Tēnā koutou katoaPain@Otago is delighted to support pain researchers and clinicians interested in pain research. Below are some opportunities for you to take advantage of.
Nga mihi maioha
Dr Ramakrishnan Mani (Director), and Dr Hemakumar Devan (Deputy Director) Pain@Otago Research Theme.
1. Funding opportunities:
Impact activity
Total of $4000 in the fund with a maximum of $1000 per applicant. We are seeking to support members to undertake activities that will strengthen the impact of their research. This may be for courses that help with responsiveness to impact and impactful writing, relationship building (travel for example) to meet with community members to improve engagement in research. Your application should provide a brief description of your proposed activities and how this will benefit building impactful Pain research.
Activities must be finished by the end of March 2023 and a short report provided upon completion. Funds can be made available for activities from Dec through to March.
Open from 15th November through to 30 Jan 2023.
The applicant must be an UoO member but the activities can include non UoO members.
Travel funds
Total of $4000 in the fund with a maximum of $1000 per applicant. Grant in aid to support conference travel in the first half of 2023. An abstract should have been submitted at the time of application and if awarded funds will only be available if the abstract is accepted for publication. Provide details costs, the conference, your abstract, and how this supports the aspirations of Pain@Otago.
Open from 16th November through to 30 Jan 2023.
All applications to pain@otago.ac.nz
2. Early career researcher online workshops
Our new ECR representative, Dr Carrie Falling, along with Mr Elijah Areli, is leading a series of one-hour workshops to support ECR researchers.
Our goal with this initiative is to support the aspirations of all early career researchers, including our recent graduates, clinicians with interest in research, and the postgraduate and early career research staff in fellowship and lectureship roles.
The first of our workshops will be held 12pm 5th December.
Workshop: Planning a pathway to independence in pain research
This is an important section of most career development grants and professional interviews. This interactive workshop will get people thinking about lines of sight for their research and career development. During the workshop, we will review the pathways available for people interested in developing or furthering a research career. This includes PhD pathways, clinician fellowships, and visiting roles. To join email pain@otago.ac.nz
3. Celebrating Pain@otago Impact Project
To celebrate the last six years of work from Pain@Otago, Dr Hemakumar Devan is working on creating an impact report for release in early 2023 as a way of celebrating the successes of Pain@Otago theme members and collaborators.
If you would like to have your project showcased, please contact hemakumar.devan@otago.ac.nz
4. Celebrating successes
We congratulate Pain@Otago members on their funding success and activities to improve the lives of people living with pain:
A/Prof Bronwyn Kevill – https://www.hrc.govt.nz/news-and-events/study-develop-safer-alternative-opioids-part-more-78m-allocated-health-research
A/Prof Ben Darlow - https://www.hrc.govt.nz/news-and-events/more-122m-awarded-health-delivery-research
Please let us know at pain@otago.ac.nz if you have had a success you would like to let us know about and we can help you celebrate.