The purpose of Jumpstart funding is to provide short-term (6 to 12 months) support for innovative research that leads to new collaborations and the development of emerging research teams.

Funding is available up to $50,000 per grant, excluding funding requests for health economics for original research relevant to emergency healthcare. 

It is designed to support early-stage projects with potential to attract future competitive funding from granting bodies.

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