Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants
The AAG Research Trust seeks to fund Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led projects that relate to ageing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In so doing, our aim is to:
- Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early career researchers and practitioners working across the multidisciplinary field of ageing to build their skills and capacity.
- Develop evidence-based knowledge about ageing in Indigenous Australian communities that takes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective and standpoint to inform policy and program development.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Review Panel of the AAG Research Trust leads the review and selection of this grant. Panel members are all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers and practitioners in the field. They are supported and informed by the AAG Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ageing Advisory Group (ATSIAAG), and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous researchers and practitioners.
In February 2021, we held a free webinar providing hints and tips for applying to funding programs, along with an insight into the structure and workings of the AAG Research Trust and its grant award processes. The information from this webinar may be of interest to prospective applicants.