🗓️ 1st and 2nd March 2027
đź“Ť Larwill Studio Hotel, Melbourne
Applications are now open for the CRE Grant Writing Course, to be held on 1-2 March 2027 at the Larwill Studio Hotel, Melbourne.
Designed for early- and mid-career researchers, the course will bring together leading members of the CRE Stroke Trials to provide practical guidance on developing competitive grant applications for stroke trials and related research. Topics will include grant-writing fundamentals, National Stroke Research Priorities, pitching research ideas, responding to unsuccessful applications, building research teams, fellowship grants, lived experience involvement, and more. Participants will also have dedicated time to work on their applications and opportunities for one-to-one discussions with faculty members.
Faculty will involve leading members of the Stroke Trial CRE and cover areas such as basic principles of grant writing, National Stroke Research Priorities, pitching your ideas, how to regroup after an unsuccessful application, optimising your CV, writing skills and capability sections, building the team, Lived Experience Involvement and panel involvement, Fellowship Grants and how to start.
The faculty include Professor Richard Lindley, Professor Caleb Ferguson, Professor Erin Godecke, Professor Leonid Churilov, Associate Professor Kate Hayward, Professor Natasha Lannin, Professor Maree Hackett, Mr Ade O’Malley, Mr Kelvin Hill, Dr Lachlan Dalli, Dr Lilian Carvalho, Professor Monique Kilkenny, Ms Fiona Ellery, Professor Vincent Thijs. Guest contributors will include Dr Sabina Belli, Professor Dana Wong, Professor Ian Kneebone and A/Prof Rene Stolwyk.
The CRE is offering 15 places, for CRE affiliates, who fulfill our eligibility criteria:
- CRE Affiliate
2. Have previously submitted a grant in a stroke trial or related project
Or
Intend to submit a grant
3. Attach their previous grant application or a 400-word summary of their planned project
The first 15 eligible applications received will be supported with return economy airfares (for those outside Melbourne), and two night’s accommodation (Sunday 28th Feb 2027 and Monday 1st March 2027), at the Larwill Studio Hotel, Melbourne (near Royal Melbourne Hospital). Additional places will be available for a registration fee of $500.
Applicants need to email their expression of interest to our CRE address (stroke-trials.cre@sydney.edu.au), and a brief description of the most important help they hope to receive from the workshop.