Improvement Grant Program
NOW OPEN: For funding 1st July 2024 - 30th December 2025
The HNE Improvement Grant Program encourages collaboration between HNE staff, service managers, improvement specialists and patients by supporting staff in implementing evidence-based innovations to improve the health outcomes of patients and the community.
These grants are explicitly focused on the translation of existing evidence/guideline recommendations into sustainable routine care delivery practice. As such, funding will not support research (knowledge generation) initiatives.
Improvement initiatives are encouraged that:
- Address identified LHD priorities.
- Are supported by literature or local evidence from small scale initiatives and/or clinical guidelines.
- Demonstrate collaboration between clinical and service leaders, service providers, improvement/evaluation specialists, networks/streams, patients/consumers and Aboriginal advisors.
- Include supplementary support in terms of (in-kind) resources, staff release time, funding, equipment or resources, consumables etc. from the relevant clinical unit or partners.
- Improve the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction).
- Improve health outcomes.
- Reduce the per capita cost of health care.
In this round approximately $150,000 (6 projects x $25,000) has been identified by the HNE Research Office and Children, Young People and Family Services (CYPFS) to support up to 6 Improvement initiatives.
Key Dates
Applications OPEN | 12 December 2023 |
Applications CLOSE (via Award Force) | 2 April 2024 |
Notification of Successful Applicants | Late May 2024 |
Commencement of Project Funding | 1 July 2025 |
Project Funding End | 30 December 2025 |
Application Documents
Please ensure you complete the following prior to the closing date so they can be attached with your submission:
Endorsement Page: Endorsement will need to be received from Managers and Executive relative to the HNELHD Service that your application impacts.
Supporting Emails: A supporting email must be included for all team members and stakeholders listed, confirming they have been consulted on the project, have reviewed the application, and agree to be listed as a team member or stakeholder.
Submission
The Application Forms may be downloaded and used as templates to copy/paste answers into the online submission tool Award Force
Please submit applications via Award Force https://hnehealth.awardsplatform.com/
Contacts
For further information or enquiries please contact the HNE Research Office or HNE Research Development Manager, Dr Kathryn Reilly:
Email: HNELHD-ResearchOffice@health.nsw.gov.au or Kathryn.Reilly@health.nsw.gov.au
Office Phone: (02) 4921 4140