The Australian POTS Foundation is committed to advancing Australian research and improving care through targeted funding, education, and collaboration. We support these goals by offering research grants, scholarships, and clinician development opportunities that build capability and drive impact in the field.

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We offer research grants to support projects that improve outcomes for people with POTS in Australia. Priority areas may include diagnosis, treatment access, long-term outcomes, and lived experience. Open to Australia-based researchers.

Information about each round will be posted here. Our grant rounds usually open in the last quarter of the year.

The Australian POTS Foundation partners with The Dysautonomia Project to support clinician education in autonomic medicine by sponsoring Australian Basic Physician Trainees (registrars) to attend the Resident’s Course — a 3-day intensive program hosted annually by The Dysautonomia Project and the American Autonomic Society in Clearwater Beach, Florida. The course is usually held at the end of January.

Invitations are emailed directly to all Basic Physician Training Program Directors across Australia. If you are a physician in training and interested in applying, please speak with your Program Director.

Applications typically open in the second half of the year, and information will be posted here when each round opens.

A top-up scholarship of $10,000 per year for up to three years is available for Australian PhD students conducting research into Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). Applicants must be in the early stages of their candidature and already hold a base scholarship (e.g. RTP, NHMRC).

The 2026 PhD Scholarship Application Round is now open.

To be eligible applicants must be:

  • Enrolled fulltime in a PhD program at an Australian University
  • Residing in Australia for the tenure of their PhD program
  • A recipient of an Australian Government RTP scholarship, NHMRC scholarship or similar
  • No more than 18 months into their PhD program at the time of application. (Pro-rata payments will apply accordingly)

Click Here to download the application form

Applications close 31/01/2026

Applicants will be notified of the outcome by 02/03/2026

 

“Through my work as a cardiovascular nurse, I saw just how debilitating POTS can be — and how often it’s misunderstood or misdiagnosed. With the support of the Australian POTS Foundation’s PhD Scholarship, I’m now researching how POTS presents in emergency departments, with the goal of improving diagnosis, care pathways, and access to publicly funded treatment. This work aims to generate real-world change in how people with POTS are recognised and supported within our health system.”

— Gemma Wilson, PhD Candidate, The University of Adelaide

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