ASA Grants
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 $40,000. These grants aim to support and facilitate new research that contributes to sonography practice and best practice in clinical ultrasound.
View the latest ASA Grant recipients below.
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
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
