Grant Programs

The RPH Imaging Research Fund is seeking applicants for research grants for Radiology related research.

The program is funding two PhD scholarships:

• The Turab Chakera fellowship for medical PhD candidature intending to undertake original radiology research.
• The David Hartley fellowship for non-medical candidates intending to undertake original radiology research.

The program will also be seeking applications for research grants under a formal application process up to a value of $80,000. Applications must be submitted by 9 April 2020 and will be assessed in May with funding made available in July 2020.

Small project grants of up to $20,000 may be applied for at any time.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for consideration, the application must meet ALL the following criteria:

• At least one of the Principal Investigators in the research proposal must be in clinical practice at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) or another Western Australian Health Service imaging teaching site as a:
  • Radiologist
  • Nuclear Medicine Physician
  • Medical Imaging Technologist
  • Nuclear Medicine Medical Imaging Technologist
  • Sonographer
• The research project must be based and/or conducted within Western Australia.
• Applicants may submit applications as Principal Investigator in any financial funding round. The Principal Investigator should not submit applications for funding for more than three projects at any one time.
• All investigators involved in the research project must be listed and sign the application and their primary location noted on the application.
• The project must address an area of research in Clinical Imaging, or Basic Imaging Health Sciences.

The following grants are on offer:

PhD Scholarships 2021

• The Turab Chakera fellowship for medical PhD candidature intending to undertake original radiology research.
• The David Hartley fellowship for non-medical candidates intending to undertake original radiology research.

Imaging Research Grants

• Applications must be submitted by the 9 April 2020 and will be assessed in May with funding made available in July 2020.
• Can receive up to $80,000 funding in total in any financial year.
• May be up to three years in duration.

Small Project Grants

• May be submitted to the Committee for assessment at any time during the year.
• Are expected to be up to 1 year in duration.
• Can receive up to $20,000 funding in total in any financial year.

Application

Download the Research Grant Application Form (Word 300KB).

Completing the application

• All sections must be completed.
• Please complete the application electronically in Microsoft Word.
• To insert text in the answer fields simply click in the box which will automatically extend as you type.
• The completed application should be sent as an email attachment to: RPHImagingResearchCommittee@health.wa.gov.au
• Ensure that the Declaration on page 7 is signed and dated when submitting the application.
• The Terms and Conditions are attached to the application Page 8-10.

Submission

The completed application should be sent as an email attachment to: RPHImagingResearchCommittee@health.wa.gov.au.

Please ensure that your email is less than 20mb in total.

The Committee

The RPH Imaging Research Committee was established by a steering committee on 1 October 2019, for the purpose of management and distribution of the annual budget to Imaging Research.

The functions and responsibilities of the Committee are to:

• Receive applications for expenditure of funds for Imaging Research in Western Australia.
• Assess applications and distribute funds according to the research funding principles.

Membership

• Director of Clinical Services, Royal Perth Bentley Group (Chair)
• Head of Department of Radiology, RPH
• Cook Steering Committee – Radiology representative
• RANZCR BEO representative
• RPH Research Foundation representative
• Consumer representative
• Senior Academic Curtin University School of Medical Imaging Technology
• RPH Chief Medical Imaging Technologist