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OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

Research Grant – 
Australia & New Zealand 2025

The Fitrockr & Garmin Health grant is supporting innovative use of our data and ecosystem to researchers in selected countries. 

Apply here for a grant which will provide support for research projects with up to 50 participants.

Application deadline: Aug 31, 2025 – open

Awardee will receive: 

5 Garmin wearables

3 months unrestricted access to the Fitrockr Health Solution Platform for up to 50 participants

Opportunity to be featured on Garmin Health blog

Steps
Steps
Heartrate
Heartrate
Stress
Stress
HRV / BBI
HRV / BBI
Acceleromter
Acceleromter
Calories
Calories
Respiration
Respiration
Pulse Ox
Pulse Ox
Body Battery
Body Battery
Body Composition
Body Composition
Sleep
Sleep
Gyroscope
Gyroscope
Intensity Minutes
Intensity Minutes
Activity Details
Activity Details

Application Requirements

Eligible Countries

For this grant, we invite applications from Australia & New Zealand.
 

Eligible Researchers

Postgrads, PhD, Postdocs and Senior Researchers who:

  • plan or have a research study that utilizes health data from wearable devices.  
  • are working at a university, research institution, hospital or medical institution.

Eligible Research Studies

Research studies that utilize Fitrockr and data from Garmin wearables such as daily health and activity data, workout details, sleep, HRV, heart rate, stress, steps, pulse oxygen, respiration, zero crossing, accelerometer or gyroscope. 

Timing & Deadlines

Application deadline: Aug 31, 2025

Grant decision: Sep 30, 2025

Study timeframe: Study must be completed in 2026

Data collection timeframe: up to 3 months

Application Requirements

  • Abstract of planned project / study (max. 500 words)
  • Personal introduction (max. 200 words)

Selection Criteria

  • Quality, feasibility, innovation and goals of the proposed project
  • How the grant will support the project
  • Scientific merit
  • Applicant’s expertise and capability to execute the study

All applications will be reviewed by a selection committee consisting of the following experts:

Harry Gasiamis

Garmin Health

Dr. Leon Brudy

Garmin Health

Scott Burgett

Garmin Health

Joerg Fehlinger

Fitrockr Health Solutions

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Garmin Health provides custom enterprise business solutions that leverage Garmin’s extensive wearable portfolio and high-quality sensor data for applications in the corporate wellness, population health, and patient monitoring markets. As part of a global company that designs, manufactures and ships products worldwide, Garmin Health supports its customers’ commerce and logistics needs, allowing enterprises to scale with a single, trusted partner. 
 
The Fitrockr platform is an innovative platform to run health data research projects based on Garmin wearables. It provides access to high resolution health data recorded via Garmin wearables for research studies. 
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