Ethics & Grant Applications in Lived Experience Research

The Care Economy Research Institute (CERI) invites you to join us for the second seminar in our series exploring meaningful lived experience (LE) involvement in research and practice.

Conducting research with lived experience experts – as co-researchers, partners, and expert advisors – leads to deeper insights and stronger impact. But there are important considerations to navigating essential research processes: applying for funding and human research ethics.

This seminar offers practical guidance on navigating these two aspects of research when working alongside lived experience experts. Drawing on real-world examples and best practices, we’ll explore strategies for writing compelling, fundable grant proposals that value co-production and getting these projects approved through human research ethics.

• TITLE: Human Research Ethics and Grant Applications in Lived Experience Research: A Guide for Researchers
• DATE: Friday 20 June
• TIME: 12.30pm - 2pm
• VENUE: ONLINE via Zoom
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED HERE

FACILITATOR:

• Dr Tessa Zirnsak

Tessa is a consumer researcher and Research Fellow with substantial experience involving people with lived experience in research. Tessa has experience working as a lived experience advisor and coordinating groups of lived experience experts as a part of large research projects.

INTRODUCTION:

• Professor Richard Gray

Richard is the Chair, La Trobe University’s Human Ethics Committee and has a career-long commitment two the integration of lived experience experts at all stages of the research process. He has several publications addressing the dearth of lived experience involvement in research in Australia.

PANEL SPEAKERS:

• Associate Professor Piers Gooding

Piers' work focuses on the law and policy of disability and health. He has conducted research with a range of international organisations and agencies, including the UN Special Rapporteur for the Rights of People with Disabilities, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of the Asia Pacific. Piers has received several awards including an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship.

• Dr Jodie Smith

Jodie is a Senior Lecturer, Speech Pathologist and Research Fellow across the School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport and Childhood Autism and Parenting Team (CAPT), School of Psychology and Public Health. Jodie specialises in collaborative, multidisciplinary work that evaluates evidence-based approaches to supporting autistic children and their families with a focus on participatory research with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities.

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