2023 application round is open 31 May - 31 July press release: https://anzmes.org.nz/grant-and-scholarship-programme/ programme description: https://anzmes.org.nz/research-funding-programme/
"This year two Grants valued up to $25,000 are available, and four $5,000 Scholarships." So that makes $70,000 per year? Not bad for a New Zealand which has around 5 million inhabitants.
Not privvy to the details but pretty sure this is the result of ANZMES receiving a very significant bequest from a pwME who expressed the wish that the money be used for research. So a bittersweet announcement (if my guess is correct I knew the pwME)
I wonder whether the bequest had the requirement that the research has to take place in New Zealand. In such a relatively small country, there might be few applications some years and poor research could end up getting funded. Edited to add: That’s good.
Thanks very much to this individual for remembering the ME/CFS cause in their will (I vaguely recall talk that someone had left a very significant bequest, worth in the region of maybe NZ$900,000 (??)). I get the impression not that many people with ME/CFS leave much if anything to ME/CFS in their wills. People with ME/CFS may be relatively cash strapped when alive but could still leave behind a substantial estate e.g. their property and its belongings.
The ANZMES annual research grant & scholarship 2024 application period is now open; it closes 31 July 2024. Application details at link https://anzmes.org.nz/research-funding-programme/
It would be so helpful if someone could put in an application based on doing research that documents the harms from GET/CBT & LP in the NZ context. It is the key piece of data that is missing here and until we can adequately & robustly demonstrate that not only are these treatments ineffective but harmful they will continue to be offered. In my son’s case the exercise programme provided by the hospital physiotherapist was technically not GET as per the PACE Trial but it was rehab type incremental HIIT exercises as if he was deconditioned. He also had sessions with psychologist and GP gave me a brochure for The Switch. No pacing was suggested.
