Thank you to those who were able to join the COVID-19 response call on Monday and help us shape our funding call. We sincerely appreciate the expertise, passion and innovative ideas brought to the discussion. If you missed the call or would like a summary, please contact us at We are now doing two things: opening a funding call for projects that can deliver quick wins and shaping interest groups to facilitate interdisciplinary discussions around priority issues. MDI COVID-19 FundingThis fund is open to all University of Melbourne Researchers who have interdisciplinary research projects that addresses an identified need, gap or deficiency in responses to COVID-19 which affects people with disability, their families and carers. Additionally, to respond to the urgent and evolving nature of the pandemic, the project will need to demonstrate Immediate Impact. Interest groupsBased on the discussion on Monday in which lots of people had shared interests, we are also shaping four interest groups and encourage researchers to join these to progress conversations about possible research projects. We encourage anyone who is interested to contact the nominated person who will coordinate the first meeting and share details:
If you would like to facilitate an additional interest group we would be delighted – please contact Tessa who will help. Also please note Christine Dew, Project Lead – Inclusion and Diversity is happy to have conversations with researchers about supporting students with disability at the University of Melbourne during this time. Thanks Christine! christine.dew@unimelb.edu.au Additional supportAlongside our COVID-19 funding call we can provide two area of additional support:
Contact Campbell Message campbell.message@unimelb.edu.au or Georgia Katsikis georgia.katsikis@unimelb.edu.au for advice, ideas or just to brainstorm! Community of Practice TeamsFinally, we’ve set up a Disability Research Community of Practice Team site to provide a platform for resource sharing, continued conversation around COVID-19 and anything else related to disability research. We will also use this site to share information about upcoming Community of Practice meet-ups and events. We encourage you to join the ‘team’ via the link below. Please note you will need a University of Melbourne email account to access this tool. Thank you again and we are looking forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions at all please don’t hesitate to reach out. Many thanks, Tessa
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