2025 Interdisciplinary Seed Grant and Clinical Fellowship Research Scheme

EOIs submissions for Round 9 Seed Grants and Clinical Fellowships open in July 2025.

The Hopkins Centre is very pleased to announce the release of the 2025 Interdisciplinary Seed Funded Research Grants and Clinical Fellowship opportunities (long-term and short-term Bright Sparks).

Research grant and fellowship schemes are an integral part of The Hopkins Centre’s approach to embed models of research that promote continuous, positive relationships and interactions between clinicians, researchers and other key end-users of research. The aim is to support new research that will improve disability and rehabilitation clinical practice, service delivery, and systems, as well as develop and maintain a credible exchange of scholarship and knowledge transfer to benefit rehabilitation services and the people who utilise these services. 

Please view the linked guidelines below for everything you need to know about applying for a Seed Grant, short-term clinical fellowship (Bright Sparks Grant) or a long-term Clinical Fellowship. The guideline includes important information and links to priority areas of research, research opportunities/ objectives, submission process, funding support and contact details. We look forward to working with you on these applications to grow and develop rehabilitation and resilience research. 

 

Interdisciplinary Seed Grants

Hopkins Seed Grants are intended to support the establishment and conduct of interdisciplinary research that promotes applied research on priority issues and improvements relevant to disability and rehabilitation clinical practice, service delivery and systems. Seed grants provide funding to support interdisciplinary, start-up research; pilot work; translation of research; or the progress and/or upscaling of existing research, with the expectation that interdisciplinary teams will consolidate collaborations that may lead to further research and funding opportunities and/or achieve specific practice or service delivery impacts.

Please view the linked forms below for everything you need to know about applying for a seed grant. We encourage you to review the guidelines closely to see important information on the priority areas of research, research opportunities/ objectives, timeframe, submission process, key dates, funding support and contact details. and check your eligibility and timeline for applications. 

Expressions of interest (EOI) will open in July 2025 and be due by 11th August 2025.

THC Seed Grant Guideline Round 9
THC Seed Grant EOI Form (coming soon - when funding scheme opens shortly)

 

Bright Sparks Clinician Capacity Building Grants (Short-term Clinical Fellowship)

The Bright Sparks Capacity Building Grants are short-term (6-month) research projects that are designed to build clinician research capacity. They are designed to provide an introduction or gateway to research and address the common gap clinicians experience in gaining knowledge, skills, support and resources to conduct research or “moving from interest to engagement” in research. Clinicians will work in close collaboration with Hopkins academic researchers to build capacity, support and understanding in research. The research project will also deliver an output that is of benefit to both the clinical service and Hopkins (e.g., publication, report, translation product such as clinical resource development, training workshop etc). For further information and eligibility for this grant scheme, please refer to the guideline below.

Please click here to view or download:

Bright Sparks Clinician Capacity Building Grants Guideline
Bright Sparks Clinician Capacity Building Grants Pitch Form

 
Clinical Fellowships (Long-term Research Fellowship)

Clinical Fellowships are an integral part of The Hopkins Centre’s approach to embedded models of research that promote continuous, positive relationships and interactions between clinicians, researchers and other key end-users of research. The aim is to develop and maintain a credible exchange of scholarship and knowledge transfer to benefit rehabilitation services and the people who utilise these services. The objectives of Clinical Fellowships are to increase clinician-led research to ensure close links between practice and research, build research capacity and optimise translation opportunities in the area of rehabilitation. The primary focus of Fellowships is research that improves outcomes for people living with the long-term consequences of acquired brain injury, amputation, persistent pain, and spinal cord injury as well as developmental, age-related and other life-long disabling conditions. It includes people’s networks of support. 

The Hopkins Centre has recently revised these guidelines and forms to be more in tune to clinicians needs, commitments, time, resources and flexible rolling application rounds and assessment.

Please click here to view or download:

Clinical Fellowship Guideline 
Clinical Fellowship EOI Form