These grants are to support high quality research to provide evidence for effective, efficient, safe, and equitable professional practices in anaesthesia, perioperative and pain medicine for patients, organisations and staff and include the areas of education, simulation, and strategies for translating and implementing evidence into clinical practice.
The ANZCA Research Committee and the Professional Practice Research Network Executive have discontinued the simulation/education grant with related research now eligible for the Professional Practice Research Grants. The ANZCA Research Committee will fund at least the top two most highly-ranked PPR grant applications considered suitable for funding. Unsuccessful PPR grants will also be considered for and compete with project grant applications based on the research committee ranking.
Eligibility
Chief investigator A (first named investigator) must be a fellow or registered trainee of the college. If chief investigator A is a registered trainee, one of the other chief investigators must be a fellow of the college.
Entitlements
The maximum amount available for a professional practice research grant is $A90,000 for one year.
Scholarship funding has been discontinued and has been replaced with tied funding of up to A$5,000. This additional funding is available for chief investigator A (CIA) if enrolled in a higher degree to attend an ANZCA ASM to present their project and for networking/mentoring opportunities.
Apply
The grant round opens on 1 December 2025 and closes 5pm (AEDT) 1 April, 2026. Before applying, please read the information on our Apply for an ANZCA research grant page.
Applicants are encouraged to carefully read the guidelines, noting the application form requirements.
2027 Professional Practice Research Grant Application Form
2027 Professional Practice Research Grant Guide
Applicants are encouraged to contact the PPRN Executive if they have any questions regarding their application or would like mentorship prior to the submission date.
If the CIA is in doubt as to whether his/her research proposal qualifies for a professional practice research grant, please contact the Research and Administration Coordinator.