Booster Grant Awardees – updated!

This was a very competitive round and thanks to everyone that applied. Congratulations to the following researchers and their team. The lead researchers awarded booster funding are mentioned below.

Penny Levickis – Conceptualising child wellbeing from the perspectives of children and families: Supporting child wellbeing in preschool settings 

Vic Millar – Securing the future of science through science outreach 

Matt Harrison – Evaluating the impact of neurodiversity-affirming gaming groups 

Hannah Stark – A scoping review of theories of change in early childhood education research 

Katherine Canobi – Educators’ wellbeing and views on mathematics: Understanding and supporting mathematics teaching and learning in early childhood settings 

Scott Cameron – Exploring the pedagogical practices of Generative Artificial Intelligence tools 

Nicky Dulfer – Community Voices: Researching Digital Inclusion in Carlton 

Marian Mahat – The Space-AI Assemblage: Teaching in Hybrid Learning Environments 

Rhonda Di Biase – Greening island schools: Promoting climate-smart school kitchen gardens in the Indo-Pacific region

Zhonghua Zhang – Imputing missing values when combining locally dependent items under item response theory in large scale assessment 

David Camilleri – Strategic Plan for Enhancing Research Impact: Leveraging Media and Community Engagement in the BMX for Life Project 

Anneliese Gill – Co-designing a wellbeing informed Performance Skills Inventory to personalise wellbeing education and enhance performance and wellbeing