Call for Submissions: Research Grant Program - The Endeavour College of Natural Health
Call for Submissions: Research Grant Program
The Endeavour College of Natural Health, Office of Research, is committed to expanding knowledge and understanding of complementary medicine (CM) through rigorous, critical research. The Research Grant Program aims to support independent research undertaken by experienced researchers in alignment with the College’s research priorities. The Research Grant Program is open to internal and external researchers in the CM field for projects involving a collaborator who is affiliated with Endeavour.
In previous years, the Program has awarded a number of research projects with a variety of methodologies and topics such as:
Project Grant – Dr Helen Hall, Monash University ‘Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and Nurses: Improving patient safety through communication and collaboration’
Project Grant - Dr Michael Watson, Endeavour College of Natural Health ‘Effect of Milk Thistle extract (Silibinin) on circulating unconjugated bilirubin levels and markers for oxidative stress and inflammation: MOJO Study’.
Seed Grant - Dr Susan Arentz, National Institute of Complementary Medicine 'Understanding chronic pelvic pain: Acupuncture practitioners knowledge and treatment strategies'
Seed Grant – Ms Alana Gall, Menzies School of Health Research ‘Exploring Indigenous Australian cancer patients’
This announcement serves as a call for submissions for the 2018 Research Grant Program. As part of our annual Research Grant Program, this year we are offering competitively awarded Seed and Project Grants.
Available Grants
Endeavour Research Seed Grants will provide a maximum of $3,000 over a 12 month period to fund quality research projects to gather preliminary data in an underdeveloped field of research.
Endeavour Research Project Grants will provide a maximum of $7,000 per year for up to 3 years with the ability to support the creation of new knowledge by funding research projects in any area relevant to CM.
Application Documents
Submission Dates
Announcement of Program and calls for submissions
30 March 2018
Applications open
4 June 2018
Deadline for submitting applications
16 July 2018, 5pm AEST
Start communication of award decisions
31 August 2018
For more information, please visit the The Endeavour College of Natural Health website or contact the Office of Research at research@endeavour.edu.au