Previous Research Grants

2025 Research Grant Recipients

Seed Research Grant
Margaret Leong – The Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji – $14,523.00
“Hand hygiene knowledge, attitude, and practices in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs)”

Early Career Research Grant
Dr Josephine Lovegrove – Wiser Wound Care, Griffith University & Herston Infectious Diseases Institute – $11,785.00
“Barriers and facilitators to implementing standards for peripheral intravenous catheter care: A descriptive qualitative study of hospital clinicians and policymakers across Australia”

Sustainability Grant
Anie Edward – Footscray & Sunshine Hospitals – $21,918.00
“Feeding equipment for enteral delivery systems (FEEDS): a prospective observational cohort study.”
Yvette Samisoni – Health Care (Fiji) Pte Ltd T/a Aspen Medical – $7750.00
“Glove Smart: Reducing Inappropriate Glove Use to Enhance IPC and Sustainability at Lautoka Hospital, Fiji

2024 Research Grant Recipients

Seed Research Grant
Dr Amanda Corley – Griffith University and Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital – $12,357.05
“Invasive medical device utility and harm: a point prevalence study”

Sustainability Grant
Liz Orr – The Royal Melbourne Hospital – $30,000
“Gloves Off! Reducing non-sterile glove use”

2023 Research Grant Recipients

Early Career Research Grant
Dr Sally Havers – Herston Infectious Diseases Institute, QLD Health – $12,000
“Investigating hospital acquired infection surveillance activities-perspectives of infection control practitioners in Queensland public hospitals”

Dr Matt Mason – University of the Sunshine Coast – $11,584
“An Investigation of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Professionals’ experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Perspective”

Seed Research Grant
Dr Nahid Choudhury – Swinburne University of Technology- $15,000
“Improving Decontamination Practices for needleless connectors: A Bench to Bedside Approach to enhance patient safety”

2022 Research Grant Recipients

Early Career Research Grant
Dr Gemma L Saravanos – University of Sydney and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead – $11,930.00 ,
“Paediatric RSV-HAI Surveillance Pilot ”

Seed Research Grant
Dr Amanda Corley – Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Griffith University – $6,844.20
“Vascular haemodialysis catheters in the intensive care: a survey of bedside maintenance practices to address high infection rates and catheter failure”

2017 Research Grant Recipients

Early Career Research Grant
Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel
“I-DECIDED: a clinical decision-making tool for improving peripheral intravenous catheter assessment and safe removal in hospitals.” A link to the project can be found here: http://www.avatargroup.org.au/i-decided.html.

2016 Research Grant Recipients

Early Career Research Grant
Ms Julie Flynn – Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital – $12,000
“Evaluating effective decontamination methods for needleless connectors: A pilot randomised control study”

Seed Research Grant
Ms Oyebola Fasugba –  School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine (Signadou Campus), Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University – $7,625,
“A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of antiseptics for meatal cleaning for the prevention of urinary tract infections associated with indwelling urinary catheters”

Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman – School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University – $10,145,
“No time for losers: producing infection control champions in the healthcare setting”