Welcome to the National Disability   Research Partnership 

When evidence is difficult to access, hard to trust or disconnected from lived experience, it becomes harder for governments, communities, and service systems to deliver meaningful reform. At the National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP), we see this not as a critique of researchers, but as a shared challenge we need to address together.

This project is bringing together neurodivergent women, trans and gender-diverse people to co-design a future research proposal about pleasure-centred sexual safety. It’s an area where this community’s experiences have often been missing from research and decision-making.

This project brings together researchers from the University of Melbourne, Inclusion Australia staff, and families to plan future research on service-for-one support for people with intellectual disability and complex support needs.

Up to eight PhD and Master’s by Research scholars participating in a new one year program will receive up to $30,000 in scholarship funding.

We’re funding three disability-led research projects (up to $190,000 each) to explore how systems and organisations can better support young NDIS participants (15–25) to move from education and training into meaningful careers. 

The National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP) has awarded $900,000 to 15 disability-led research projects focused on improving safety for people with disability. This initial investment will be followed by additional funding rounds for larger projects.