2021 Research Grants
Children’s problematic sexual behaviour in schools: Identifying and addressing collaborative responses to incidents
Chief Investigator: Dr Lesley-anne Ey Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community-based study Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount:
Promoting child and adolescent gut health through supplementation of novel fibre-clay hybrid biomaterials
Chief Investigator: Dr Paul Joyce [Early Career Researcher] Research Area: Reducing childhood obesity and its impacts. Basic Science Funding Year:
Supporting mental health and wellbeing for children from migrant and refugee backgrounds with disability
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Anna Ziersch Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Community Based
Professor Jozef Gécz
Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability
The Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary research program focused on defining the origins and early diagnosis of childhood disability. Based in Adelaide and led by International Human Genetics expert, Professor Jozef Gécz, the five-year program was established in 2016 to understand more about the genetic basis of early childhood learning and movement disabilities, intellectual disabilities, early onset epilepsies, and autism.
A BRAND NEW INITIATIVE
CRF Fellowships
A CRF Fellowship presents an exciting opportunity for mid-career researchers to pursue ground-breaking advances into childhood health, education and welfare, in South Australia.
The focus of the CRF Fellowship program is Prevention and/or Management of Childhood Disability and Disease.
Applications have now closed, and we look forward to announcing our inaugural CRF Fellows shortly!