OCHRe Newsletter
14 March 2025
Dear OCHRe Members and Friends
We wish you a safe and happy weekend. If you have news you would like to share, please send it through to the team at ochre@uq.edu.au by Wednesday 2pm AEST.
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NEWS:
Lowitja Institute’s 4th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference | 16 – 19 June 2025 | Kaurna Country, Adelaide
Theme | Stronger Fearless Together
Key dates
Abstracts now open
Early Bird registration open: 2 December 2024
Abstracts close: 31 January 2025
Standard registration open: 11 April 2025
Conferences
AIATSIS (Australian Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) Summit | 2 – 6 June Darwin
Voices of Empowerment: Strengthening our Future
The AIATSIS Summit provides a unique forum for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, leaders, and youth along with Academics, Native Title stakeholders, legal experts, GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) sector and government representatives to come together and collaborate on the issues that matter most to First Nations peoples.
For further information and to register, click here.
CSANZ (Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand)
4th Indigenous Cardiovascular Health Conference 2025 - 17 – 19 June Sydney
Travelling Fellowships available to First Nations people | closes 12 May
OCHRe Convocation | 29 – 30 October Brisbane
Voices of Country: Research, Resilience and Renewal
Indigenous Allied Health Australia | 24 – 26 November Sunshine Coast
Tradition to Transformation: Leading in Allied Health
For more information and to register, click here.
Scholarships and Bursaries
Grant Connect
All Australian Government grant opportunities are advertised on Grant Connect including NHMRC, MRFF, ARC and many other grants.
Below are some current opportunities.
For current list of all grants on Grant Connect here.
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
National Critical Research Infrastructure Initiative
The 2024 National Critical Research Infrastructure initiative invests in research infrastructure to ensure Australian researchers find innovative solutions to complex health problems in areas of unmet medical need.
Applications closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 31 March 2025
For further information, click here.
PPHRI – 2024 Chronic Respiratory Conditions Grant Opportunity
The MRFF Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative (PPHRI) aims to enable or support research into new ways to address preventive and public health issues in Australia.
Minimum data due | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 02 April 2025
Application closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 30 April 2025
For further information, click here.
CHM – 2025 Cardiovascular Health Grant Opportunity
The MRFF Cardiovascular Health Mission aims to make transformative improvements in cardiovascular health and stroke management for all Australians.
Minimum data due | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 16 July 2025
Application closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time)13 August 2025
For further information, click here.
DAACM – 2025 Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Grant Opportunity
The objectives and outcomes of this grant opportunity align with the Roadmap and Implementation Plan for the Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission.
Minimum data due | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 23 July 2025
Application closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 20 August 2025
For further information, click here.
Rapid Applied Research Translation
This initiative supports the translation of research evidence into clinical practice and better quality of care for patients by encouraging collaborations between academic researchers, health service providers, consumers and other end users on projects to improve health care delivery, service and systems sustainability.
Application closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 7 July 2025
For further information, click here.
Global Health Initiative
2025 Mental Health and Climate Change Grant Opportunity
The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that, through co-design with consumers and health services, develop scalable and sustainable interventions to mitigate the impact of climate change on Australians’ mental health.
Minimum data due | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 25 June 2025
Application closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 23 July 2025
For further information, click here.
MRFF 2022 Frontier Health and Medical Research Grant Opportunity
This grant opportunity offers funding to support medical research and medical innovation programs of research that deliver a ‘moonshot’ by creating a treatment for a currently serious and incurable health condition, through a series of linked projects. The program of research can propose to develop novel health technologies and/or re-purpose existing health technologies in a novel way.
We expect that expressions of interest will close on 31 March 2026, with the last grants awarded by 30 June 2027.
Total Amount Available (AUD): $400,000,000
Estimated Grant Value (AUD): From $25,000,000 to $25,000,000
For further information, click here.
National Health and Medical Research Council
Ideas Grants 2025
The objective of the Ideas Grant scheme is to support innovative research projects addressing a specific question(s).
Minimum data due | 5.00 pm (ACT local time) on 9 April 2025
Application closes | 5.00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 7May 2025
For further information, click here.
Targeted Call for Research: Anal Cancer 2025
The TCR: Anal Cancer 2025 grant opportunity seeks to fund research aimed at improving awareness and to provide further guidance for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of anal cancer for both consumers and healthcare professionals.
Minimum data due | 5.00 pm (ACT local time) on 30 April 2025
Application closes | 5.00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 14 May 2025
For further information, click here.
Development Grants 2025 for funding 2026
The intended outcomes of the Development Grant scheme are: increased rates of translation of health and medical research into commercial outcomes, resulting in improved health and medical knowledge
Minimum data due | 5:00 pm (ACT Local time) on 14 May 2025
Application closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 11 June 2025
For further information, click here.
Early to Mid-Career Researchers Initiative
2025 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant Opportunity
The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects for Early to Mid-Career Researchers.
Minimum data due | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 25 June 2025
Application closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 23 July 2025
For further information, click here.
MRFF – PPHRI
2025 Incorporating Patient Data in Health Technology Assessment Decision Making Grant Opportunity
Minimum data due | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 25 June 2025
Application closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) on 23 July 2025
For further information, click here.
Partnership Projects – 2025
Partnership Projects will support collaborations, within the Australian context, that translate research evidence into health policy and health practice, to improve health services and processes
Minimum data closes at 17:00 ACT local time on the following dates:
PRC1 – 19 March 2025
PRC2 – 23 July 2025
PRC3 – 12 November 2025
For further information, click here.
Australian Research Council
Centres of Excellence
The ARC Centres of Excellence grant opportunity facilitates significant collaboration at scale which enables the complementary resources of universities, other research organisations, governments and businesses, not for profit organisations to support outstanding pure basic, strategic basic and/or applied research in all fields (except medical research).
Application closes | 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time) 27 March 2025
For further information, click here.
Linkage Projects for funding applied for in 2025
The Linkage Projects scheme supports projects which initiate or develop long term strategic research alliances to apply advanced knowledge to problems, acquire new knowledge and as a basis for securing commercial and other benefits of research.
To facilitate successful collaboration between higher education institutions and other parts of the innovation system, there will be two assessment rounds for Linkage Projects for funding applied for in 2025. Please refer to the Important Dates document for detailed information about the assessment round dates.
Estimated Grant Value (AUD) | From $100,000 to $1,500,000.
Application closes | 25 June 2025
For further information, click here.
EMPLOYMENT
The University of Western Australia
Associate Dean (Indigenous)
Location: Crawley, QEII Medical Centre | SCGH | Perth
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world and is a member of the Australian Group of Eight research intensive universities. With a strong research track record, vibrant campus and working environments, supported by the freedom to innovate and inspire, there is no better time to join Western Australia’s top university.
This is:
Rare opportunity to contribute world-class teaching and research to a new transnational medical degree
Part-time appointment (0.6 FTE) on a 2-year fixed-term basis
Base salary range: Level D $166,851 - $183,563 p.a. (pro-rata) plus clinical loading and 17% superannuation
About the opportunity:
You will be responsible for developing a world-leading Indigenous Medical curriculum, accreditation, and academic leadership of the proposed Global MD program.
You will work collaboratively with the Assistant Vice President for Indigenous Affairs who is based at UArizona in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Together, you will deliver excellent outcomes across all aspects of the Global MD program, including Indigenous Medical curriculum development, course accreditation, Indigenous staffing, Indigenous student support, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander community engagement.
You will deliver the Global MD’s strategic priorities and operational management.
Application closes | 11:55 PM AWST on Monday, 24 March 2025
For further information, click UWA job (External staff).
Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research | University of Technology Sydney
National Agreement On Closing The Gap: Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander-Led Review
Community Researcher Opportunities
Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is conducting the first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led independent Review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, including the Priority Reforms.
The aim is to understand the lived experiences and views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities who have been engaged in Closing the Gap.
Community research activities will be held in the six Closing the Gap place-based community partnership sites around 3 – 28 March 2025: Tamworth (NSW), Gippsland (Vic), Doomadgee (Qld), East Kimberley (WA), Western Suburbs of Adelaide (SA), and Maningrida and Homelands (NT). For the Review, Jumbunna will engage, recruit and train local First Nations community researchers in each of the six place-based partnership communities.
Each Community Researcher will be paid for up to 15 full working days over an approximately six-week period. Jumbunna pays a standard rate of $100 per hour for First Nations community researchers. Training as required in Indigenous Research Methods and CASI will be provided by Jumbunna. Training in Indigenous Research Methods and other methods appropriate for the Review may also be provided.
Contact | Assoc Professor Kirsten Gray Kirsten.gray@uts.edu.au or Professor Cecilia Anthony cecilia.anthony@uts.edu.au to apply
Heart Research Institute
The Djurali Group for Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander People and Communities
Location | Newtown, Sydney NSW Full time
The successful applicant will be part of the Djurali team and be responsible for the delivery of research projects impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The Research Assistant will be involved in the conception, design, and implementation of diverse research projects in the areas of Indigenous health and translational research. The Research Assistant reports to the Djurali Group Leader and has no direct reports.
For further information, click here.
