Improvement Grant Program

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.

There are no funding rounds currently open, please refer to the HNE Research Office Calendar of Opportunities for predicted future dates.