FUNDED RESEARCH

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Accountability for Actions- Barriers to implementing key recommendations
    National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People11 Aug 2026 - 19 Nov 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People
  • GRANT
    The Aboriginal History Archive 2.0
    Australian Research Council1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L,
    • Garth,
    • Maynard J,
    • Thorpe K,
    • Haskins V
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure - (LE250100022)
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Yanalangami: Strong Women, Strong Communities Spotlight Report
    TRANBY ABORIGINAL CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED14 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Tranby Aboriginal College Partner Funds
  • GRANT
    Policy for self-determination: the case study of ATSIC
    Australian Research Council1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Discovery Projects - (DP230100714)
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Live Performance Australia
    Live Performance Australia1 Jun 2023 - 15 Mar 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Live Performance Australia
  • GRANT
    The More I Talk, The Stronger I Get: Unlocking Our Past to Free Our Future Project
    Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation (KBHAC)1 Mar 2023 - 27 Mar 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation
  • GRANT
    Reimagining child protection systems and practice for First Nations children and families
    University of Technology Sydney14 Feb 2022 - 13 Feb 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    UTS Chancellor's Research Fellowship - (N/A)
  • PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING
    Ern MacDonald On Country Research Fellowship
    Dusseldorp Skills Forum1 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L
    Dusseldorp Skills Forum
  • GRANT
    EDO First Nations and Indigenous Peoples Program
    Environmental Defenders Office Ltd.18 Jun 2021 - 31 Oct 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Environmental Defenders Office Ltd.
  • GRANT
    Co-Design of the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Commissioner in the ACT
    ACT Government1 Jun 2021 - 22 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    ACT Government Partnership Fund
  • GRANT
    OCHRE Policy Accountability Framework Literature Review
    Premiers Department28 Aug 2020 - 11 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L,
    • Whittaker A,
    • Coombes L,
    • Rigney D,
    • Bignall S
    Aboriginal Affairs
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of Phase 2 AISNSW pilot project - Improving Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students
    The Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales Ltd1 Jul 2019 - 1 Aug 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Barber T,
    • Graham M,
    • Lavarch L
    NSW Association of Independent Schools Research Fund
  • GRANT
    Australian Research Council1 Jul 2019 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Reconceptualising Indigenous access to justice in civil law
    Australian Research Council31 May 2018 - 30 Jun 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cunneen C,
    • Lavarch L,
    • Schwartz M
    ARC Discovery Projects - (DP180101152)
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Aboriginal Youth Cautioning Program Research Paper
    Victoria Police29 Mar 2018 - 31 Jan 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cunneen C,
    • Lavarch L,
    • Porter A
    Victoria Police - (CRN 0035-2018)
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Self-Determination within the Justice Context
    Department of Justice and Regulation, Victoria State Government21 Mar 2017 - 30 Nov 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Dept of Justice and Regulation, Victoria State Government
  • GRANT
    Indigenous Access to Justice in Civil Law Matters
    Australian Research Council1 Feb 2017
  • GRANT
    The Aboriginal History Archive
    Australian Research Council2 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L,
    • Clague P
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure - (LE170100116)
  • PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING
    The Good Society Project
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA IN THE STATE OF NSW PRESBYTERY OF SYDNEY14 Dec 2016 - 17 May 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L,
    • Cox E
    Sydney Presbytery
  • GRANT
    Indigenous Cultural Competency for Legal Academics Program
    Office for Learning & Teaching (Department of Education and Training)21 Jun 2016 - 2 Apr 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L
    OLT Strategic Priority Commissioned Projects Indigenous knowledges. Indigenous law, Indigenous legal education
  • GRANT
    Where are Indigenous women in the sentencing of Indigenous offenders?
    Australian Research Council15 Feb 2016 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Discovery Projects - (DP160100415) criminal law, sentencing principles, rehabilitation, correctional services, indigenous women, access to justice
  • GRANT
    Decolonising Policing: Histories of Policing and Police Reform in Australia
    University of Technology Sydney1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L,
    • Porter A
    UTS Chancellor's Research Fellowship
  • GRANT
    Indigenous nationhood in the absence of recognition: Self-governance insights and strategies from three Aboriginal communities
    Australian Research Council3 Apr 2015 - 30 Jun 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L
    ARC Linkage Projects - (LP140100376) Indigenous governance, Capacity building, Self-determination
  • GRANT
    National Indigenous Research and Knowledge Network
    Australian Research Council28 Feb 2013 - 28 Feb 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L,
    • McMillan M,
    • Maynard J,
    • Troy J,
    • Fredericks B
    ARC Special Research Initiatives - (SR120100005)
  • GRANT
    National research study of the civil and family law needs of Indigenous people
    Australian Research Council1 Mar 2011 - 1 Mar 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lavarch L,
    • Cunneen C,
    • Schwartz M
    ARC Linkage Projects - (LP100200455)