The Prevention Centre Grant Opportunity Guidelines

Overview

The aim of this grant opportunity is to support an examination of systems’ approaches to the prevention of lifestyle-related chronic diseases in Australia. It is an initiative under the Partnership Centre on Systems Perspective on Preventing Lifestyle-related Chronic Health Problems Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).  The MOU is a 5-year multi-party agreement, administered by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Funding contributors include the Department of Health (the department), the NHMRC, ACT Health, Cancer Council Australia, NSW Ministry of Health, South Australian Department of Health and Wellbeing, Tasmania Department of Health, and VicHealth. All other funding partners aside from the department have provided funding to the Prevention Centre for the entire 5-year multi-party agreement. The objectives of this grant opportunity are to:  Improve the reach and impact of prevention efforts Identify and improve the next generation of chronic disease prevention strategies for high-risk populations Develop, test and make widely available methods and tools for improved prevention decision-making and practice and Engage public interest in and support for prevention. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to: Support implementation of research-informed changes in health and health care systems.   Synthesise and disseminate existing research to improve health and health care system performance.  Undertake collaborative new research to improve health and health care using methods that are cross-sectoral, inter-disciplinary and national in scope.  Build capacity, both within the research community to undertake applied research, and within the system to use research as part of change management. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "GO Documents" button on the left hand side.