{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260100214"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260100214","attributes":{"code":"DE260100214","administering-organisation":"University of Wollongong","announcement-administering-organisation":"University of Wollongong","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2028-12-31","grant-summary":"From Pixels to Pillows: Optimising Screen Use for Healthier Sleep. With increasing screen use at ever-younger ages, parents face pressing challenges in promoting healthy sleep, yet existing screen time advice misaligns with modern realities. This project aims to investigate how screen use can coexist with healthy sleep in pre-schoolers. Through multidimensional profiling, novel analytics, and mixed methods, it will generate essential evidence to inform practical solutions. Expected outcomes include a novel sleep profile scoring system, identification of screen use profiles that support healthier sleep, and a deeper understanding of how parenting shapes both behaviours. This will pave the way for digital-age strategies, empowering parents to help children achieve the healthy sleep they need to thrive.","funding-current":533538.00,"funding-at-announcement":529309,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Zhiguang","familyName":"Zhang","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-6873-7410 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Zhiguang","familyName":"Zhang","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-6873-7410 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"University of Wollongong","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"University of Wollongong","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4206","name":"Public Health","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"420603","name":"Health Promotion","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"520101","name":"Child and Adolescent Development","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"200203","name":"Health Education and Promotion","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"200401","name":"Behaviour and Health","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Canada","Finland","Norway","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"There is no substitute for healthy sleep, yet one in three Australian pre-schoolers experience sleep difficulties, impeding their learning, development, and family well-being. With the pervasiveness of digital devices, promoting healthy sleep has never been more challenging for parents. Current restrictive approaches to screen time are impractical, with over 80% of pre-schoolers exceeding the recommended limit. Moving beyond duration, this project will take a multidimensional approach to investigate how screen use can coexist with healthy sleep in pre-schoolers. It will identify screen use profiles that are compatible with healthier sleep and parenting approaches that support both behaviours. This knowledge will inform practical screen use optimisation strategies that go beyond rigid restrictions, helping families promote healthy sleep in an increasingly digital world. Benefits include innovative pathways for children to develop digital skills without compromising sleep, healthier sleep that enhances learning, creativity, and development, and actionable solutions to reduce screen-related tensions and foster more harmonious family environments. Findings will be translated into free resources (e.g., interactive tool, parenting toolkit) via the ARC Digital Child website and into updated national guidelines via collaboration with government bodies. This will ensure research outcomes reach Australian families, empowering their children to sleep well and excel in the digital age."}}}