Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4498

The purpose of the grant opportunity is to improve the nutrition of children in early childhood (0-5 years) by supporting activities that lead to improved dietary patterns in line with the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

The grant opportunity will support activities that improve knowledge and skills (e.g. education sessions to parents on appropriate foods and recipes), develop and disseminate early childhood nutrition resources (e.g. posters, online tools or learning modules) or provide services to improve early childhood meal provision (e.g. provide menu assessments or menu planning tools). These activities may be targeted towards children (0 to 5 years), their parents or carers, early childhood health care providers, health professionals, early childhood educators, early childhood care organisations or food service providers in early childhood care or education settings. Grant recipients must have appropriate professional indemnity insurance.

The objective of the grant opportunity is to improve the nutrition of children aged 0 to 5 years of age to support optimal health, development and reduce the risk of developing diet related chronic conditions and obesity. This will be achieved through supporting activities that increase alignment of children’s dietary patterns to the recommendations in the Australian Dietary Guidelines. 

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:

• improved eating patterns for children aged 0 to 5 years; through increased adherence to the recommendations in the Australian Dietary Guidelines; and
• improved early childhood nutrition literacy and self-efficacy for children, parents, carers, educators, health professionals or early childhood education and care providers.  

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To be eligible you must:

• be an organisation in operation for a minimum of three years;
• have an Australian Business Number (ABN);
• be registered for the purposes of GST;
• have an account with an Australian financial institution; and
• be located in Australia.

Priority will be given to organisations with staff who hold appropriate qualifications for designing evidence-based nutrition programs, for example nutrition or dietetics qualifications (e.g. eligible for registration as an Accredited Practising Dietitian or Registered Nutritionist) and be one of the following entity types: 

• a company incorporated in Australia;
• a company incorporated by guarantee;
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust;
• an incorporated association;
• a partnership;
• a joint (consortia) application with a lead organisation;
• a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation;
• an Australian local government body; or
• an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.

If your organisation is a children’s education and care service, your organisation must:

• be a government approved education and care service in Australia; and
• meet the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority’s National Quality Framework.

You are not eligible to apply if you are:

• a Commonwealth, state or territory body (including government business enterprises);
• an individual;
• an unincorporated association; or
• an overseas organisation.

$2,400,000.00

From $400,000.00 to $2,400,000.00

Submit your application to Grant.ATM@health.gov.au with the email subject line “GO4498 Application” followed by your organisation’s name.

If you do not receive an email (including auto reply) within 48 hours please contact the department on (02) 6289 5600.

Please only submit your application in .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx or .pdf format. Applications cannot exceed 20MB. Do not include macros, zip or password protect applications or attachments.