About

The purpose of the Frailty-ADD CRE Seed Grant Scheme is to build the capacity of early career researchers/academics, health practitioners, and allied health professionals to develop research programs that aim to improve outcomes for frail patients in hospital settings.

It is intended that these seed grants will fund smaller-scale research studies which can then be leveraged for future funding applications at a larger scale. The seed grants are funded by the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence: Improving Hospital Outcomes for Frail Patients Across Different Disciplines (Frailty-ADD CRE: APP2015821).

Before submitting your application, please read the information on this page in conjunction with the submission instructions.

Eligibility

Applicant

• Applicants must be employed by an Australian entity (e.g., university, hospital, research institute etc).
• Applicants must be an:
  • Early career researcher* and/or
  • Health or allied health practitioner registered with a relevant board/society**

Proposed research

• The proposed research is required to be within the scope of improving outcomes for frail patients in hospital settings.
• The proposed research must not already be funded (although the project may build on an existing research project)

* Applicants must be five or less years (full-time equivalent) post-PhD.
**Applicants must have 5 or less years (full-time equivalent) research experience. Applicants in this category do not need to have any prior research experience.

Upon a successful application, the applicant’s institution will be required to sign a Funding Agreement with The University of Queensland.

Documents

• Submission Instructions
• Proposal template (Word document)
• Budget Justification Template

Current grant round (closed 14 October 2024)

• Two grants of up to AUD$10,000 (excl. GST) each, for a maximum 24 months in duration*:
  • 1 x grant will be awarded to project focusing on nursing, pharmacy or allied health
  • 1 x grant will be awarded to a project focusing on medicine or surgery

*The assessment panel reserves the right to:

• retain one or both grants according to the quality of proposals received;
• request modification or clarification of a proposal before making an award.

Any unallocated funds will be made available for the next grant round.

Important dates

• Applications open Monday 2 September 2024
• Applications close Monday 14 October 2024, 17:00 AEST
• Successful applicants will be notified in December 2024
• Successful applicants must accept the grant via email within two weeks of the notification email.
• Successful applicants are expected to attend and present at the AFN Summit in Sydney, 20-21 February 2025*
• Successful applicants have up to 24 months to complete the study after funds have been allocated.

*For successful applicants, any registration costs related to the Summit will be covered by the AFN and a travel bursary of up to $1,000 will be awarded for in-person attendance at the Summit.

Past grant round recipients

↓ Round 1,  2024