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The Spinal Research Institute’s SCI Research Collaboration Grants support eligible Early Career Clinicians and Researchers (ECRs), including PhD students, who are the presenting authors of an accepted abstract at the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) Annual Scientific Meeting (7–10 October 2026, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).The grants enable active participation at ISCoS, helping emerging leade

The Spinal Research Institute (SRI) is excited to announce the Associate Professor Doug Brown AM SCI PhD Top-Up Grant. The grant will be awarded to a PhD student undertaking spinal cord injury (SCI) research at an Australian university.  This offering furthers the SRI’s commitment to support emerging and early career researchers to build SCI research capability and capacity, with the ultimate goal

The Alan Mackay‐Sim Spinal Cord Injury Travelling Fellowship was established to improve clinical outcomes and quality of life for people with a spinal cord injury (SCI). It supports projects that have an emphasis on clinical management, rehabilitation or social support for people with a SCI.Fellowships will fund overseas travel to centres of best practice for spinal cord injury to pursue a project

The Professor Paul Kennedy Legacy Scholarship for Psychology is an annual award designed to help early career SCI psychologists by providing funding to enable them to attend the ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting and network with other SCI specialists, or attend recognised professional training courses, and alongside both pathways receive mentoring from experienced practitioners. The award is a testi

In 2024, the SRI received a Freemasons Foundation Victoria Community Grant to support SCoRH, the Spinal Cord Research Hub. This funding has helped us to advance SCoRH with this new platform and keep SCoRH relevant, with a new interface and features so that researchers, clinicians and other key stakeholders can be at the forefront of innovation and impact in spinal cord injury research.The SRI ackn

Abstract submissions for the Australian & New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting are now open.This year, the conference will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 19-21 November. The key areas for 2025 are:Innovations in SCI care: consumer co-design, novel models of care, emerging technologies, and ideasBack to life and work: adjustment to

Low and middle income countries (LMIC) experience a higher burden of SCI-related complications due to limited healthcare resources. These difficulties led a number of researchers from LMICs to create a research working group on SCoRH. Initially, working towards a unified goal presented challenges stemming from disparities in healthcare quality, resource availability, as well as time differences be

We are delighted to share the news that Dr Haleluya Moshi was awarded The 2024 Paul Kennedy Legacy Award for Psychology co-sponsored by NSIC Psychology Service, The National Spinal Injuries Centre, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, University of Sydney, and Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research. The SRI supported Dr Moshi’s attendance at ISCoS in 2023, and one of his aims at the time was to improve

The SRI was delighted to support eight early career researchers to attend the International Spinal Cord Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Antwerp, Belgium in September. Over the course of the conference, the grant recipients presented posters, made valuable connections, and strengthened their growing networks. We look forward to hearing more about their progress in spinal cord injury research