The Targeted Call for Research (TCR) into Addressing the Needs of People with High Healthcare Service Utilisation aimed to fund research that effectively creates a more balanced and efficient health care system. The opportunity needed to be considered an integral part of general health in primary care services. Addressing the needs of patients with high health care service utilisation, aimed to facilitate research that will improve understanding of where critical issues are for people to access timely and efficient health care services.
Applications received during the call were peer reviewed by an expert panel. Following peer review, 4 applications were funded by NHMRC. Details of the awarded grants are in the Funding outcomes table below.
| App ID | Chief Investigator A | Application Title | Administering Institution | Budget | Grant Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2045165 | Professor Ruth Eleanor Hubbard | EMPOWER: A consumer-driven approach to transform care for older community-dwellers living with frailty | The University of Queensland | $2,799,508.50 | 5 years |
| 2045607 | Professor Jane Elizabeth Pirkis | Meeting the needs of Lifeline Australia’s frequent help-seekers | University of Melbourne | $1,633,022.40 | 4 years |
| 2045655 | Dr Chontel Patricia Gibson | Co-designing and integrating older Aboriginal voices into strengths-based models of care | University of New South Wales | $3,641,555.29 | 4 years |
| 2045778 | Professor Suzanne Nielsen | Transforming opioid dependence treatment through data-driven co-design | Monash University | $1,531,452.65 | 4 years |