The National Disability Research Partnership funds research by and with people with disability. They aim to build a connected community of disability researchers who work in partnership with people with disability.

In 2025, the NDRP will fund research on the safety of people with disability.

Round 1 will fund projects that take between 6 and 10 months. Two types of projects will be eligible for Round 1 funding:

Projects to co-design research: 

These seed funding grants will fund partnerships to co-design larger projects. For example, a partnership could be between a university and a Disability Representative Organisation or Disabled People's Organisation. These project teams should show a genuine commitment to inclusive and co-designed research. For more detail, see the Frequently Asked Questions below.

Teams will receive funding to work together to:

• understand a problem or opportunity better, from different points of view
• build relationships and test good ways of working together
• decide on research questions to answer
• design a research project together to answer the research questions
• write a funding application for this project, ready to submit to the NDRP in Round Two, or other funding body
• Projects that bring together what is already known about a topic. We will fund projects that use rapid review or evidence synthesis methods.

Projects that bring together what is already known about a topic: 

These grants will fund partnerships to identify and synthesise existing evidence, knowledge and/or identify data available about an issue. These projects can use different methods, for example systematic reviews, rapid reviews or scoping reviews. These projects might summarise what is known about a topic, look at what can be done to improve outcomes, find any knowledge gaps, or find data sources and methods that can help to better understand a topic. Teams should include people who understand the topic and people who understand different viewpoints about policy or practice.

Who can apply for funding?

Research funded by the NDRP must be done in research partnerships. Each application will need to appoint a lead organisation that will receive the grant money. Any organisation with an ABN is eligible to apply.

• Phone: 03 9000 3813
• Email: info@ndrp.org.au