AAG Research Trust grant announcements 2024

Final 2024 AAG Research Trust Awardees

The grant programs of the AAG Research Trust enable important work that often falls outside the criteria of other large government funding programs. In this way, the Research Trust promotes AAG's fundamental commitment to improving the experience of ageing by connecting research, policy and practice.

Further to our recent announcement of the 2024 RM Gibson awardees (see below), AAG and the AAG Research Trust are pleased to advise the successful applications to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Strategic Innovation and Hal Kendig Research Development programs. We congratulate all applicants, whose submissions were inspiring in their diversity, purpose and passion.

The awardees in 2024 are:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Grant Program

Older Aboriginal women’s business: Understanding lived experiences of menopause

Ms Lindy Moffatt, Senior Research Assistant, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

Hal Kendig Research Development Program  

Developing integrated care models for older adults with dual sensory impairment (DSI) and their family carers.

Dr Moira Dunsmore, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney

Understanding the Expectations and Experiences of Aged Care Services for LGBTQI+, Sistergirl and Brotherboy older people and Intersectionality

Dr Daniel Brown, Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist, University of Southern Queensland

Strategic Innovation Program

Co-designing and piloting a theory-informed, evidence-based intervention to minimise social frailty in carers of people in later life

Ms Ebony Lewis, Scientia Lecturer, University New South Wales

"When can I go home?" Predicting discharge home from hospital for people with frailty

Dr Jennifer Jones, Lecturer and Physiotherapist, University of Melbourne and Austin Health

      Pictured: Dementia Australia Research Foundation Logo

The following additional Strategic Innovation Program grant has been awarded through our valued partnership with the Dementia Australia Research Foundation (DARF):

Exploring connectedness in older people living with dementia in residential aged care: Experiences of ConnecTo

Dr Linda McAuliffe, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC), Latrobe University

We wish all 2024 AAG Research Trust awardees much success with their projects. You can find out more about the AAG Research Trust on the AAG website and we encourage everyone to look out for future announcements regarding grant opportunities in 2025.

AAG Research Trust grant announcement - 2024 RM Gibson Program

The RM Gibson Program fund was set up to honour the memory of Dr Richard (Dick) Maxwell Gibson who played a foundation role in the development of gerontology within Australia. Dr Gibson also made a significant contribution to the AAG, including serving as our National President and the inaugural Chair of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Asia Oceania Region.

AAG and the AAG Research Trust are pleased to announce the successful applications for the 2024 RM Gibson Program. The Awardees are:

Co-designing a pet robot to support people living with dementia

Dr Wei Qi Koh, Lecturer in Occupational therapy, The University of Queensland

Optimising antihypertensive treatment in older Australians with and without dementia in residential care homes

Dr Daria Gutteridge, Research Fellow, University of South Australia

The Experience of Living and Working in Small-scale Residential Dementia Care

Ms Robyn Lewis, PhD Candidate, University of Canberra

The below grant has been awarded through the AAG’s valued partnership with the Dementia Australia Research Foundation (DARF):

Principles for optimising medicines management in older people living with frailty and dementia

Ms Shin Liau, Research Fellow and PhD candidate, Monash University

We congratulate the above awardees and look forward to their findings.

This year the RM Gibson program attracted an outstanding talent pool of 57 impressive applications. We congratulate all applicants, whose submissions were inspiring in their diversity, purpose, and passion.