Research Trust

Research and Education Charitable Trust

Mission and vision

The Research and Education Charitable Trust’s goal is to foster research and education that will be beneficial to general practitioners and their patients, and continuously improve New Zealand’s primary health care system.  

The Trust meets four times a year preceding each Council meeting and considers the funding applications from general practitioners, medical students and academics  under the three categories of Summer Studentship, Travel Grant and Research Grant.

A little goes a long way

The funding for successful grants comes directly from the $10 levy that each Full Member pays as part of the annual subscription dues.

Some grants allotted in the 2008-2009 year have been for:

· Dr Karen Falloon - $,5000 for REFRESH Trial: Restriction for Reorganising Sleep Habit

·  Associate Professor Felicity Goodyear-Smith  - $1,478 for travel to North American Primary Care Research Group conference in November 2008

· Mr Mel Pande - $4,000 for research project “The Cross cultural adaptation of overseas’ trained doctors to the work culture of general practice in New Zealand”

· Ms Lindsay Todd - $3,600 for Summer Studentship on “Patients’ perception of teamwork in primary care settings”

· Ms Katie Woodhouse - $4,000 for Summer Studentship on “New Zealand and International Maternity Outcomes (1998-2008)”

Summer Studentship application -Closes 14 August 2009

Research application -Closes 7 August and 9 October 2009

Travel Grant application -Closes 7 August and 9 October 2009

Forms available at Research Applications