2023 Seed Funding Grants now open

We are excited to announce that applications are now open for our 2023 Seed Funding grants.

The Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre; A JDRF Global Centre of Excellence in Diabetes Research (Global CoE) has competitive seed funding grants available for new projects. The Global CoE aims to encourage new and innovative research, researchers and translation ideas and projects. Seed funding grants are made possible through funding support by Rio Tinto, Telethon Trust and JDRF, and are intended to generate pilot data to increase competitiveness and strengthen application for larger grants from sources such as Australia’s National Health Medical Research Council and JDRF in future funding rounds.

Applications are sought for projects that progress the goal of the Global CoE which is to improve the lives of children and families living with type 1 diabetes. Seed funding grants can be used toward activities including, but not limited to:

generating pilot data
developing collaborations with other labs and institutes
conducting community/stakeholder consultations
protocol development
simulations to support study design
development of a competitive project grant submission

These grants are open for early to mid-career researchers (EMCRs) - including those with a medical, allied health, nursing or relevant biomedical science degree - and the amount available per project funded is set at $20,000 AUD (excl. GST). At least two seed funding grants may be awarded in this funding round; there is provision to award more grants based on proposal merit and the evaluation and recommendations of the Review Panel.

Find out more and apply for grants in the links below.

RTCDC GCoE Seed Funding Grants – Call for Proposals Guide 2023

RTCDC GCoE Seed Funding Grants – Scoring Guide 2023

RTCDC GCoE Seed Funding Grants – Application Form 2023

Applications close 30 November 2023 at 5pm AWST.