Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140102679

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Musical investment: assessing and enabling musical participation for well being impact across the lifespan. This project tests a growing belief that by investing in opportunity for musical participation we may develop the capacity to improve individual, family and community well being. The work advances the knowledge base by generating theories and evidence about why we should invest in music-making in order to promote well being across the lifespan. It undertakes systematic investigations to identify specific variables that promote well being in music activities. It develops best practice guidelines for music practitioners across a range of disciplines using a variety of modalities and offers potential to inform policy development.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-2014

End Date: 07-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $261,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council