NHMRC
TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE (TRIP)
FELLOWSHIP
Funding Partner Supplementary Questions Form
For funding commencing in 2012
Applications Open: 1 February 2011
Applications Close: 24 March 2011
Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted
Applicants should read all instructions and other accompanying
documentation, and upload this document to Part B: Funding Partner
page when lodging an application in RGMS.
Application ID
Given Name
Family Name
1.
Which Partnership Award would you like to apply for?
Cancer Australia (Lung cancer)
Cancer Australia (National Centre for Gynaecological Cancer)
Heart Foundation
Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
beyondblue: the national depression initiative (Depression in adolescent and young adults)
beyondblue: the national depression initiative (Depression in the perinatal period)
Western Australia Department of Health
Australian Organ and Tissue Authority
Please answer the questions relevant to the Partner for which you wish to nominate. Please
complete a separate form for each Partner for which you would like to apply.
The Funding Partner Supplementary Questions Form should be uploaded as a PDF file using the
following naming convention: APPID#_Applicant’s Surname_Name of Funding
Partner_Supplementary Questions.pdf
NHMRC TRIP-Cancer Australia Fellowship (Lung Cancer)
Question 1
Please address a current important evidence-practice gap in the management of lung cancer,
specifically:
 implementation of evidence to improve outcomes for people who are affected by lung cancer, their
families and carers, and/or
 implementation of evidence to improve effective service delivery for those with lung cancer.
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
NHMRC TRIP-Cancer Australia Fellowship (National Centre for Gynaecological Cancer)
Question 1
Please identify and address a current important evidence-practice gap in the management of
gynaecological cancers, specifically relating to:
 implementation of evidence to improve outcomes for women, and their families, who are affected
by a gynaecological cancer, and/or
 implementation of evidence to improve effective service delivery for women with a gynaecological
cancer.
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
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NHMRC TRIP-Heart Foundation Fellowship
Question 1
How is the proposal relevant to research translation into clinical practice for heart, stroke or blood
vessel disease, to improve prevention and/or treatment?
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
NHMRC TRIP-Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Fellowship
Question 1
Please nominate and address an important evidence-practice gap in the investigation, diagnosis
and/or management of people with MS, for example:
 improving accessibility to information and professional assistance at the time of diagnosis,
including improving health literacy
 promoting adherence to immunotherapy
 improving the evidence-based management of psychological symptoms in people with MS.
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
NHMRC TRIP-Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Fellowship
Question 1
How does your proposed project address an evidence-practice gap relating to quality in the delivery
of radiation oncology services ?
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
Question 2
Are you a Fellow of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists?
NHMRC TRIP-beyondblue Fellowship (Depression in adolescent and young adults)
Please identify and address a current important evidence-practice gap in the primary care sector in
relation to the assessment and treatment of depression for adolescence and young adults,
specifically the evaluation of early intervention and overcoming barriers to care for at risk young
people. In particular:
Question 1
How will the TRIP Fellowship improve the use of evidence-based practice and contribute to
knowledge about effective change strategies for evidence uptake in clinical practice ?
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
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Question 2
How will the Fellowship explore the effectiveness of new technologies for increasing health
professionals awareness of the Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults guidelines, and
encourages the uptake of evidence based practice recommendations in the general practice and/or
primary mental health sectors?
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
Question 3
How will the TRIP Fellowship compare the effectiveness of electronic media with text-based media
for increasing awareness and stimulating practice change in the general practice and/or primary
mental health sectors ?
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
Question 4
How will the TRIP Fellowship assess General Practitioners awareness of new guidelines and
examine perceived facilitators and barriers to practice change?
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
NHMRC TRIP-beyondblue Fellowship (Depression in the perinatal period)
Question 1
Please identify and address a current important evidence-practice gap in the primary care sector in
relation to the assessment and treatment of mental health conditions in the perinatal period.
Specifically, the evaluation of the:

feasibility and acceptability for the use of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale by the
primary health care system;

effectiveness of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in assisting primary health care
professionals to identify women/families at risk; and

effectiveness of the use of the psychosocial assessment questions, as outlined in the
beyondblue draft Clinical Practice Guidelines for Depression and Related Disorders (Anxiety,
Bipolar and Puerperal Psychosis) in the Perinatal Period, in increasing help-seeking
behaviours and overcoming barriers (consumer and health professional) to effective care.
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
Question 2
Which (or all) of the above issues in the assessment and pathways to care for mental health
conditions in the perinatal period does your proposal address?
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
Question 3
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How will you implement evidence to improve service delivery for women with a mental health
condition in the perinatal period?
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
NHMRC TRIP-Western Australia Department of Health Fellowship
Question 1
Please identify and address a current important evidence-practice gap in health care in Western
Australia. (1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
NHMRC TRIP- Organ and Tissue Authority Fellowship
Question 1
How is the proposal relevant to research translation into clinical practice for improved
identification and/or management of potential organ and tissue donors in Australia?
(1500 character limit including spaces and line breaks)
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