The inaugural Impact Research Grants for Ageing Well are being offered for researchers and research organisations to develop new South Australian based research to help guide ageing well policy and practice.

The new annual grants encourage independent research to generate new evidence and build knowledge to help address the social factors involved with ageing well. It also encourages effective collaborations with policy makers, practitioners, researchers and older people themselves.

Applicants are asked to focus on answering priority questions related to the pillar of ‘Homes, housing and the built environment’.

“We are really excited to be offering $150,000 in grants to support research projects that encourage researchers from a variety of disciplines to address questions of community importance,” said Executive Director of Office for Ageing Well, Ms Cassie Mason.

“The successful research projects will take a closer look at how we can promote positive ageing in our homes, neighbourhoods, and the built environment, which is a key area of interest for many people.”

The priority questions focus on areas including the impacts of failing to address housing design, affordability, and supply to support ageing well and how we can better accommodate pets in housing solutions and neighbourhood design.

One major research project of up to two years will be awarded $100,000 with seed grants of $25,000 available for two research projects of up to one year.

The Impact Research Grants are a key action of the new Strategic Research Agenda for Ageing Well and align with South Australia’s Plan for Ageing Well 2020-2025.

The Strategic Research Agenda consisting of 38 research priorities under nine pillars, was developed through a partnership between Office for Ageing Well and the Centre for Health in All Policies Research Translation (CHiAPRT), jointly based at Health Translation SA and School of Public Health, University of Adelaide.

Applications for Impact Research Grants for Ageing Well close on Friday 31 March 2023 with the three successful projects to commence from June 2023.

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