The Research Support Fund is available to graduate students undertaking inclusive disability research. Graduate students may apply for a grant of up to $3,000 to help support collaborative, co-designed or co-produced research conducted with people with disability and their representative organisations.

The funds may be used to support a broad range of research activities, including payments for project participants, Easy Read material, interpreting, captioning and other expenses directly related to making projects more inclusive and accessible.

This grant is separate from MDI’s seed funding and is available to graduate students undertaking a Masters (by research) or PhD at the University of Melbourne.

there is no set application period for this grant, and it will remain open until the available funding has been allocated.