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EVENTS
Upcoming events
What's on at the NDRP.
Research Funding Round 1 online sessions​​
​To prepare for our 2025 Funding Rounds, we will be running online sessions to support anyone who wants to learn more about submitting strong, inclusive grant applications.
These sessions will focus 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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Find out more about our 2025 Funding Rounds.
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On this page:
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​​​Drop-In Sessions, 3, 11, 13, 17, 20, 26 March, 8 April​​
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Past events:
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Co-designing Research 101, 20 February 2025 – watch the recording
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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 AEDT – new date added
Each session will run for one hour.
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Venue: Online Zoom event with Auslan and captions.
Cost: This event is free
The Drop-In Sessions will give 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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Each Drop-In Session will have a maximum of 25 participants, and you must register to attend. The information shared in these sessions will also be shared on the NDRP website, and key points will be shared in our newsletter and on our social media channels.
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The Drop-In Sessions are for anyone who is interested in applying for the NDRP's 2025 Research Funding Round One.
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Download Drop-In Session Resources:
Past events
Download resources and find event recordings.
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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