National & International competitive funding

2025

• McAuley JH, Cashin AC, Wand BE, Maher C, Bagg M, Gustin SM, Refshauge K, Lin C, Williams C, Traeger A, Zambelli R, Jennings M, Goodall S, Marsh S, Jones M, The CRONOS trial: Graded sensorimotor retraining compared to supervised exercise for chronic low back pain. MRFF Clinical Trials Activity 2025 – 2030, $2,532,094.80
• Langford A, Lin C, Nielsen S, Ferreira G, McAuley JH, Billot L, Reeve E, Albarqo L, Holiday S, Ademi Z. Sandhu H, Hayes C, Allinan, H. Improving the Wellbeing of people with Opioid Treated Chronic Pain in Australia (I-WOTCH-AU). MRFF Integrated Multidisciplinary Models of Primary Care. 2025 – 2030 $1,805,854.60  

2024

• Williams CM, McAuley JH, Flood V, Kamper SJ, Buchbinder R, Tiedemann A, Williams K, Davidson S, Cashin A, Saragiotto B, Beard D. The HeLP-R trial: Adaptation and implementation of an effective lifestyle program for with musculoskeletal pain in rural populations. MRFF Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles 2024 – 2029 $1,698,725
• Williams CM, McAuley JH, Beard D, Passey M, Flood V, Kamper S, Randall S, Maher CG, Buchbinder R, Yoong S, Bailie J, Cashin A, McLennan V, Bailie R, Hamiduzzaman M. Healthy Back: building capacity and safe access to integrated primary care support options for people living in rural areas with chronic back pain and healthy lifestyle risks. MRFF Primary Health Care Research 2024 – 2029: $1,985,39
• Machado G, Williams C, Maher C, Hassett L, Lung T, Dinh M, Morphet J, Bonner C, Lin C, McAuley JH, Coombes D, Adbel Shaheed C, Traeger A, Billot L, Mace K. SMART-ED: a sequential multiple assignment trial in emergency departments testing optimal implementation strategies of back pain. MRFF Clinical Trials Activity 2024 – 2029; $4,789,557.60. 
• Luomajoki H, Benz T, Pfeiffer F, Silvia C, McAuley JH, Moseley GL, Wand BM, Wirz M. RESOLVE Swiss. Swiss National Science Foundation. 2024 – 2029 $1,300,000
• Cashin A, Traeger A, Yoong S, Machado G, Leake L, Bagg MK, Haynes A, Sharma S, McAuley JH, Moseley L, Stanton T, Wand B, Ferreira M, Williams C, Maher C. RESOLVE-D, Implementing new and effect treatments for low back pain. MRFF Early to Mid-Career Researchers 2024 – 2028 $1,500,000

2023

• McAuley JH, Rizzo R, Moseley GL, Williams C, Traeger A, Cashin A, Maher C, Goodall S, Machado G, Gustin S,  Sharpe L, Byambasuren O, McCaffery K, Yoong S. The NOTUS trial (NOn-pharmacological Treatment for chronic low back pain USing digital health technology) Primary Health Care Digital Innovations. 2023 – 2028 $$1,614,405
• Moseley L, McAuley JH, Sterling M, Wand B, Karran E, Cashin A, Rebbeck T, Stanton T, De Zoete R, Wallwork S, Harvie D, Goodall S.  ReconNECKt: A randomised placebo-controlled trial to test the safety, clinical and cost effectiveness of a new treatment for chronic neck pain. MRFF Clinical Trials Activity 2023 – 2028 $1,484,782
• Jones MJ, McAuley JH, Stamatakis E, Schutte A, Moseley GL, Refshauge K, Smith L, Williams C, Traeger A, Parmenter B, Cashin A, Ferreira M, Peters R, Goodall S. Effective Treatment and Therapies. CAPACITY: A telehealth, effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial to increase physical activity in adults with chronic low back pain. 2023 – 2027 $1,392,856.40
• Buchbinder R, Maher C, Hinman R, March L, Harris I, McAuley JH, Ferreira M, Hodges P, O’Connor D, Billot L, Australia New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network (ANZMUSC) NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence 2023 – 2029 $2,500,000 

2022

• McAuley, JH. Improving care for low back pain. NHMRC Investigator Grant (L1). 2022 – 2027 $2,111,089
• McAuley JH, Moseley GL, Gustin SM, Smeets R, Flor H, Goodall S, Stanton T, Giummarra, M, Cashin AC. Improving the lives of people with phantom limb pain; the TITAN trial. Rare Cancers Rare Diseases and Unmet Need 2022 – 2027 $1,531,000 
• Kamper SJ, Williams CM, Nathan N, Martiniuk A, Wolfenden L, McAuley JH, Hestbaek L, Rogers K, Angell B, Pate J, Thompson K, Swain M. Pain Smart: Integrating education and clinical care for adolescents with pain. 2022 – 2027 $1,242,433
• Klyne D, Hodges P, Humphries M, McAuley JH, Nicholas MK, van den Hoorn W, Smith S, Suri P, Hunter D, Smits E, Riddick R, Ferreira M. What causes low back pain to flare: Has a major opportunity to understand back pain been missed? US NIH. 2022 - 2029 $3,874,508

2021

• Gustin S, McAuley JH, Middleton J, Lin Chin-Teng, Jensen M, Craig A, Glare P, Newton-John T, Moseley GL, Hesam-Shariati N. StoPain: A randomised placebo-controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of an advanced interactive brain-computer interface neuromodulation treatment for spinal cord injury neuropathic.  2021 – 2026 Rare Cancers Rare Diseases and Unmet Need $1,870,000

2020

• McAuley JH, Gustin S, Moseley GL, McLachlan A, Wand BM, Lamb SE, O’Connell NE. MEMOIROZ: A multi-site placebo-controlled trial of memantine and graded motor imagery for complex regional pain syndrome Rare Cancers Rare Diseases and Unmet Need 2020 – 2024 $922,314.05

2019

• McAuley JH, Gustin S, McLachlan A, Lamb SE, Birbaumer N, Flor H, Lotze M, O’Connell NE, Lee H. MEMOIR: A multi-national randomised factorial placebo-controlled trial with embedded mechanism evaluation of memantine and graded motor imagery for complex regional pain syndrome. NHMRC Project Grant 2019-2025 $2,309,000
• Maher CG, Buchbinder R, Hancock MJ, O’Sulllivan P, McAuley JH, Blythe F, Jorm L, Collie A, McCaffery K, Hayes A. Low Back Pain Centre for Research Excellence. NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence 2019-2024 $2,499,990 

2015

• McAuley JH, Moseley GL, Maher CM, Goodall S, Stanton T, Wand BM. Resolve: A new treatment - sensorimotor retaining with Explaining pain - for chronic low back pain. NHMRC Project Grant 2015-2018 $970,000.

2014

• Schabrun S, McAuley JH, Graven-Nielsen T, Nicholas MN, Henschke N, Khan A. Understanding pain where it resides; in the brain.  NHMRC Project Grant 2014-2018 $814,825

2013

• McAuley JH, Nicholas MK, Moseley GL, Henschke N, Refshauge K. Preventing chronic low back pain. NHMRC Project Grant 2013-2016 $509,000.

2011

• Moseley GL, McAuley JH.  Developing and testing a new treatment approach for low back pain. NHMRC Project Grant 2011-2015 $595,392

Other competitive funding

• Rizzo R, Cashin A, Traeger A, Batista G, McAuley JH, McBride J. AID-Back feasibility trial: a co-created Artificial Intelligence chatbot for Decision-making to improve back pain management in primary care. SPHERE Musculoskeletal CAG Seeding Grant. 2024-2026 $38,450  
• Cavaleri R, Summers S, McAuley JH, Stanton T. Home-based neuromodulation: Preventing the transition from acute to chronic pain. HCF Research Foundation. 2024 – 2026 $170,353
• Cavaleri R, McAuley JH, Stanton T Summers S, Chang WJ, Chowdhury N. tDCS and exercise for knee pain. Arthritis Australia Grant in Aid 2024-2026 $19,974
• Rizzo R, McAuley JH, Batista G, McBride J. Supporting evidence-based decision making for low back pain through artificial intelligence. ANZBACK Research network Seeding Grant. 2024 – 2025 $19,930
• Davidson S, Williams C, Kamper S, Wolfenden L, Tideman A, Flood V, Robinson E, McAuley JH, et al. HCF Research Foundation Translational Research Grants. 2024 – 2027 $312,765
• Eisman J, Center J, White C,…McAuley J. Public Health and Chronic Disease Program: Osteoporosis Consumer Awareness Osteoporosis Consumer Awareness Grant GO3113. 2020-2022 $500,000 
• McAuley JH, Gustin S, Loo C. Mindgardens. 2020-2022 $300,000 
• Newtown-John T, Gustin SM, McAuley JH. SPHERE Frontiers Clinical Advisory Group. 2019-2021 $40,000
• Lappin J, Draker B, Sharma S, Brydon L, Darke S, Shand F, Dear B, McAuley JH, Neilssen O, Titov N. Mindgardens Neuroscience Network Clinical Translation Program. 2019-2022 $150,000
• Thom J… McAuley JH et al., UNSW Major equipment grant, Research Infrastructure Support. 2019 $500,000
• Farrell, McAuley, JH; et al., Alcohol and Other Drug Research Grant, Department of Health / Drug and Alcohol Program. 2017-2020 $8,005,000
• McAuley JH and STREAM Health collaborators. The development and testing of a social media campaign to promote self-management for people with low back pain. SPHERE. 2017 – 2020 $120,000
• Lee H, McAuley JH, Herbert RD, Kamper SJ, Henschke N, Williams CM. Development of a reporting guideline for mediation studies. UC Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) & Center for Effective Global Action and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. 2015-2017 $28,300
• Williams CM, McAuley JH, Wiggers J. Coal Services Health and Safety Trust. 2016 - 2017. $102,000.
• Nicholas MK, Pearce G, Linton SJ, Main C, Shaw W, Smeets R, Maher C, McAuley JH, Blyth F, Cameron I, McGarity A. Trial of early screening and intervention for health workers with soft tissue injuries at risk of long-term disability. NSW Ministry of Health & EML Insurance. 2013-2015. $337,000
• McAuley JH, Costa L, Costa L, Maher C.  Cross cultural translation and adaptation of low back pain questionnaires. The University of Sydney International Project Development Fund (IPDF). 2009. $20,000 
• McAuley JH. Faculty of Medicine Early Career/New Staff Award The validity of portable devices to measure sleep outcomes in patients with low back pain. 2008. $60,000 
• McAuley JH, Maher CG, Refshauge KM. The prognosis of chronic low back pain Cumberland Research Grant. 2007. $17,000