Research opportunities

Innovation through research

We offer researchers a unique platform to design, test, and deliver health solutions that matter – based on need and aimed at promoting equity in healthcare.

Why partner with us

• Deep regional reach: Our footprint spans rural and remote communities – offering access to populations often under-represented in
• Trusted community relationships: We are a known and trusted provider; our longstanding presence supports effective recruitment, engagement, and follow-through.
• Real-world service infrastructure: From outreach clinics to community health hubs, we offer a working service environment, ideal for implementation, evaluation, and translational research.
• Human-centred, co-design approach: Research partnerships are embedded in community and cultural context, respecting local needs, voices, and lived
• Ethics, governance and data integrity: We operate to high standards of clinical governance and ethical compliance, offering a safe, compliant environment for sensitive health research.

What we can offer researchers

Whether you’re studying mental health, chronic disease prevention, allied-health delivery models, digital health platforms or health workforce initiatives, we can support with:

• Participant access across diverse rural populations
• Infrastructure for pilot projects and service innovation trials
• Community-engaged research and evaluation
• Data-collection and long-term follow-up capabilities
• Collaborative grant applications and shared project governance

How to get involved

We encourage early discussion of proposals so we can align study design with community needs, services and ethical requirements.

Our commitment to research ethics and community

We commit to transparency, cultural safety, data confidentiality and meaningful engagement with participants and communities. Research proposals are reviewed through robust governance and ethical frameworks, in line with national standards for primary-health research partnerships.