NSW Health Promotion Demonstration Research Grants Scheme (DRGS)
About the Health Promotion Demonstration Research Grants Scheme
The Centre for Health Advancement established a Health Promotion Demonstration Research Grants Scheme (DRGS) in 2000. The Scheme funds Area Health Services to conduct rigorously designed health promotion intervention research. It is a priority-driven research scheme that primarily funds practice-based effectiveness research. This type of research is rarely funded through other existing public health research schemes.
The aims of the Scheme are to:
- Build an evidence-base to support policy development in Department priority areas of promotion of healthy weight, prevention of injurious falls amongst older people, and tobacco control
- Contribute to the knowledge base for health promotion
In addition, the Scheme is designed to:
- Develop partnerships for health promotion research between Area Health Services and Universities
- Develop partnerships for health with sectors and organisations outside of the health sector eg. local government, education, non-government organisations
- Encourage health promotion research across the whole health sector
- Enhance and enable practice-based, health promotion intervention research
To date the Scheme has funded fifteen research projects and commenced funding two new projects in 2008. See funded funded DRGS grants.
For any further queries, please contact Ming Lin on 02 9424 5812 or milin@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - 2010 Funding Round
Expressions of interest are invited for the 2010 NSW Health Promotion Demonstration Research Grants Scheme (HPDRGS).
The 2010 APPLICATION KIT (Download here)
Applications close Friday 20 November 2009 at 5pm
Download the EOI Application Form here.
Application Forms can also be obtained from
Ming Lin
Centre for Health Advancement,
NSW Department of Health
Email: hpdrgs@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
Phone: 02 9424 5812
The NSW Health Department intends to fund up to three new demonstration research projects in 2010. The amount of funding available for the HPDRGS is $1m (over three years) with three grants up to $333,333 each to be offered.
Projects to be funded under the 2010 HPDRGS will address state-wide primary prevention priorities, including:
- Promotion healthy weight across the lifespan (nutrition and physical activity);
- Injury prevention with a particular focus on the prevention of injurious falls amongst older people; and
- Tobacco control.