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Seed funding grant projects

UNSW academic staff who have had their applications approved to become an Australian Human Rights Institute Associate are eligible each year to apply for seed funding grants in the range of $5,000-$10,000. Learn more about some of our grant recipients' projects below.

Associate

Become an Associate and explore funding opportunities

Learn how to become an Associate of the Australian Human Rights Institute, explore the work of our current Associates, and find out more information on our seed funding grants program.

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wind turbines

The right to clean air in Pacific low- and middle-income countries

This research aims to utilise empirical air pollution data in order to improve the health outcomes of Pacific communities. 

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aged care

Addressing implicit bias in the healthcare of older people

The project will provide preliminary data to understand social and individual perceptions of aging, and how negative perceptions can adversely influence an individual’s health through loss of opportunity and medical treatment. 

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Refugee

The impact of family separation on mental health and resettlement outcomes of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia

This research aims to highlight the impact of family separation on mental health and resettlement outcomes of refugees and asylum-seekers living in Australia.

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Sugar

From blackbirding to the Seasonal Workers’ Programme: Tracking inter-generational vulnerability

This project aims to create the first prototype for what will become an online, searchable Pacific Voyages database.

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COVID

Human rights implications of COVID-19 vaccine passports

An empirical ethics research project that aims to examine the potential impacts of a ‘vaccine passport’ using a human rights lens. 

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Tax

Let’s talk about tax – Identifying and supporting women experiencing economic abuse

This research will explore the use of the UNSW Tax Clinic as a safe mechanism for screening for domestic and family violence (with a focus on economic abuse).

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Positively

The art of human rights: A knowledge translation project by, with, and for women living with HIV in Australia

This research project was developed to make women's lived experiences with HIV visible, and to document the impacts of creative methods in changing stigmatising and discriminatory attitudes in the general public.

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Refugee

The impact of human rights-related stressors during the refugee determination process on mental health in the context of sustained displacement

This project explores the specific stressors in a refugee transit context that give rise to feelings of injustice, or how this sense of injustice relates to refugee mental health and wellbeing.

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