ALIVE National Centre Next Generation Researcher Network Capacity-Building Funding Scheme 2025

Applications now open! Closing September 29th 2025

The ALIVE National Centre’s Next Generation Researcher Network (NGRN) Capacity Building Funding Scheme is part of the National Centre’s Capacity Building Strategy to grow the next generation of mental health research leaders. Calls are now open for:

Up to four Seed Funding Awards for Early Career Researcher (ECR), Mid-Career Researchers (MCR) and Community-based Researchers (up to $20,000 per application)

The Seed Funding Award is designed to support researchers to develop their research ideas, conduct a pilot study or, complete co-design or other research activities that will support a larger future grant proposal or to advance community-based research.

Click here to view the call out.

Click here to view the application form.

— ALIVE Forum

The forum offers a place for dialogue and exchange for lived-experience researchers engaged in mental health research.

Membership includes lived-experience researchers in community organisations or governments working on mental health research projects and people with lived-experience who may partner with researchers for co-design or co-production research so that they connect with others.

It’s a supportive forum to share experiences, grow networks, and to talk about skills and training needs that people might benefit from, including building lived-expertise as an evidence base.

The ALIVE Lived-Experience Research Collective Forum is a supportive, safe and anonymous space.

We ask you to read the following before posting to the forum:

Getting started

Share ideas, talk about skills that work for lived-experience researchers and participate in research focused conversations within posts and threads.

Our principles for participation

Here are our principles for participation for the ALIVE Lived-Experience Research Collective Forum. This space is created for everyone to feel welcome and safe in their interactions. If you notice that the principles of participation are not being put into practice, please get in touch with us.

Forum FAQs

Here are the principles of participation for the ALIVE Lived-Experience Research Collective – these have been co-created by and for mental health researchers with lived-experience to support safety in online dialogue, cooperative practices and shared agreements. Please get in touch with us at info@alivenetwork.com.au for more information or if see any concerning language or practices you need to discuss.