Queensland Research Program
Overview
Since the first Queensland Research Program grant round opened in 2008, EMF has awarded $21million to 257 research grants in this program and played an integral role in building an active emergency medicine research culture in Queensland. The state now boasts a growing cohort of high-achieving emergency medicine clinician-researchers who are helping improve patient outcomes within the Queensland healthcare system, as well as internationally.
In response to the global pandemic, the EMF Special Funding Round COVID-19 was announced in April 2020 to fund innovative, high-quality emergency care research. Five projects were chosen for funding. Read more here.
Through the Queensland Research Program, EMF offers research grants to all clinicians providing direct clinical care to patients in an emergency within the Queensland public hospital emergency departments*, the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), the Retrieval Services Queensland (RSQ), the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section), and LifeFlight. This includes nurses, paramedics, allied health professionals and rural generalists as well as emergency specialists. Two grant rounds are offered per year in the Queensland Research Program.
EMF thanks the Queensland Government for funding this program through Queensland Health.
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Grant Rounds 2025
Round 43: now open for all grant schemes.
Round 44: will open in June 2025.
Grant Schemes Available in Round 43Applications are now open for all grant schemes. Please click on the links below for more information on each grant scheme. Please note that Project grants are only offered in the first round of the year (R43) and will not be available in Round 44. |
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| EMERGE | up to $10,000, maximum term up to one year
Funding for clinicians new to research. |
| JUMPSTART | up to $40,000, maximum term up to one year
Seed funding for innovative research involving new collaborations and teams. |
| LEADING EDGE | up to $100,000, maximum term up to two years
Seed funding for innovative research with potential for future funding by other granting bodies. |
| project grants | up to $300,000, maximum term up to three years
Seed funding for collaboration across multiple sites and disciplines with in-kind support, leverage funding and/or health economic analysis. |
| Translated research | up to $100,000, maximum term up to two years
Funding for projects aiming to translate interventions or models of care designed to improve health outcomes or promote system sustainability into policy and practice. |
| RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILdING | up to $100,000, maximum term up to three years
Funding to support eligible institutions to develop research capacity through research, education and communication activities. |
EMF’s grant review process
EMF maintains a highly transparent, thorough and robust grant review process. We also work with grant applicants to help facilitate project delivery where possible. Our grants administration provides considerable support and feedback to grant applicants prior to and during the application process.
Our committees: More about our expert review panel and advisory committees.
* This includes employees of Mater Hospital Brisbane.
