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) and the Retrieval Services Queensland (RSQ). 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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Current Grant Rounds

Round 41: Applications are now closed for all grant schemes. Funding outcomes will be announced in early August.

Round 42: Applications are now open for five grant schemes listed below.


Grant Schemes Available in Round 42

Closing dates:

  • 19 Aug for Jumpstart, Leading Edge, TranslatED Research and Research Capacity Building (EOI stage)
  • 16 Sep for Emerge grants.

Please note that Project grants are only offered in the first round of the year and will next be available in Round 43.

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.

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.

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