{"id":11959,"date":"2022-04-05T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T05:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/?p=11959"},"modified":"2023-01-17T10:31:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T23:31:56","slug":"minister-hunt-accepts-30000-strong-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/news\/minister-hunt-accepts-30000-strong-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Hunt accepts 30,000-strong petition &#038; creates history-making $10m neurostimulation grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Federal Government establishes $10m neurostimulation for spinal cord injuries fund off the back of SpinalCure advocacy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/695559093?h=8f4d827bf4&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Video by @cambloom<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Join us on the Project Spark journey and support our campaign to transform the lives of people with spinal cord injury.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/signup-to-our-newsletter\/\" class=\"wm-button color-\/error\/info\/success\/warning size-0\/l\/m\/s\/xl button\">Sign up to follow Project Spark<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the full story:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday 30 March, Minister Greg Hunt accepted SpinalCure Australia\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/the-hon-greg-hunt-please-help-we-re-so-close-to-changing-my-life-for-good\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30,000-strong petition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> calling on the Federal Government to commit to funding neurostimulation research that could restore life-changing function to Australians with spinal cord injury within the next five years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Off the back of several years of advocacy and thanks to our fantastic supporters, the Federal Government has created a grants program specifically for neurostimulation of up to $10m to improve outcomes for people with spinal cord injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11961 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kat_portrait_2_web-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kathryn Borkovic wearing jacket and striped top smiling\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kat_portrait_2_web-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kat_portrait_2_web-955x1024.jpg 955w, https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kat_portrait_2_web-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kat_portrait_2_web.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>\u201cWe\u2019re really pleased to see that neurostimulation research has been elevated to the Government funding agenda for the first time in Australia\u2019s history,<\/i>\u201d said Kathryn Borkovic, CEO, SpinalCure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis demonstrates that the Federal Government views neurostimulation as a leading pathway through which outcomes for Australians with spinal cord injury could be greatly improved in the short term.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe thank all the petition signers who helped us get to Canberra and demonstrate the support across Australia for cure-related spinal cord injury research.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhilst this is a great start, this research project\u2014called<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/campaigns\/projectspark\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Project Spark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014is a $46m project which could substantially reduce the annual $3.7b cost to the economy, and could change the lives of Australians with spinal cord injury within the next five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe will continue to work with both sides of federal politics, state governments, community and philanthropists to secure the full funds required to make this Project a reality,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/news\/neurostimulation-research-to-expand-thanks-to-spinalcure-supporters\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alex Richter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, SpinalCure Community Ambassador and the \u2018face\u2019 of our petition campaign said:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While someone with a spinal cord injury can live a fulfilling <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11693 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alex2-e1649045637283-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Richter smiling\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alex2-e1649045637283-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alex2-e1649045637283-768x814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alex2-e1649045637283.jpg 883w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/>life, so many daily struggles would be solved through gaining even the smallest amount of function back. Whether it be better hand function to be able to write with a pen, or to be able to get myself out of bed in the morning, would have a huge impact on my, and every other quadriplegic\u2019s, life.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis new grant stream is an important step forward\u2014with the right funding, research in Australia right now means it is very possible for there to be some sort of cure within my lifetime, whether it helps improve bladder or bowel function, or means that someone who sustains a spinal-cord injury could walk out of hospital without needing 10 months of rehab.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">What is neurostimulation?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spinal cord neurostimulation, coupled with intensive exercise, aims to connect the brain and the spinal cord over the injury\u2014almost like a jump-start for nerve connections. Some people who have received the treatment in studies overseas have been able to walk for the first time since the injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/research\/our-research-funding\/our-neurostimulation-funding\/\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">What is Project Spark?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Spark\u2014so-called because of its potential to revolutionalise spinal cord injury, will build on the current \u2018eWALK\u2019 clinical trial based at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Sydney, with additional clinical trials for different spinal cord injury types and bodily functions, plus in-home and in-community studies across five states of Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b style=\"color: var(--color_content_headings); font-size: 1.19em;\">Follow the Project Spark journey and support our campaign to transform the lives of people with spinal cord injury.<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/signup-to-our-newsletter\/\" class=\"wm-button color-\/error\/info\/success\/warning size-0\/l\/m\/s\/xl button\">Sign up to follow Project Spark<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nVideo by @cambloom Join us on the Project Spark journey and support our campaign to transform the lives of people with spinal cord injury. 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