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Mental Health Research Grants Mental Health Research Grants are important for Australian researchers to continue their important work. Australian Rotary Health provides these highly competitive grants every year in areas focusing on the mental health of young Australians between 0-25. Each year we receive around 400 expressions of interest, which are narrowed down to about 40. These researchers are then asked to submit a full application and the number is narrowed down again. Usually, with the funding we have, we can only award about 10-15 Mental Health Research Grants and these projects can go up to three years. In 2020-2021, Australian Rotary Health funded 27 Mental Health Research Grants, totalling $1,252,847.82
ARH Mental Health Research Grant recipient Dr Michelle Tye has been previously recognised for her work in suicide prevention. Pictured here with the Hon Greg Hunt MP.
2020-2021 Grant recipients Associate Professor Allison Waters Mental Health in Sports Research ‘Improving the mental health of young Australians in sport: A partnership project with the National Rugby League’ Griffith University, QLD $26,142.00 Dr Amy Finlay-Jones Mental Health and Chronic Illness Research ‘Improving mental health of young Australians with chronic illness: A pilot randomised controlled trial of online selfcompassion training’ Curtin University, WA $37,381.82 Dr Angela Clapperton Suicide & Self Harm Research ‘An investigation of suicide & increasing episodes of non-fatal intentional self-harm among young women in Victoria. A case of method-escalation?’ Monash University/University of Melbourne, VIC $39,400.00 Associate Professor Ashleigh Lin LGBTIQ Mental Health Research ‘Mindful Self-Compassion for LGBTIQ youth: A multi-site randomized controlled trial’ University of Western Australia, WA $69,690.00
Dr Carly Johnco Youth Anxiety Research ‘Translating experimental neuroscience into clinical treatment: Preventing the return of fear in youth with anxiety disorders using memory reconsolidation mechanisms’ Macquarie University, NSW $33,504.00 Associate Professor Caroline Donovan Children’s Sleep Research ‘Treating Sleep Problems in Preschoolers: Improving Mental Health, the Transition to School, and Academic Outcomes’ Griffith University, QLD $34,094.00 Dr David Hallford Depression Research ‘Enhancing Treatment for Depression: A Randomised Trial of Adjunct Memory Specificity Training’ Deakin University, VIC $27,938.00 Dr Delyse Hutchinson Children’s Mental Health Research ‘Breaking the intergenerational cycle of mental disorder: A longitudinal study of the social determinants of childhood psychosocial adjustment problems’ Deakin University, VIC $32,648.00
Professor Elizabeth Elliott Indigenous Youth Wellbeing Research ‘Longitudinal study of wellbeing and quality of life in remote Indigenous youth: the Biswun Kid Project’ University of Sydney, NSW $25,998.00 Dr Erin Kelly Adolescent Mental Illness & Substance Use Research ‘Preventing adolescent mental illness & substance use through teacher-delivered interventions targeting personality risk factors’ University of Sydney, NSW $65,372.00 Dr Jeneva Ohan Parent Intervention Research ‘Engaging Parents in Online Interventions for their Child's Behaviour Problems by Using Action Planning’ University of Western Australia, WA $50,852.00 Professor Justin Kenardy Child Mental Health Research ‘Effectiveness trial of the CARE screen andtreat early intervention for improving physical and mental health outcomes in young injured children and their parents’ University of Queensland, QLD $32,444.00
