Topic: basic science

Support for collaborative teams developing research and workforce capacity in basic science, clinical research, health services research or public health. Centres may be a physical institution or a network across institutions, with emphasis on translating findings into policy and practice. New applicants must submit minimum data by 5:00 pm ACT local time on 2026-10-14; this earlier mandatory milestone is the listing deadline. Complete applications close at 5:00 pm ACT local time on 2026-11-04. Apply through the eligible administering organisation using Sapphire. Full guidelines require GrantCo

In this talk I’ll discuss translation of findings of multisensory facilitation of learning to cognitive training. I’ll first review some early findings of multisensory facilitation of learning and then discuss how we have been translating these basic science approaches into gamified training interventions to improve cognitive functions. I’ll touch on approaches to training vision, hearing and working memory that we are developing at the UCR Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being. I look forward to discussing both the basic science but also the complexities of how to translate appr