Funding opportunities

Gold Coast Health is committed to supporting future-focused research and evidence-based practice to assure the community the health care provided is:

• grounded in rigorous science and built on strong theoretical foundations
• co-designed with consumers to enhance experience and equity
• collaborative and innovative, meeting community needs through collaboration with academic, government, not-for-profit and industry partners.

To support our commitment, Gold Coast Health offers a range of funding initiatives to support eligible staff to engage in research with the aim to improve patient care for the wider Gold Coast community and beyond.

Details of our funding opportunities are listed, and we encourage eligible staff to apply. All applications are subject to review.

Collaborative Research Grant Scheme

Gold Coast Health in collaboration with academic partners Griffith University, Southern Cross University and Bond University offers a Collaborative Research Grant Scheme aimed to advance and translate high-quality research to address our health priorities, leading to improved patient care.

There are many organisations both nationally and internationally that provide research grant opportunities. To address this, Gold Coast Health has introduced a single, streamlined process for obtaining executive letters of support. Researchers will need to submit requests and draft documentation to the Research Office through this Microsoft form.

The Research Office will review for completeness before forwarding this onto the relevant executive for signature. To support timely review and input from operational leadership, Gold Coast Health led applications must be submitted at least ten (10) working days before the external grant application deadline.