Eligibility
- Chief investigator A (first named investigator) must be a fellow or registered trainee of the college. However, if chief investigator A is a registered trainee, one of the other chief investigators must be a fellow of the college.
- Grants are usually awarded for one year, however multi-year funding grants are available for a second year of additional funding, with the second year capped at $A50,000.
- Higher degree scholarships are made within a project grant application.
Scholarship grants are made within the project grant scheme and are awarded to fellows or registered trainees enrolled as senior degree students to support full-time or part-time research in a recognised university or research institute in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia or Singapore. They are available for one to two years, subject to category of award made and subject to satisfactory reports.
Entitlements
The maximum amount available for a project grant is $A70,000 for year one, or $A120,000 where second year funding has also been approved.
Applicants requesting multi-year funding must attain a higher ranking, determined by the ANZCA Research Committee, to be considered for multi-year funding. If the committee deems a grant to be of fundable quality, but it does not meet the ranking threshold for multi-year grants, the application may be approved for one year of funding only, based on the availability of funding.
The stipend and allowances are similar to those provided by the NHMRC. Half-time research may be negotiated on a pro-rata basis upon application.
Apply
The grant round closes 5pm AEDT 1 April, 2025. Before applying, please read the information on our Apply for an ANZCA research grant page.
Project grant application form
Project grant guide to applicants
Awarded project grants
2024 awarded project grants
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2023 awarded project grants
Pulmonary artery catheterisation in cardiac surgery (PUMA Pilot): a multicentre, randomised, pilot and feasibility clinical trial ($A69,981)
Preserving brain health in older adults: does light general anaesthesia reduce postoperative delirium and cognitive decline? The Balanced-2 randomised controlled trial ($A70,000)
Prehabilitation needs of patients with breast cancer; A qualitative study ($A60,222)
Mechanistic Observational Study of Anaemia and Inflammation in Cardiac Surgery (the MOSAICS study) ($A69,970)
Long term follow up study of chronic post-surgical pain in the ROCKet Trial ($A70,000)
High flow humidified nasal oxygen versus face mask oxygen for preoxygenation of pregnant women with high body mass index – a prospective randomised controlled crossover study (HINOP3) ($A83,985)
Evaluating hypotension using limited echocardiography and microcirculation imaging in postoperative patients ($A83,685)
Early Endotheliopathy and Coagulopathy in Major Trauma Patients: Pilot Study ($A9,000)
Dexamethasone and Albumin in Major Abdominal surGEry to Protect the Endothelial Glycocalyx (DAMAGE Protection Trial) ($A70,000)
Developing a competency-based facilitation evaluation tool supporting healthcare simulation in resource-limited settings ($A83,139)
The relationship of hepcidin to patient outcomes after cardiac surgery – a sub-study of TRICS IV ($A70,000)
COMET: Changes in oscillation mechanics, FOT and lung recruitment in paediatric laparoscopic appendectomy ($A70,000)
Between-centre differences in overall patient outcomes and in trial treatment effects in multicentre perioperative trials (BALLISTIC study) ($A17,250)
2022 awarded project grants
A mechanistic study of the pro-nociceptive effect of gut microbiota in neuropathic pain ($A70,000)
A quality improvement intervention to enhance the educational environment in clinical anaesthesia ($A44,935)
Computational simulation of the molecular ion channel targets of ketamine and its analgesic analogues ($A55,000)
Dementia biomarkers and long-term cognitive decline following hospital admissions ($A70,000)
Effect of phenylephrine vs norepinephrine on cerebral blood flow in patients for non-cardiac surgery general anaesthesia ($A17,255)
GENetic profiling: Outcome, Mechanism and Immunity, compare intraoperative Cell Salvage and allogeneic blood transfusion - the GEN-MICS study ($A66,500)
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Improving patient safety by resolving latent safety threats identified through in-situ simulation: a multi-centre mixed methods study ($A55,314)
Lidocaine for the Prevention of Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery (LEMONADE TRIAL) ($A70,000)
Māori experience of anaesthesia in the perioperative setting: A qualitative assessment ($A46,550)
Mechanistic understanding of how preoperative exercise improves outcomes: a substudy of the NHMRC-funded PRIORITY trial ($A69,968)
Preventing hypoxia, hypercapnia and gas narcosis in rebreather diving ($A70,000)
Tranexamic acid to reduce delirium after gastrointestinal surgery: the TRIGS‐D trial ($A70,000)
List of grant recipients and links to the funded projects.
- Dr Teresa Bulger (NZ)
- Dr Jai Darvall (Vic)
- Professor Kate Leslie (Vic)
- Professor Jamie Sleigh (NZ)
- Professor Andrew Somogyi (SA)
- Professor Matthew Chan (HK)
- Professor Matthew Chan (HK)
- Dr Susan Humphreys (Qld)
- Dr Robyn Gillies (Vic)
- Dr Brenton Sanderson (NSW)
- Dr Philip Finch (WA)
- Professor Britta Regli von Ungern Sternberg (WA)
- Associate Professor Laurence Weinberg (Vic)
- Associate Professor Brendan Silbert (Vic)
- Dr Jennifer Reilly (Vic)
- Dr Angela Tognolini (Qld)
- Associate Professor Paul Soeding (Vic)
- Dr Warren Pavey (WA)
- Professor Jenny Weller (NZ) - 2020 simulation/education grant
List of grant recipients and links to the funded projects.
- Dr Andrew Toner (WA)
- Prof Philip Siddall (NSW)
- Professor Jenny Weller (NZ)
- Associate Professor Stuart Marshall (Vic) - 2019 simulation/education grant
- Dr Damien Castanelli (Vic)
- Professor Matthew Chan (HK)
- Dr Yoshiaki Uda (Vic)
- Associate Professor Alicia Dennis (Vic)
- Dr Nicole Tan (Vic)
- Dr Megan Allen (Vic)
- Professor Eric Visser (WA)