The Judy Yeung ECR Grant for Voluntary Assisted Dying and Euthanasia Research
Critical Dates
- 9:00 am, Monday 2 February 2026
Round opens.
Applicants must apply through the Early Career Researcher Grant (ECRG) grant scheme process to be considered for this specific grant. The application form and guidelines can be found on the ECRG webpage or under 'Supporting Documents' below.
- 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, 9 February 2026
ECR Grant Information Webinar (Registration Link).
Applicants are recommended to attend the ECRG Information webinar as an ECRG application is required to be eligible for the Judy Yeung ECR grant.
- 3:00 pm, Thursday, 19 March 2026
Full applications due via SmartyGrants and Themis submissions should be 'Forwarded to HoD
- September 2026
Notification of Outcomes
- 2 January 2027 - 31 December 2027
Grant funds will be awarded for expenditure over one year.
Overview
In 2024, the University was generously gifted funds to support research that advances Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) and/or Euthanasia policy, practice or research.
This seed grant is intended for an early career researcher (ECR) from any discipline at the University of Melbourne who has a high-quality project proposal that will impact or advance the systemic progress, policy or research about VAD and/or Euthanasia.
Applications from ECRs who do not ordinarily focus on VAD or Euthanasia research but are proposing to explore a new interdisciplinary or cross-disciplinary social impact-oriented project are encouraged.
Grant conditions: The selection criteria, grant conditions, funding conditions, reporting expectations and compliance requirements of the ECR grants scheme guidelines will apply to the awardee of this grant.
Eligibility
The eligibility criteria of the Early Career Researcher grants broadly apply to the Yeung grant (see ECRG scheme guidelines) but with one distinction. The Judy Yeung ECR grant is only available to applicants who are employed by the University or its departments (i.e. honorary University of Melbourne staff are not eligible for this grant).
Supporting documents
Documents for 2026:
Beyond the information contained on this webpage and in the application form, there are no standalone scheme guidelines for the Judy Yeung ECR award (this grant will be awarded via the ECR Grants allocations process in 2025 and onwards).
Contacts
- Please refer to the Scheme Guidelines for grants commencing in 2027, FAQs and Instructions to Applicants (listed on the ECRG webpage) before submitting inquiries
Kindly contact the Researcher Development Schemes team via the Research Helpline General Enquiries form and we will do our best to assist.
To help you with ensuring your query gets to the RDS team, please select the following options on the form:
- When asked "My request relates to" select "Research Grants and Contracts"
- In the "related to a GRANT/CONTRACT" question select "Grants"
- In the "relation to a Research Grant Proposal or a Grant Award or Agreement" question select "Research Grant Proposal"
- Then under the description section make sure to list you are seeking assistance for an 'Internal UoM' grant called the ‘The Judy Yeung ECR grant’ and request to speak with the RDS team. Please also provide any relevant information regarding your query.