ASA Grants
Applications for the next round of ASA Research and Audit Grants are now open. The ASA's Grants Program was introduced in 2017 as a commitment to fostering and advancing the sonography profession. Since then, the program has grown to include grants for both research and clinical audit projects, and a funding pool of A$40,000. These grants aim to support and facilitate new research that contributes to sonography practice and best practice in clinical ultrasound.
Research Grant
The ASA Research Grant is dedicated to supporting original research that advances the sonography profession. Each year, A$30,000 in funding is made available to ASA members undertaking research projects that ontribute to evidence-based practice, shape professional standards, and expand knowledge in diagnostic ultrasound.
Submissions will be considered for partial or full funding.
How to Apply:
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Ensure your project meets the criteria
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Fill out the application form
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Email your application to researchandstandards@sonographers.org
The Application and attachments must be submitted by 29 September 2025.
Have questions? Contact the ASA Research and Standards team at researchandstandards@sonographers.org.
Audit Grant
The ASA Audit Grant, proudly sponsored by Marsh Insurance, is designed to encourage high-quality clinical audits that directly enhance patient care and professional practice in sonography. With A$10,000 available annually, these grants assist ASA members in evaluating and improving current practice, ensuring alignment with best-practice standards in medical ultrasound.
Submissions will be considered for partial or full funding.
How to Apply:
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Ensure your project meets the criteria
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Fill out the application form
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Email your application to researchandstandards@sonographers.org
The Application and attachments must be submitted by 3rd October 2025.
Have questions? Contact the ASA Research and Standards team at researchandstandards@sonographers.org.
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View the latest ASA Grant recipients below.
2024 ASA Grant Recipients
Chris Gilmore, FASA
The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane
Sonographer administration of local anaesthetic (LA) prior to ultrasound guidance of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC): A clinical audit
This clinical audit will investigate sonographer administration of local anaesthetic (LA) prior to ultrasound guided peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC). Patient pain tolerance and complications of LA administration will be investigated, and sonographer administration will be compared to other health professionals (nurses and doctors).
Recipient of a 2024 ASA Audit Grant
In partnership with
Carolynne Cormack, FASA
Monash University
Equipping Sonographers for Point of Care Ultrasound Education
The aim of this project is to develop and evaluate an 6 week multi-modal educational course to equip sonographers teaching point of care ultrasound (POCUS).
Recipient of a 2024 ASA Research Grant
Dr Paul Stoodley
Western Sydney University
Novices Learning Echo and Abdominal Sonography (NOLEAS)
This quantitative, non-randomised experimental study aims to determine if part-task learning improves image acquisition competence, and enhances image optimisation and measurement proficiency. Part-task learning refers a teaching method, where image acquisition and image optimisation tasks are initially separated, before being united.
Recipient of a 2024 ASA Research Grant
Special Clinical Audit Grant recipient
Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch
Performance of ultrasound in diagnosing abdominal pathologies in bariatric patients
The project will aim to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound for common abdominal pathologies in bariatric patients, in comparison with MRI and/or CT. This research will establish a benchmark for bariatric imaging regarding common abdominal pathologies, and provide statistical analysis of the accuracy between modalities in the bariatric patient cohort.
Recipient of the Special Clinical Audit Grant
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