Veterans' Health and Wellbeing Research Grants Program
The Queensland Government has committed $500,000 in funding to establish the Veterans’ Health and Wellbeing Research Grants Program to support research to identify new and better ways to strengthen and foster veterans’ health and wellbeing.
Grant funding up to $150,000 (ex GST) has been provided to four organisations to undertake five new research projects to improve understanding of issues impacting on veterans’ health and wellbeing.
Veterans’ Health and Wellbeing Research Grants Program recipients
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation | Empowering health literacy in Queensland veterans and veteran families | $140,000 |
| Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation | Chronic pain in Queensland female veterans | $90,000 |
| Griffith University | Designing together: co-designing alcohol prevention prototypes with veterans | $100,000 |
| University of Southern Queensland | Veterans' transition from Defence to Cyber Security Industry Pilot Evaluation | $110,000 |
| The University of Queensland | The Veteran Connection Program: Empowering veterans to manage identity change. | $55,000 |
The proposed research projects were required to add to existing understanding of veterans’ health and wellbeing, in areas including:
- veteran suicide and mental health issues
- drug and alcohol use
- prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and intervention for veterans’ health issues (e.g. management of service-related chronic pain)
- promotion of veteran resilience
- support for transition from the Australian Defence Force (ADF)
- impacts of ADF service on veterans’ partners and family members.
Further information
For further information, contact the Office for Veterans.
- Phone: (07) 3003 9656
- Email: veterans@premiers.qld.gov.au.
You can view the program guidelines and frequently asked questions below:
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