Research Grants

The 2023-24 Change Our Game Research Grants program supports Victorian university researchers to undertake research relating to women and girls in sport and active recreation.

It provides grants of up to $25,000 for Victorian university researchers to identify tangible, evidence-based solutions to address barriers for women and girls in sport and active recreation in Victoria.

The program also aims to support the career development of early career researchers with an interest in gender equality in sport and active recreation.

4 research projects were funded in 2023-24:

• Effective anti-racism approaches for women and girls in community sport (Deakin University - Associate Professor Kim Toffoletti, Aish Ravi, Professor Karen Farquharson and Associate Professor Karen Block)
• Improving community sport clubs' gender diversity management (Deakin University - Dr Jordan Taylor Bakhsh, Acting Professor Katie Rowe and Professor Pamm Phillips)
• Building bridges across the gender divide – mobilizing male allyship in sport coaching (Deakin University - Dr Zoe Anver, Associate Professor Helen Brown, Dr Luke Jones)
• Mapping intersectionality within the Victorian sport sector workplaces (RMIT University - Professor Emma Sherry, Eleanor Faulkner, Professor Tracy Taylor)

Since 2018, the Change Our Game Research Grants Program has invested more than $470,000 in 21 research projects to address issues impacting women and girls in sport and active recreation, and supported Victorian researchers.