation following discharge from drug and alcohol residential withdrawal services NHMRC project grant CI $240,109.00
SISTAQUIT scale-up in Indigenous populations in Australia NHMRC (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases) CI $1,800,000.00
Developing and testing a community-informed intervention to increase VIA cervical cancer screening in Eswatini NHMRC (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases) AI $1,206,526.00

2020

Title Scheme Role Amount
The impact of individualised care plans for elderly patients discharged home from hospital after neck of femur fracture: A randomised controlled trial NHMRC Partnership project CI $476,312.00

2019

Title Scheme Role Amount
Improving implementation of Health Assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients in mainstream general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial NHMRC Target Call Research CI $745,057.00
Cardioprotective effects of the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine NSW Ministry of Health Cardiovascular Disease CI $600,000.00
Taking action: Increasing Advance Personal Planning by older adults ARC Discovery project CI $542,000.00
Testing the impact of an Interactive Health Communication Application on days alive out of hospital and quality of life following surgery for colorectal cancer NHMRC Partnership project CI $306,710.00
A trial of vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation following discharge from drug and alcohol residential withdrawal services NHMRC Project grant CI $1,833,513.00

2018

Title Scheme Role Amount
Pilot randomised controlled trial of a telephone delivered intervention for hazardous alcohol use among young people living with severe mental ill-health Australian Rotary Health CI $86,747.00
Healthy living after stroke: An online intervention for improving stroke survivor health behaviours and quality of life NHMRC project grant CI $599,124.00
Does a targeted intervention improve medication safety after discharge and improve outcomes for people with dementia and their carers Dementia and Aged Care Services Research and Innovation CI $544,096.00
A randomised controlled trial of a continuing care telephone intervention following residential substance abuse treatment NSW Ministry of Health AOD Innovation Grants CI $517,874.00
Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM) plus feedback in SMART Recovery Australia: A feasibility study examining SMART ROM NSW Ministry of Health AOD Innovation Grants CI $358,913.00
Addressing health and care needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with dementia and their communities NHMRC Targeted Call for Research CI $3,095,009.00
Aboriginal child and adolescent health improvement through Aboriginal leadership and collaborative research teams NHMRC CRE CI $2,499,588.00
‘Indigenous Counselling and Nicotine (ICAN) QUIT in Pregnancy’ - a cluster randomised trial to implement culturally competent evidence-based smoking cessation for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait NHMRC Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases CI $2,318,652.00

2016

Title Scheme Role Amount
A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of Enable Me: an e-health innovation for stroke survivors and support persons National Stroke Foundation CI $29,444.00
A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of Enable Me: an e-health innovation for stroke survivors and support persons. NHMRC Partnership CI $253,264.00
The susceptibility prevalence type and burden of adolescent gambling: an opportunity for an ongoing monitoring tool Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (TENDER) CI $174,967.00
Phase 1 and 2 of the Indigenous Counselling and Nicotine (ICAN) QUIT in Pregnancy NSW Ministry of Health CI $136,275.00

2015

Title Scheme Role Amount
Evaluating the Quit for New Life NSW Ministry of Health (TENDER) CI $270,908.00
Improving uptake of colorectal screening among primary care attendees. Australian Rotary Health CI $17,000.00

2014

Title Scheme Role Amount
Improving uptake of colorectal cancer screening among primary care attendees. Hunter Medical Research Institute CI $37,500.00

2013

Title Scheme Role Amount
Providing tailored web-based information to support colorectal cancer patients in their preparation for and recovery from surgery: A feasibility study. Cancer Institute NSW CI $48,656.00