This grant was previously run and administered by NSW Health through the Office for Health and Medical Research. It is no longer accepting applications.
The Spinal Cord Injury Research Grants support NSW-based spinal cord injury researchers to drive cutting-edge, cure and care related projects.
The Grants aim to:
- drive discoveries with the long term aim of improving wellbeing and health outcomes across NSW for people with spinal cord injury
- grow the capacity and reputation of spinal cord injury research in NSW in a way that is equitable and sustainable
- build capability of spinal cord injury researchers in NSW
- realise long-term sustained economic impact for NSW through the development of new therapies in spinal cord injury
- drive cutting-edge, cure and care focused spinal cord injury medical research projects, and develop them through to their long-term potential.
Funding of $15 million was available for this program. Grants up to $2.5 million were provided to successful research projects for a three to five year duration from 2020.