EVENTS
Upcoming events
What's on at the NDRP.
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​Evidence to Action: Exploring Knowledge Mobilisation, 1 May
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Past events:
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Co-designing Research 101, 20 February 2025 – watch the recording
​What's coming, 6 March 2025 – watch the recording
​​​Drop-In Sessions
For more information and event resources, visit the Evidence to Action page.
Evidence to Action: Exploring Knowledge Mobilisation​​
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Date: Thursday 1 May 2025.
Time: 11:00am–2:00pm AEST
Venue: Online Zoom event with Auslan, captions and screen breaks.
Cost: This event is free.
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Mobilising evidence for action means using good research to make real changes that help people with disability.
This means making sure findings from research is used to improve laws, systems, and support services. This event will explore how research by and with people with disability leads to real policy and practice impact.
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Past events
Download resources and find event recordings.
Research Funding Round 1 online sessions​​
​To prepare for our 2025 Funding Rounds, we ran a series of online sessions to support anyone wanting to learn more about submitting strong, inclusive grant applications.
These sessions focused on building understanding of the funding process, fostering partnerships, and highlighting how proposals should align with the NDRP’s commitment to research by and with people with disability.​​
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Co-designing Research 101
Date: 20 February 2025
Time: 1:00pm–3:00pm AEDT​​
Venue: Online Zoom event with Auslan, captions and screen break
Cost: This event is free
This session gave an introduction to co-design and co-production, look at inclusive research methods, showcase co-design in action and co-design success stories, and have a panel discussion with a Q&A.​
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The speakers for this session are:
Mary Sayers – CEO, NDRP
Gillian Mason – Head of Research Program, NDRP
Dr Alexandra Devine – Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Jody Barney – Deaf Indigenous Community Consultancy
Dr Kate D'Cruz – Senior Research Fellow, Summer Foundation
Dr Stacey Oliver – Senior Research Fellow, Summer Foundation
Dr Mark Brown – Senior Research Fellow, Summer Foundation
Cornelia Wellecke – Doctoral Researcher, Summer Foundation
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This session is for anyone interested in learning more about co-design in research, including people with disability, family members, researchers, policymakers, advocates, service providers, and government representatives.
Download Co-designing Research 101 event resources:
What to expect at Co-designing research 101 (Word).
What to expect at Co-designing research 101 (PDF).
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Download Co-designing Research 101 Slide Deck part 1 (PDF)
Download Co-designing Research 101 Slide Deck part 2 (PDF)
Download Co-designing Research 101 Slide Deck Plain Text (Word)
Watch the webinar in English:
Watch the webinar in Auslan:
What's Coming
Date: 6 March 2025
Time: 1:00pm–2:30pm AEDT​​
Venue: Online Zoom event with Auslan, captions and screen break
Cost: This event is free
This session provided an overview of the NDRP's approach to research funding, the Round 1 topic on safety of people with disability, what funding is available, the purpose of the funding and what information and guidance is available. The session included a Question and Answer (Q&A) session.
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Auslan interpreters and live captioning was provided for the whole session.
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The session was led by Mary Sayers, NDRP CEO, and Gillian Mason, NDRP Head of Research Program.
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This session is for anyone interested in applying for the NDRP's 2025 Research Funding Round One who would like to know more, including people with disability, researchers, disability representative organisations and service providers.
Download What's Coming event resources:
What to Expect What's Coming session (word)
What to Expect What's Coming session (PDF)
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Watch the webinar in English:
Watch the webinar in Auslan:
Drop-In Sessions
Dates and times: ​
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3 March 2025, 11:30am AEDT (past event)
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11 March 2025, 7:00pm AEDT (past event)
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13 March 2025, 11:30am AEDT (past event)
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17 March 2025, 1:30pm AEDT (past event)
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20 March 2025, 11:30am AEDT (past event)
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26 March 2025, 12:00pm AEDT (past event)
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8 April 2025, 12:00pm AEST (past event)
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15 April 2025, 12:00pm AEST (past event)
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The Drop-In Sessions gave potential applicants the opportunity to understand and ask questions about the NDRP's 2025 Research Funding Round One grant guidelines, find out whether it is a good fit for their project, and understand next steps for their applications.
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Download Drop-In Session Resources:
Download the Drop-In Session slide deck (PDF)
Download the Drop-In Session slide deck (word)​
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For frequently asked questions (FAQs) from the Drop-In Sessions, refer to the 2025 Round 1 Funding FAQs.