Category: News

  • Webinar: Partnering with People with Lived Experience

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    Discover how partnering with people with lived experience transforms stroke research.  In this insightful webinar, Associate Professor Elizabeth Lynch and stroke lived experience advocate Adrian O’Malley share practical strategies and real-world examples of co-designing research with stroke survivors. They explore why inclusion matters, how it improves relevance and impact, and offer actionable tips for building…

  • Clinical Trials Course and Grant Writing Workshop

    Clinical Trials Course and Grant Writing Workshop

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    We are delighted to announce our upcoming Clinical Trials Course. Aimed at early-and mid-career researchers, this program provides an excellent opportunity to build and refine clinical trial expertise. Participants can choose to extend their learning through an optional half-day intensive grant writing workshop. Delivered by experts in stroke and cardiovascular research, this is an event…

  • Winter 2025 Newsletter

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    We’re delighted to announce the latest CRE grant funding. Many thanks to the many who applied for Seed Funding. The standards were excellent, but we were only able to award four new Seed Grants and these have been awarded to: Following the CRE support of Townsville as our first new CRE supported stroke trial recruitment…

  • Help rank the top research priorities for stroke in Australia

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    Would you like to influence stroke research? Stroke Foundation is working on a project to identify research priorities that matter to survivors of stroke, families, carers, and health professionals. Project Overview:Stroke Foundation, working with the Centre of Research Excellence to Accelerate Stroke Trial Innovation and Translation (Stroke Trials CRE) aims to align research with the needs of…

  • Cook Well After Stroke program

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    We’re looking for about 30 stroke survivors to participate in our 10-week Cook Well After Stroke program. It’s an online, self-paced program, where participants prepare meals using cooking videos and resources we provide. The program was co-designed with stroke survivors and clinicians and will be primarily delivered and facilitated by our lived experience research partners. What’s involved? You will receive…

  • EmpowerMe website trial for stroke survivors

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    Flinders University with a lived experience working group have co-designed a website to help improve health self-efficacy (feeling confidence in your abilities) after stroke. Survivors of stroke are invited to take part in one online “take charge” session (60 minutes) to discuss what matters most to them. After this session, they will have access to the…

  • New Stroke Foundation funding round announced

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    The Stroke Foundation have announced their next funding round. The details are: Key dates for their next grant round: Applications open: 20 May 2025Applications close: 16 July 2025Outcomes advised: November 2025 For more information: https://strokefoundation.org.au/what-we-do/research/research-grants/current

  • Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Stroke Trial Innovation and Translation

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    The Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Stroke Trial Innovation and Translation has been developed to support an outstanding postgraduate research student in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney to undertake research in the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence for Stroke Trial Innovation and Translation. We are seeking to build future research…

  • Second Project Grant Cycle and Call for Trial ready Centres

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    We are excited to announce our second round of project seed grants and expression of interests for trial-ready centres! The seed grant funding scheme aims to support new innovative stroke trial research across Australia (maximum funding request $50,000) to be awarded to researchers based in Australia. The grant funding term is 18 months. There is…

  • Webinar #3 Building a Team

    Webinar #3 Building a Team

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    Join Us for Our Upcoming Webinar: ‘Building Your Team’ Are you an early career researcher looking to enhance your clinical trial team-building skills? Our monthly webinar series is here to support you! On November 1st at Midday, explore key strategies for evaluating and expanding your professional network, how to build your team, and hear from our…