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Impact of giving
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we invest around $250,000 each year in grants and scholarships that nurture the next generation of psychiatric researchers and strengthen the academic foundations of our profession.
We also proudly support Indigenous leadership programs, helping to build capacity and foster inclusive excellence.
Your contributions create meaningful and lasting impact—advancing psychiatric research and practice, driving innovation, and supporting projects that deliver real‑world benefits.
Hear from our grant recipients in the short video below, explore their research projects, or read our latest Annual Review.
Dr Jacqueline Huber — Psychiatric Emergency Care Centers: what are they good for?
Dr Sean Halstead — Exploration of the health burden of multiple chronic physical conditions in people living with severe mental illness.
Dr Lillian Ng — The 100-women study: health characteristics of women with severe mental illness
Dr Izaak Lim — The role of fathers in the development of childhood anxiety
Dr Jai Nathani — Why don’t I take my meds? Enhancing Medication Adherence through CBT
Dr Ruwanthi De Alwis Seneviratne — Identification of a novel biomarker to predict future treatment resistance in early psychosis.
Dr V. Lakmi Seneviratne — Psychotherapy for out-patients with treatment resistant depression
Dr Yoon Kwon Choi — Barriers in accessing health care and support for Korean speaking people in Australia with intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder
Dr Hannah Suh — Parents’ experiences of Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa in East Asian adolescents in New Zealand.
Dr Joanna Blades — Understanding consumer experiences of perinatal mental health outcomes
Dr Yun Ming Yong — Evaluation of a novel intervention for people with hoarding and squalor
Dr Luba Sominsky — Identifying biological mechanisms and targets for prevention of perinatal depression.
Dr Chiranth Bhagavan — Pilot study of Psilocybin-assisted Psychiatric care and specialist Physiotherapy for refractory motor Functional Neurological Disorder
Dr Chloe Boateng — LinkED: Exploring reasons why children and adolescents accessing emergency mental health services fall through the gaps in follow up and how this can be addressed
Dr Sarangan Ketheesan — Stress, Allostatic Load and Substance Use in Defence Force Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Dr Andrew Wilson — Exploring the reasons behind increasing involuntary psychiatric treatment in Queensland: exploring the perspectives of the legal profession through focus groups
Dr Matthew Kang — The effect of electroconvulsive therapy on blood-based biomarkers of glial activity and neuronal injury
Dr Dhamidhu Eratne — MiND the Gap: fast tracking implementation of brain health and dementia diagnosis and risk prediction blood tests in Australia
2024 Impact Report
2023 Impact Report
2022 Impact Report
Every year, the RANZCP Foundation makes grant funding available to Fellows and trainees for psychiatric research, clinical work, meaningful initiatives, scholarships and innovative projects that improve mental health.
