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EVENTS

Upcoming events

What's on at the NDRP. 

2026 Disability Research Funding information sessions

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These sessions will help you understand the funding opportunity and prepare a strong application for the NDRP's 2026 Disability Research Funding.

  1. Find out about what’s available, who can apply, and key dates,

  2. How to find partners and demonstrate disability leadership, and

  3. Identify what assessors look for and how you and your team can write a standout application.

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Q&A drop-in sessions:

  • Monday 16 March 2026, 1pm – 2.30pm AEDT

  • Wednesday 18 March 2026, 4.30pm – 6pm AEDT

  • Monday 30 March 2026, 1pm – 2.30pm AEDT

  • Wednesday 1 April 2026, 4.30pm – 6pm AEDT

Evidence to Action

 

Our Evidence to Action events talk about what is known about a certain topic, what is not known, and what research is needed. Our goal is to work together and inform future research and policy directions.

The next two events, on 23 March and 9 April, will focus on preparing for NDRP's 2026 Disability Research Funding opportunities. 

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We’ll talk about policy insights, national priorities, and evidence gaps that shape accessible and inclusive communities and safety of people with disability across Australia.

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Accessible and inclusive communities


Monday 23 March 2026, 12:30 – 2:30pm AEDT

Online via Zoom. Auslan, captions and screen breaks provided. 

What makes a community truly accessible and inclusive and what evidence is missing? 

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Safety of people with disability 

 

Thursday 9 April 2026, 12:30 – 2:30pm AEST

Online via Zoom. Auslan, captions and screen breaks provided.  

What research and evidence would genuinely shift safety of people with disability in policy and practice and what is currently missing?

Past events

Download resources and find event recordings.

Evidence to Action​​

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Find past event recordings, resources and more on the Evidence to Action page. 

Past 2026 Disability Research Funding information sessions

 

​Research by and with People with Disability

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This session was held on Monday 2 March 2026, 12:30pm – 2.00pm AEDT.

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What you'll learn: How to build capability in co-design, power-aware practice, governance models, and inclusive research methods.

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Watch the recording: 

Q&A Session for NDRP Disability Research Leadership Program

Session 1: Tuesday 11 November 2025 12:00pm – 1:30pm (AEDT)
Session 2: Wednesday 12 November 2025 5:00pm – 6:30pm (AEDT)

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This 90-minute session reintroduced the NDRP, and provided an overview of the program, what’s in the program guidelines and a Q&A session.​

 

Watch the recording: 

2025 Research Funding online sessions​​

 

​To prepare for our 2025 Funding Rounds, we ran a series of online sessions to support anyone wanting to learn more about submitting strong, inclusive grant applications.

 

These sessions focused on building understanding of the funding process, fostering partnerships, and highlighting how proposals should align with the NDRP’s commitment to research by and with people with disability.​​

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Find out more about our 2025 Funding Rounds.

Co-designing Research 101

 

Date: 20 February 2025

Time: 1:00pm–3:00pm AEDT​​

Venue: Online Zoom event with Auslan, captions and screen break
Cost: This event is free

This session gave an introduction to co-design and co-production, look at inclusive research methods, showcase co-design in action and co-design success stories, and have a panel discussion with a Q&A.​ You can also find out more about co-design in the Resources section here. 

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The speakers for this session are: 
Mary Sayers – CEO, NDRP
Gillian Mason – Head of Research Program, NDRP
Dr Alexandra Devine – Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Jody Barney – Deaf Indigenous Community Consultancy
Dr Kate D'Cruz – Senior Research Fellow, Summer Foundation
Dr Stacey Oliver – Senior Research Fellow, Summer Foundation
Dr Mark Brown – Senior Research Fellow, Summer Foundation
Cornelia Wellecke – Doctoral Researcher, Summer Foundation

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This session is for anyone interested in learning more about co-design in research, including people with disability, family members, researchers, policymakers, advocates, service providers, and government representatives. 

Download Co-designing Research 101 event resources: 

What to expect at Co-designing research 101 (Word).

What to expect at Co-designing research 101 (PDF).

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Download Co-designing Research 101 Slide Deck part 1 (PDF)

Download Co-designing Research 101 Slide Deck part 2 (PDF)

Download Co-designing Research 101 Slide Deck Plain Text (Word)

Watch the webinar in English: 

Watch the webinar in Auslan: 

What's Coming

 

Date: 6 March 2025

Time: 1:00pm–2:30pm AEDT​​

Venue: Online Zoom event with Auslan, captions and screen break
Cost: This event is free

This session provided an overview of the NDRP's approach to research funding, the Round 1 topic on safety of people with disability, what funding is available, the purpose of the funding and what information and guidance is available. The session included a Question and Answer (Q&A) session.

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Auslan interpreters and live captioning was provided for the whole session. 

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The session was led by Mary Sayers, NDRP CEO, and Gillian Mason, NDRP Head of Research Program.

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This session is for anyone interested in applying for the NDRP's 2025 Research Funding Round One who would like to know more, including people with disability, researchers, disability representative organisations and service providers.

Download What's Coming event resources: 

What to Expect What's Coming session (word)

What to Expect What's Coming session (PDF)

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Download What's Coming slide deck (word)

Download What's Coming slide deck (PDF)​

Watch the webinar in English: 

Watch the webinar in Auslan: 

Drop-In Sessions

 

Dates and times: ​

  • 3 March 2025, 11:30am AEDT (past event)

  • 11 March 2025, 7:00pm AEDT (past event)

  • 13 March 2025, 11:30am AEDT (past event)

  • 17 March 2025, 1:30pm AEDT (past event)

  • 20 March 2025, 11:30am AEDT (past event)

  • 26 March 2025, 12:00pm AEDT (past event)

  • 8 April 2025, 12:00pm AEST (past event)

  • 15 April 2025, 12:00pm AEST (past event)

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The Drop-In Sessions gave potential applicants the opportunity to understand and ask questions about the NDRP's 2025 Research Funding Round One grant guidelines, find out whether it is a good fit for their project, and understand next steps for their applications. 

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Download Drop-In Session Resources: 

Download the Drop-In Session slide deck (PDF)

Download the Drop-In Session slide deck (word)​

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For frequently asked questions (FAQs) from the Drop-In Sessions, refer to the 2025 Round 1 Funding FAQs.

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