Deadline: 2-Jul-21
Applications are now open for the NDRP 2021 Research Funding Round to fund disability research that will deliver new findings and test and refine the NDRP processes.
Research must be done by and with people with disability, align with the NDRP Guiding Principles and address an area of demonstrated importance to people with disability. Applications are accepted from any incorporated association in Australia.
Purposes
The National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP) is piloting a research funding round to build the evidence base and to demonstrate and refine NDRP processes. The purpose of this research funding round is two-fold:
- To build evidence for successful innovation in disability policy and practice
- To test and refine NDRP processes, approach and ability to deliver on the vision
Research Themes
Despite advances in some areas of disability research and increasing quality and quantity of data available, eight themes are consistently raised as priorities in disability research agendas and strategies. This round of NDRP Research Funding invites proposals for high quality, collaborative research that addresses topics of importance to people with disability within one or more of these themes:
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people with disability
- Women with disability
- Children and young people with disability
- People with disability in rural and remote areas
- People with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people with disability
- People with disability who require support to express their will and preference, and to implement their decisions
- People with disability who experience other intersectional disadvantage.
Funding Information
Projects can apply for funding up to $150,000. A total funding pool of $1 million is available for this round. This funding round aims to fund a range of projects with a balance between small, medium and larger projects.
Outcomes
- Funded projects are expected to deliver new evidence related to Australians with disability. Researchers will be asked to think carefully about making findings easily accessible to the community. The NDRP Secretariat will support researchers with accessible research translation, but project teams are encouraged to think about accessible communication and build it into their projects from the beginning. Projects might include:
- Scoping studies: exploratory projects that map literature available on a topic and identify key concepts, theories, evidence sources and research gaps.
- Secondary data analysis: projects that analyse existing data i.e. data previously collected in research projects, administrative data including linked data, national surveys, etc.
- Qualitative text data collected through interviews, focus groups, publicly available data such as social media.
- Case studies.
- Surveys.
- Projects may build on or extend current research projects. New data collection will only be considered if a compelling case can be made for the feasibility of the project within the timeline, including obtaining ethics approval, recruitment, field work and data analysis. Researchers will be asked to submit a progress report and a final report.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are invited from any incorporated Australian organization. The NDRP encourages collaborations that draw on expertise from across Australia.
- Note on funding: equitable funding and accessibility accommodations must be built into the project budget for collaborations with Disabled People Organisations, representative organisations, advocacy organisations or peak bodies.
Selection Criteria
Project proposals will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Research that addresses the priorities of people with disability: The proposed project must address an area of demonstrated importance to people with disability, fall within one of the eight themes in the call for proposals document (ink below), and align with the UNCRPD and the National Disability Strategy.
- Research by and with people with disability: Reviewers will look for projects that are led by and/or conducted with people with disability who have decision-making power. People with disability must be paid and supported appropriately. The NDRP expects genuine working relationships. The research proposal must clearly describe how people with disability are involved in the conception, execution and dissemination of the research, how decisions will be shared and acknowledging the diversity of people with disability.
- High quality research: The proposed method should be appropriate for answering the proposed research question, and feasible in the time and with the resources available.?
- Knowledge that is accessible to the community: The project proposal must outline a clear and thoughtful research translation approach to making findings widely accessible.?
- Capacity to undertake research in an area of demonstrated importance to the disability community: The proposal should outline the team’s capacity to do the proposed research, including track record, proven ability to work together, and demonstrated experience in doing disability research by and with people with disability. The proposal must also demonstrate that it is achievable in the timeline available and within the budget proposed. Projects that build research capacity of people with disability will be highly regarded.
For more information, visit https://www.ndrp.org.au/funding-round