The Gold Coast Health Collaborative Research Grant Scheme 2025 will be launching on the 18th of September 2025, in collaboration with our academic partners, Griffith University, Bond University and Southern Cross University.
The grant program will reflect a strong collaborative approach in alignment with the vision and purpose of the Research Roadmap 2025-2028, and the aims of the Research Grant Scheme, to advance and translate high-quality research which addresses our health priorities, leading to improved patient care. Details provided in the grant scheme guidelines: Major Research Grant and Capacity and Collaborating Grants.
Further information grantsgoldcoast@health.qld.gov.au.
Supporting clinicians to research success
The grant program will reflect a strong collaborative approach in alignment with the vision and purpose of the Research Roadmap 2025-2028, and the aims of the Research Grant Scheme (RGS), to advance and translate high-quality research which addresses our health priorities, leading to improved patient care.
The objectives of the RGS are to:
- Develop a pipeline of innovative research
- Support areas of existing strength towards national and international recognition
- Develop emergent research fields and support early career researchers
- Support meaningful collaborations between Gold Coast Health, our academic partners, external institutions, industry partners and community organisations;
- Conduct high-quality health research that leads to impact.
Funding Bodies
The Gold Coast Health RGS is supported by the following funding bodies:
- Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
- Gold Coast Health Study, Education, and Research Trust Account (SERTA)
- Griffith University (Health Group)
- Southern Cross University (Faculty of Health)
- Bond University (Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine)
Who can apply
The Capacity and Collaboration Building Grants will provide up to $25,000 per project for Early Career Researchers to initiate or enhance collaborative approaches to delivering health care solutions. Collaborations between researchers, clinicians and academics will be co-funded by our academic partners to the RGS. The research activity may be conducted across partner locations, but the application must clearly describe a genuine collaboration which strongly aligns to the Gold Coast Health Strategic Plan 2024-2028 (G28) and the Research Roadmap 2025-2028 with the potential to translate into benefits for patients, the health service and wider community.
The Major Research Project Grant will provide up to $150,000 to support research projects for a duration up to two (2) years. The grant is open to both established researchers and early career researchers. The grant provides two opportunities for Gold Coast Health researchers and clinicians (as the applicant) to work on a project with a co-lead Chief Investigator (co-lead CI) from a partner academic institution. The research activity may be conducted across partner locations, but the application must clearly describe a genuine collaboration which strongly aligns to the Gold Coast Health Strategic Plan 2024-2028 (G28) and the Research Roadmap 2025-2028 with the potential to translate into benefits for patients, the health service and wider community.
Further eligibility criteria are detailed in each guideline Major Research Grant and Capacity and Collaborating Grants
How to Apply
Applications must be completed via the SmartyGrants online platform. This will be updated once the Grant Scheme opens for applications.
