Primary Health Networks (PHN) Program: General Practice Incentive Fund

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Grant Name

Funder

Department of Health and Aged Care

Australian Government

Country or Region

Australia

Research Field

Public Health Services

Deadline

17-Feb-2025

Grant Size

$33,176,000.00

Contact Info

Health Grants Team Grant.ATM@Health.gov.au

Eligibility

Who is eligible for a grant?

To be eligible, you must be one of the listed organisation/s outlined in Table 3: Eligible Organisations and have received an invitation to from the department. The list of eligible organisation/s was determined to be limited to PHNs; this is in keeping with the intent of the General Practice Incentive Fund program as announced in the 2023-24 Budget. PHNs are regional organisations that commission and integrate services at the local level to address identified needs and provide support and system level integration for health services to improve coordination of care for patients.

PHNs are individual, not-for-profit organisations that were selected through an open competitive process in 2014-15.

Who is not eligible for a grant?

You are not eligible to for this grant opportunity if you:

have not received an invitation from the department
are not listed as an eligible organisation in section 4.1, and
are an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s website on the list of ‘Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme’.

Grant Number

GO6695

Description

The General Practice Incentive Fund grant opportunity (the grant opportunity) was announced as a 2023-24 Budget measure, and extended, with additional funding, through the 2024-25 Budget.

The 2023-24 Budget Strengthening Medicare – Support for Health, Care and Support Services in Thin Markets measure provided:

Funding of $16.588 million for FY 2023-24 to extend the GP Incentive Fund allowing allocation of resources through PHNs where market failure occurs, to commission additional services defined in a Service System Recovery Plan developed with local service providers and key stakeholders.

The 2024-25 Budget – Boosting Supply of Healthcare in Areas of Shortage measure provided:

an additional $16.588 million for FY 2024-25 to extend the GP Incentive Fund allowing PHNs to continue to commission services defined in a ‘Service System Recovery Plan’ developed with local service providers and key stakeholders.

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Funding resources
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link