Dementia Grants Program: World Class Research Grants

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资助机构

Dementia Australia

地区

Australia

研究领域

Alzheimers Disease

Clinical Research or Studies

Clinical Trials

Dementia

Health and Medicine

Nutrition or Dietetics

Psychology of Aging

Quality of Life

截止日期

August 21, 2021 (已过期)

基金规模

Upper $600,000AUD From a total funding pool of $1.8 million, up to 3-5 project grants with a maximum of $600,000 per grant will be funded.

联系方式

foundation@dementia.org.au

dcrcgrants@unsw.edu.au

申请资格

At the time of acceptance and for the duration of a grant, the Applicant (Chief Investigator (CI)) must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, a permanent resident of Australia, or have an appropriate work visa in place for the duration of the project. All applicants must provide evidence to their host institution to support this criterion. Host institutions are responsible for certifying and ensuring that these requirements are met. DCRC may request further information in relation to these requirements, including evidence of residency and/or citizenship.The CI must hold a PhD or equivalent (DPhil or M.D. by research) or have submitted a PhD thesis for examination prior to the proposed commencement date of the project.The research team must include at least one Early Career Researcher (ECR). An ECR can be up to 8 years post-PhD but must not hold an academic position above Senior Lecturer (Level C seniority).Applicants are welcome to submit more than one Large Project Grant application; however, successful applicants can only be awarded one grant where they are listed as the CI. If a researcher has submitted an application as a CI and also appears as an Associate Investigator (AI) on another application, both may be awarded.

说明

The DCRC is pleased to announce a grant round to fund World Class Research Projects including trials and studies to produce evidence, evaluate interventions, promote practice change or inform policy.Project grants will be funded from the following areas:1. Reduce or delay risk of cognitive decline or dementia. Examples include detailed examinations of risk factors or intervention type, or detailed examinations of populations; trials that produce evidence for recommendations for physical activity; interventions on diet, or vascular risk reduction and management; multidomain approaches to risk reduction; comparison of interventions, or interventions to reduce barriers to or increase uptake of dementia risk reduction strategies.2. Develop evidence and promote uptake measures that will help people live better with dementia, including but not limited to practice change initiatives, addressing stigma, promotion of autonomy and reablement.3. Improve quality of care and quality of life for people living with dementia and carers in community, residential care or acute care. Examples of possible foci include nutrition, behaviours & psychological symptoms associated with dementia (BPSD), scope of practice and care planning, pain management, engagement in satisfying relationships and activities, carer education and support, technology use, care team communications, novel approaches to the transitions between home and various level of care.The research must be conducted in Australia. Eligibility At the time of acceptance and for the duration of a grant, the Applicant (Chief Investigator (CI)) must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, a permanent resident of Australia, or have an appropriate work visa in place for the duration of the project. All applicants must provide evidence to their host institution to support this criterion. Host institutions are responsible for certifying and ensuring that these requirements are met. DCRC may request further information in relation to these requirements, including evidence of residency and/or citizenship.The CI must hold a PhD or equivalent (DPhil or M.D. by research) or have submitted a PhD thesis for examination prior to the proposed commencement date of the project.The research team must include at least one Early Career Researcher (ECR). An ECR can be up to 8 years post-PhD but must not hold an academic position above Senior Lecturer (Level C seniority).Applicants are welcome to submit more than one Large Project Grant application; however, successful applicants can only be awarded one grant where they are listed as the CI. If a researcher has submitted an application as a CI and also appears as an Associate Investigator (AI) on another application, both may be awarded.

网站

https://www.dementia.org.au/research/grants

基金资源
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	打开链接
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	打开链接