Funding Partners
The ASTN is funded by an NHMRC Enabling Grant
A group of Australian sleep health researchers, with extensive experience of multicentre trials, conceived the idea of a wide network which would support large scale, high quality, national and international studies.
Led by Chief Investigators Ron Grunstein, Doug McEvoy, Lyle Palmer, Naomi Rogers, Rob Pierce and Guy Marks, the group was awarded a $1,040,000 Enabling Grant by the NHMRC. This funding will support the first five years of the ASTN.
'There is increased recognition that sleep health problems are a major cause of illness in the community. These include disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, restless legs syndrome and health problems related to shift work'.
'It is proposed to form a consolidated network of sleep investigation groups to undertake larger scale clinical trials aimed at deciding what are the best treatments for different sleep disorders. The enabling grant will provide resources that will make Australian
involvement in international studies more competitive and achieve higher publication
quality for the research work.'
Other Funding Partners
The ASTN is committed to finding funding partners for projects that accord with the ASTN mission statement. For further information or to discuss potential for working with the ASTN, contact the National Research Manager, Melanie Harris.
