The purpose of this funding is to provide short-term (up to one year) support for innovative research that will lead to new collaborations and research teams, which have potential for future funding by granting bodies.

Funding is available up to $50,000 per grant, excluding funding requests for health economics.

To be eligible to receive EMF Queensland Research Program funding your research must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• the proposed research must be conducted in Queensland; however, this does not preclude collaboration with experts elsewhere in Australia or internationally
• EMF will only support the Queensland site/s of a collaboration and EMF must be acknowledged in any future publication or presentation that uses data or other information from the Queensland site
• the proposed research must be directed at improving the field of emergency medicine for the benefit of patients in Queensland and building emergency healthcare research capacity in Queensland
• the proposed research must have an eligible Principal Investigator (refer to Section 2.3 of the grant guidelines document)
• either the Principal Investigator or at least one Co-Investigator must be a FACEM or FRACP PEM employed by Queensland Health, Mater Hospital Brisbane, Queensland Ambulance Service, Retrieval Services Queensland, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section), or LifeFlight.

• Phone: 07 3720 5700
• Email: grants@emfoundation.org.au