HERDSA Grants Scheme

HERDSA offers grants to HERDSA members to fund research and/or development projects on teaching and learning in higher education that directly align to the mission of HERDSA . In the 2025 round, up to six grants of AUD$5000 each are available (plus GST for expenses accruing in Australia). Priority for one grant will be given to applicants identifying as Indigenous/First Nations (e.g., Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori or Pacific Nations).

The call for 2025 HERDSA Grant applications opens in December 2024. Applications close on Friday 14th March 2025 by 6pm (AEDT). Successful applicants will be informed at the end of May 2025. Grant holders have one year to complete their projects. Grant progress reports are due end of January 2026 and final reports end of June 2026.

For detailed information see the guidelines document.

HERDSA Grant Guidelines 2025 (PDF, 221Kb)
HERDSA Grant Application Form 2025 (PDF, 236Kb) HERDSA Grant Application Form 2025 (Word)

2024 Awarded Grants - Abstracts

A/Professor Alice Brown	Student Perspectives of The Value of Course-Specific Online Engagement Strategies
Dr Gavin Northey	The use of online badges to motivate synchronous and asynchronous student engagement.
Dr Katie Burke	Understanding the characteristics of authentic Arts assessment in Initial Teacher Education (ITE)
Dr Bianca Coleman	Developing a practice-focused industry partnership to improve pre-service teachers' pedagogical content knowledge and subject engagement
Mr Josh Burridge	Threshold concepts in transitional engineering education researchers
Professor Paula Myatt	The Impact of Using AI to deliver Assessment Feedback

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