Research funding in Australia and New Zealand in the areas of anaesthesia, pain and perioperative medicine is among the lowest of all medical specialties.
Many foundation-supported studies have led to large peer-reviewed funding grants for ANZCA Clinical Trials Network endorsed multi-centre clinical trials, improving evidence-based clinical practice worldwide.
Find out what we've achieved through the foundation, and how you can get involved.
Learn more about the foundation’s vision and mission, and our initiatives with Indigenous communities and overseas aid work.
Our Patrons Program lets you invest in safer surgery, better pain treatment, and restoring patients’ quality of life.
There are several ways you can give through the foundation, to support research and education programs needed to help continuously improve patient outcomes.
ANZCA supports the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists’ Global Fellowship Programme, which provides skilled anaesthesiologists through low-cost, high-quality training across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Many of the recent advances in anaesthesia, pain medicine and perioperative patient care have involved pioneering ANZCA-funded research conducted by our fellows.
We are the leading clinical trials network in anaesthesia, pain and perioperative medicine.
At ANZCA’s inauguration, it received the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Faculty of Anaesthetists’ share of the RACS Foundation Fund. These funds were used to establish the ANZCA Foundation, which continues to support medical research and education to save lives, help people to optimise their health, and work to make life as pain-free as possible.
Find out what we're doing to address the inequities in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
We're committed to improving education and training capacity in anaesthesia and pain medicine in response to the needs expressed by low and middle income countries (LMIC).
