The Multidisciplinary Collaborative Innovation Grant is a groundbreaking initiative tailored to foster creativity, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration within the dynamic medical community of the Taranaki region. This grant is uniquely designed to empower medical professionals, healthcare practices, and a diverse range of healthcare providers to collaborate and innovate, transcending traditional boundaries.
 

Key Features:

Scope: This grant empowers “collaborative” innovation among medical professionals, healthcare practices, and diverse healthcare providers, encouraging partnerships that span disciplines.
 

Purpose: At its core, this grant is a catalyst for fostering creativity, promoting research, and driving experimentation across various medical disciplines. It strives to push the boundaries of healthcare technologies, enhance patient care, and pioneer new medical practices.
 

Eligibility Requirement: To qualify for this grant, the primary applicant must be a TMF member serving as the clinical lead for the project.
Additionally, the project should embody true interdisciplinary collaboration, substantiated by evidence such as involving non-medical professionals as co-researchers (e.g., orthopaedic surgeon and physiotherapist; ED clinician and paramedic) or incorporating multiple levels of care within the same project (e.g. GP working alongside specialists or hospital teams collaborating with social services).
 

Application Period: The grant application window opens annually and extends until July 31st. Each year, the TMF Executive Committee selects a maximum of one project during the August meeting. This ensures that each application is thoroughly evaluated for merit and alignment with TMF's mission and objectives and that the most deserving project is chosen.
 

Funding Amount: The Multidisciplinary Collaborative Innovation Grant provides funding ranging from $5,000 to $10,000, ideal for supporting diverse projects, from pioneering healthcare technologies to innovative patient care approaches.
 

Reporting & Accountability: As part of the grant process, recipients are required to provide progress reports and share outcomes presentations. This commitment to accountability ensures that valuable insights and discoveries are shared with the broader medical community.
 

Area of Support: The grant encompasses a wide range of novel projects, including innovative healthcare technologies, patient care approaches, and interdisciplinary medical practices.
 

Impact: The grant's primary focus is on supporting exploratory feasibility studies and driving forward innovative solutions that have the potential to transform healthcare across multiple disciplines.

The Multidisciplinary Collaborative Innovation Grant acts as a powerful catalyst for groundbreaking advancements in healthcare, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation among Taranaki's diverse medical professionals and healthcare providers. This grant recognizes that the most innovative and transformative breakthroughs often occur at the intersection of different disciplines, making it the ideal platform for pioneering healthcare solutions that can change lives