Grant successes
The Institute has several funding avenues that contribute to our research efforts. Additionally, team members are involved in various projects with non-funded grants as Chief Investigators.
Grant successes
FUNDING | PERIOD | AMOUNT | TITLE | RECIPIENTS |
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2025 | ||||
| MRFF Cardiovascular Disease Stream 3 | 2025-2028 | $1.9M | ECMO-RECOVERY+: A randomised controlled trial of ongoing telerehabilitation and support for patients who have received ECMO | Led by Monash University – Higgins A, Hodgson C, Russell GM, McGiffin DC, Stub D, Marshall AP, Orford N, Nair P, Burrell A, Pellegrino V, Charles-Nelson A, Tronstad O, Rose L, Redfern J, Glasziou P |
| NHMRC Partnership Project | 2025-2028 | $1.6M | Promoting evidence-informed decisions about IVF add-ons through co-design, implementation, and evaluation of a new website | Led by University of Melbourne – Lensen S, Farquhar C, Hoffmann T, Hammarberg K, Rombauts L, Chang S, Best S, Peate M, Braat S |
| MRFF 2023 NCRI Innovative Trials | 2025-2026 | $229K | Preventing intrapartum fetal asphyxia: the iSEARCH Pre-Platform Pilot | Led by University of Sydney - Tarnow-Mordi W, Kumar S, Dickson M, Patu P, Gordon A, Popat H, O'Connell R, Hoffmann T, De Vries B, Lene Seidler A, Robledo KP, Hunter KE, Law S, Maclean M |
| NHMRC Ideas Grant 2024 | 2025-2028 | $430K | Controlling stuttering without anxiety: Proof of concept for a new method | Led by University of Technology Sydney - O'Brien S, Lowe R, Jones M |
2024 | ||||
| NHMRC Leadership Level 2 Fellowship | 2025-2030
| $2.8M | Harnessing the power of prognostic evidence to transform evidence-based, patient-centred, sustainable healthcare | Hoffmann T |
| NHMRC Leadership Level 2 Fellowship | 2024-2026 | $2.6M | Modernising cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention of heart disease | Redfern J |
| MRFF Clinical Trials Activity | 2024-2029 | $4M | Evidence-based Antimicrobial Stewardship: Sustainable Implementation in Primary Care – The EASSI-PC Trial | Led by IEBH - Glasziou P, Bakhit M, Hoffmann T, Manski-Nankervis J, Morgan M, Biezen R, Peters S, Stocks NP, Magin PJ, Wale J, Buising K, Jones M |
| NHMRC Synergy Grant | 2024-2026 | $816,669 | Solving the long-standing evidence-practice gap associated with cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (SOLVE-CHD) | Led by IEBH - Redfern J, Gallagher R, Briffa T, O'Neill A, Jennings G, Brieger D, Wood D, Bauman A |
| MRFF Clinician Researchers Initiative | 2024-2028 | $299,118 | Adoption, impact and sustainability of evidence-based practice into healthcare: Co-design and evaluation of projects, systems and processes | Led by IEBH - Redfern J, Jackson D, Gallagher R, Hure A, Partridge S, Baillie A, Chan R, Ferguson C, Sarkies M, Hyun K |
| MRFF Preventative and Public Health Research Initiative | 2024-2027 | $1.5M | PANDA Trial: Physical Activity in Nature for Cadriometabolic Diseases in People Aged 45y+ | Led by University of Sydney - Astell-Burt T, Maberly G, Feng X, Francois M, Vella S, Pappas E, Olcon K, Ivers R, Batterham M, Halcomb, EJ, Moxham L, Redfern J, Veerman L, Gnanenthiran S |
2023 | ||||
| NHMRC MRFF Post-Acute Sequalae of COVID-19 | 2024-2025
| $245,688 | Australian Long COVID Adaptive Platform Trial – ALCAP trial | Led by IEBH Glasziou P, Keech AC, Byambasuren O, Bonney A, Marschner IC, Yeoman P, Zwar N, Guppy M, Reid CM, Bakhit M, Kyaw-Mint SM, Faux S, Crotty M |
| MRFF Primary Health Care Digital Innovations | 2023-2027 | $1.6M | The NOTUS trial (Non-pharmacological Treatment for chronic low back pain Using digital health technology) | Led by Neuroscience Research Australia – Mcauley JH, Rizzo R, Moseley GL, Williams C, Traeger AC, Cashin A, Maher C, Goodall S, Machado GC, Gustin S, Sharpe AL, Byambasuren O, McCaffrey K, Yoong SL |
2022 | ||||
| NHMRC | 2022-2026 | $2.5M | Wiser Healthcare: better value care for all Australians | Led by University of Sydney – McCaffery K, Carter S, Barratt A, Bell K, Moynihan R, O’Connor D, Maher CG, Buchbinder R, Houssami N, Glasziou P |
| NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow Investigator Grant | 2022-2026 | $957,375.00 | Optimising the uptake of effective underused non-drug evidence-based interventions in primary care | Albarqouni L |
| MRFF | 2022-2025 | $3M | PROMOTE: a cluster-randomised implementation trial to promote evidence use | Led by Flinders University – Lannin NA, Joliffe L, Reeder S, Cadilhac DA, Lynch EA, Adey-Wakeling Z, Hoffmann T, Dean CM, Scrivener K, Churilov L, Hayward K, Hill K |
| NHMRC | 2022-2024 | $2.6M | Nasal Highflow for Paediatric Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure (PARIS II) | Led by the Wesley Research Institute - Schibler A, Gannon B, Babi FE, Dalziel SR, Craig S, Acworth J, Borland ML, Jones M |
2021 | ||||
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service Bond University | 2021-2025 | $900,000
$1.4M | GCHHS EBPUnit: Extension GCHHS Professorial Unit Conjoint | Led by IEBH Team |
| NHMRC | 2021-2025 | $2.5M | Wiser Wound Care: Investing in High Volume, High Risk Wound Care Centre of Research Excellence | Led by Griffith University – Chaboyer W, Gillespie BM, McInnes E, Rickard C, Scuffham PA, Glasziou P, Scott IA, Ullman A, Thalib L, Chopra V |
2020 | ||||
| NHMRC Leadership Level 3 Fellowship | 2020-2024 | $2.7M | Neglected Problems in Health Care | Glasziou P |
| Therapeutic Guidelines Limited | 2020-2022 | $99,899.36 | Evaluating the usability and effectiveness of Therapeutic Guidelines’ additional features on antibiotic prescribing for acute infections in general practice | Led by IEBH – Bakhit M, Del Mar C, Hoffmann T
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| HCF Research Foundation | 2020-2022 | $258,256 | Assisting patients with knee osteoarthritis to make informed choices about total knee arthroplasty and non-operative management | Led by Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Harris I, Karunaratne S, Zadro J, Trevena LJ, Soloman M, Horsley M, Hoffmann T, McCaffery KJ |
| NHMRC | 2020-2023 | $517,730 | Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group – Round 8 | Led by IEBH – Jones M, Del Mr C, van Driel ML, Dooley E, Jones A |
2019 | ||||
| NHMRC Fellowship | 2019-2023 | $640,210 | Using shared decision making to improve the appropriateness of healthcare for individuals and the system | Hoffmann T |
2018 | ||||
NHMRC
Bond University | 2018-2023 | $2.5M
$978,690 | Centre of Research Excellence in Minimising Antibiotic Resistance in the Community (CRE-MARC) | Led by IEBH – Del Mar C, Glasziou P, Hoffmann T, Beller E, Looke DFM, Phillips SM, van Driel ML, Tajouri L, Morgan M |
| NHMRC Project Grant | 2018-2020 | $604,664 | Monitoring changes in CT scanning usage to minimise cancer risk | Led by Curtin University of Technology – Moorin R, Bulsara M, Doust J, Huxley R, Fox R, O’Leary P, Slavotinek J, McRobbie D |
| NHMRC | 2018-2021 | $1.4M | Physical activity coaching for adults with physical disabilities: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial | Led by University of Sydney – Sherrington C, Hinman RS, Crotty M, Hoffmann T, Harvey L, Taylor N, Hassett L, Glasziou P |
2017 | ||||
| NHMRC Program Grant | 2017-2021 | $9.6M | Using healthcare wisely: Reducing inappropriate use of tests and treatments | Led by IEBH – Glasziou P, Buchbinder R, Maher CG, McCaffery KJ, Barratt AL, McLachlan AJ, Wilson A, Guyatt GH, Harris I, Doust J, Chalmers J, Irwig L, Underwood M, Wrad R, Goergen S |
| NHMRC | 2017-2022 | $2.5M | ANZMUSC: Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network | Led by Monash University – Buchbinder R, Maher CG, March L, Day RO, Hinman RS, Harris I, Ferreira M, Glasziou P, Green S, Billot L |
| NHMRC | 2017-2022 | $2.5M | CREDiH: Centre for Research Excellence in Digital Health | Led by Macquarie University – Coeira E, Glasziou P, Runciman W, Hansen D, Liaw ST, Magrabi F, Sintchenko V, Verspoor K, Luxan BG, Lau A |
| NHMRC | 2017-2020 | $400,900 | Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Editorial Group | Led by IEBH – Del Mar C, Jones MA, Dooley E, Jones A, Clark J, Honeyman D |
| Thyne Reid Foundation | 2017-2020 | $318,333 | Helping people to make wise decisions about their healthcare | Hoffmann T |
| NHMRC | 2017-2021 | $5.5M | Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability | Led by Macquarie University – Braithwaite J, Ward R, Anderson T, Teede H, Wells L, Gray LC, Yeend T, Coiera E, Westbrook JI, Glasziou P, Scott A, Karnon J, Buchbinder R |
| NHMRC Early Career Fellowship | 2017-2020 | $318,768 | Preventing Overdiagnosis: A research programme to investigate and respond to the health impacts of expanding disease definitions and lowering diagnostic thresholds | Moynihan R |
| NHMRC Project Grant | 2017-2021 | $420,905 | Reducing antibiotic use in primary care: A randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of decision aids about antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections | Led by IEBH – Hoffmann T, Del Mar C, Glasziou P, Trevena LJ, Beller E, Hansen MP, Looke DFM, Williams S |
2016 | ||||
| NHMRC CRE | 2016-2021 | $2.5M | Creating sustainable healthcare: ensuring new diagnostics avoid harms, improve outcomes, and direct resources wisely | Led by University of Sydney – Barratt AL, McCaffery KJ, Carter S, Glasziou P, Kerridge I, Semsarian C, Howard K, Doust J, Elshaug AG, Moynihan R, Newson AJ, Horvath AR, Kramer B, Ingles J, Brodersen J, Brito JP, McGeechan K, Irwig L, Tattersall MHN, Houssmi N |
| NHMRC | 2016-2018 | $928,416 | Evidence Innovation: Transforming the efficiency of systematic review | Led by Monash University – Elliott J, Green S, Thomas J, Tovey D, Glasziou P, Clarke M |
| NHMRC | 2016-2021 | $2.9M | Testing, Translation and Uptake of Evidence in General Practice: A systems approach to rapid translation | Led by IEBH – Glasziou P, Trevena LJ, Hoffmann T, McCaffery KJ, Del Mar C, Salkeld G, Doust J, Légaré F, Ackermann E, Agoritsas T, Buchan H, Guyatt GH, Phillips SM, Price K, Straus SE, Vandvik PO |
2015 | ||||
| NHMRC Research Fellowship | 2015-2019 | $836,915 | Increasing value, reducing waste from incomplete or unusable reports of medical research | Glasziou P |
| Department of Health and Aged Care | 2015-2016 | $102,140 | Antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control practices | Led by IEBH - Del Mar C, Hansen MP |
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service Bond University | 2015-2020 | $2M | Gold Coast Hospital Conjoint Program in Evidence-Based Practice | Led by IEBH – Glasziou P, Thomas R |
| Australian Rotary Health | 2015-2017 | $208,858 | TOTS: Tuning in to Toddlers: A randomised controlled trial of a program for patents of toddlers | Led by University of Melbourne – Havighurst S, Thomas R, Allen N, Power B, Harley A, Evans F |
2014 | ||||
| NHMRC Program Grant | 2014-2018 | $1.28M | Can a brief early intervention prevent depression and help people live with aphasia a year after stroke? | Led by University of Queensland – Worrall, LE, Kneebone I, Simmons-Mackie N, Khan A, Brown K, Hoffmann T, Power E, Togher L, Rose M, Davidson B, Grohn B, Finch E, Lethlean J, Clark K, Eames S, Thomas S |
| NHS NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research | 2014-2018 | $3,8M | Monitoring long term conditions in Primary Care | University of Oxford – Perera R, Shine B, Rivero-Arias O, Hobbs RFD, Stevens RJ, Aronson JK, Locock L, Farmer AJ, O’Callaghan C, Heneghan CJ, Plüddermann A, Bankhead CR, Glasziou P, Thompson MJ, Wiltshire S, Lasserson DS |
2013 | ||||
| National Hearth Foundation of Australia | 2013-2014 | $156,363 | Guide to the management of hypertension update | Led by IEBH – Del Mar C |
| NHMRC | 2013-2019 | $478,125 | Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Editorial Group | Led by IEBH – Del Mar C |
2012 | ||||
| NHMRC Program Grant | 2012-2016 | $2.5M | Centre for Research Excellence in E-health | Led by University of NSW – Coeira E, Glasziou P, Liaw ST, Sintchenko V, Runciman W, Magrabi F, Luxan BG |
| NHRMC | 2012-2018 | $2.5M | CREMARA: The Centre for Research Excellence in Minimising Antibiotic Resistance for Acute Respiratory Infections | Led by IEBH – Del Mar C, Glasziou P, Lowe J, van Driel ML, Hoffmann T, Looke DFM, Beller E |
2011 | ||||
| NHMRC | 2011-2016 | $8.9M | STEP: Screening and Test Evaluation Program: improving the evaluation and use of tests for screening, diagnosis and monitoring in healthcare | Led by University of Sydney – Irwig L, Glasziou P, Craig JC, Salkeld G, Macaskill P |
2010 | ||||
| NHMRC Australia Fellowship | 2010-2015 | $??? | Increasing value, reducing waste from incomplete or unusable reports of medical research | Glasziou P |
| NHMRC | 2010-2015 | $2.5M | Centre for Research Excellence in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infection | Led by Queensland University of Technology – Gravs N, Paterson DL, Cruickhank M, Riley T, Nimmo G, Cooper B, Wilson A, Doust J, Mengersen K, Wolkewitz M |