Grants & awards

Grants

MRFF

  • MRFF – PPHRI – 2023 Consumer-Led Research Grant Opportunity (Targeting Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure through Citizen Sciences with Aboriginal Communities)
  • MRFF 2022 Cardiovascular Health Grant (Powerful Pictures)
  • MRFF 2022 Genomics Health Futures Mission (Integrated Genetic HealthCare)
  • MRFF 2021 Indigenous Health Research (Strong Community, Strong Health: Exploring opportunities for chronic disease prevention in the Torres Strait)

NHMRC

  • NHMRC 2023 Partnerships Project (Engendering agency in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community health through responsive practice)

CSIRO

  • CSIRO Indigenous Research Grant 2024 (R&D using written Traditional Medicine Knowledge compared to orally transmitted Indigenous Medicine  Knowledge: A Case Comparison)
  • CSIRO Indigenous Research Grant 2023 (St George Community Wellbeing Centre Evaluation)
  • CSIRO Indigenous Research Grant 2023 (Exploring the relevance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Healthcare Applications in Australian Indigenous Communities: Scoping Project)
  • CSIRO Indigenous Research Grant 2022 (Strong Community, Strong Health: Exploring opportunities for chronic disease prevention in the Torres Strait)

Awards

  • Prof. Ray Mahoney, Sophie Wright-Pedersen and Dr Georgina Chelberg received the H&B Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Impact Award (2023) for their strong, ongoing three-year relationship and partnership with Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation to co-deliver the Residential Thermal Comfort project for improved remote Indigenous housing conditions. 
  • Prof. Ray Mahoney, Dr Andrew Goodman, Jed Fraser, Dr Georgina Chelberg and Dr Kaley Butten received the CSIRO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Impact Excellence Medal (2021)