• University/research institute applicants should contact their Advancement/Research Office prior to submitting an EOI or Application See specific instructions if you are from a university or research institute.
• Please note that existing projects may not be eligible. Occasionally the Foundation will support an innovation or development to an existing project but please contact the relevant program manager before proceeding.
• The Foundation prioritises applications with evidence of collaboration. 
• In the case of multiple applications from one institution within a given grant round, the research office/advancement team must provide a priority ranking of all such applications. A maximum of three applications may be submitted by an organisation within a grant round.
• Prior to applying, please ensure that your project has additional proposed providers of funding and that your application clearly considers any possible grant from the Foundation in this context. We are unlikely to fund 100% of a project cost.
• Please also refer to the Funding Principles section for further information.

• Purposes that are core to the operations of the organisation and should more appropriately be funded from institutional operating funds
• Research projects for which there would be a reasonable prospect of attracting commercial funding
• Research funding, scholarships or projects that would be awarded by the grantseeker to third parties.

Projects that fall into any of the following categories will not be considered for funding:

• Retrospective funding – projects which are already underway, or which will commence prior to the date indicated in our online application information are not eligible for consideration.
• Recurrent expenditure for which there is no future provision.
• Capital or endowment funds established to fund a chair or to provide a corpus for institutions.
• Research for undergraduate, masters or doctoral students
• Auspicing* is not permitted – the organisation applying must be the one that will run the program or project.
• Applications for public charitable purposes outside the Commonwealth of Australia**
• Applications for projects that have previously been declined by the Foundation cannot be resubmitted.
• Applications will not be accepted from organisations that have not successfully acquitted previous grants from the Foundation.
• We do not directly support schools.

Auspicing refers to the practice of an ineligible organisation (one that does not have DGR and TCC status) applying to the Foundation via an eligible organisation. Auspicing arrangements are excluded under the Foundation's guidelines. The organisation applying to the Foundation must be the organisation that will run the project or program for which a grant is being sought.

The Foundation is limited to providing money, property or benefits for public charitable purposes in the Commonwealth of Australia. However, the Foundation is able to provide a grant for activities outside the Commonwealth if the grant is made for a public charitable purpose in the Commonwealth. For example, a grant might be made to an Australian university to enable it to fund an overseas study tour by an Australian researcher engaged by the university.

Grant requests for this program area are considered via a two-stage Expression of Interest process.  

Please note if you are from a research institution there is a specific process you need to follow.

For all other not-for-profit organisations:

1. Check your organisation’s Eligibility 
2. Read ALL the information on this program area page to ensure your project meets the program area objectives and to see when applications are open.
3. Attend the Information Session held prior to the funding round.
4. Submit an Expression of Interest via this page when the program area next opens for submissions. A link will appear at the bottom of the page allowing you to log in to our grant management system by either entering your username and password (if you have applied for a grant previously) or creating a new account. 
5. If your proposal meets the Foundation's criteria, the program manager may contact you to seek further information.  
6. After this conversation, you may be asked to submit some further information. You can re-access your Expression of Interest via the Login link (see header or footer) using your username and password. 
7. If your Expression of Interest is approved, you will be invited to submit a full application. Complete your full application (Stage 2) online. We require all supporting documents to be submitted as part of the online application by 5:00 pm AEST on the closing date. 
8. If your Expression of Interest is approved, you will be invited to submit a full application. Complete your full application (Stage 2) online. We require all supporting documents to be submitted as part of the online application by 5:00 pm AEST on the closing date. 

What happens next?

All grant applications are considered by the Board of Governors at the Foundation’s board meetings, which are held three times a year in line with the Funding Rounds.

You will be advised of the outcome of your application by phone or email.

To assist your organisation with the application process, we have provided Word templates of the EOI and full application online forms below. 

Expression of Interest (Stage 1)

• EOI Form template - Public Health (currently being updated)
• Project budget template (currently being updated)

Full application (Stage 2)

• Public Health application form template (currently being updated)
• Public Health application form template - research institutions only (currently being updated)

Please note these are NOT the live application forms. All EOIs and full applications MUST be completed online via our grant management portal. A link will be sent to you to access the appropriate forms if your proposal meets the Foundation's criteria.