Registrar Research Fund

Registrar Research Fund (RRF) Grants

Registrar Research Fund applications for Semester 1:2011 are now open.

Applications will close Friday, 17th September 2010.

GPET maintains a funding pool called the Registrar Research Fund (RRF), formerly known as the Registrar Scholarship and Research Fund. Applications for research project funding are welcomed. Currently there are two rounds of intake per year for RRF grants.

Please note grants are limited to $10,000.

RRF Operating Principles

RRF Application form

To apply for a 2010 RRF Grant please contact Sarah Hutchison

RRF Grants - Examples

Here are some examples of research that has been performed by RRF grant recipients with RRF grant money (presented with the permission of the doctors involved).

Clare Heal - Screening for chlamydia in general practice - a cross-sectional survey of young adults, published in Australian Family Physician.

Christos Pavlidis - Water as a fast acting wax softening agent before ear syringing - a randomised controlled trial, published in Australian Family Physician.

RRF Registrar Research Prize 2010

The Registrar Research Prize (awarded at the GPET Convention) provides funding for a registrar to attend a conference in Australia or overseas to present their research.

Registrar Research Prize Information Guide

Registrar Research Prize Application form

Applicaitons for the 2010 Registrar Research Prize close 15 August 2010.

Completed application forms can be submitted by email or posted to:

General Practice Education & Training
Program Officer - Registrar Research Prize 
GPO Box 2914
CANBERRA ACT 2601