Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO6019

The grant opportunity aims to optimise the existing workforce capabilities and allow the workforce to work at the top of their scope. 

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to trial a free national support line for GPs to access clinical advice and support from psychiatrists.

Under Program 1.2: Mental Health, the Australian Government is committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of all Australians, including a focus on suicide prevention.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are:

• to provide GPs with access to clinical patient management advice and support from psychiatrists to support management of more complex patients in their practices;
• increase access to specialised psychiatric advice to support patients who may not have access to psychiatry services in a timely way, or due to cost barriers; and
• to assist with ongoing management of patients while waiting for higher acuity care.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:

• creation of a National telephone advisory support line and website, offering advice to GPs from a pool of suitably qualified psychiatrists between 7-7pm (AEST), Monday to Friday;
• ensure advice is provided at zero cost to GPs;
• GPs will be able to seek advice from psychiatrists on a range of subjects including mental health, safety, medication, psychosocial advice, treatment, diagnosis and referral pathways via a national telephone line;
• self-reported increased knowledge and capabilities of GPs in the management of more complex patients in their practices; and 
• provide increased support for consumers who may not be able to access psychiatry services in a timely way or due to cost.

To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left hand side.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN);
• be registered for the purposes of GST; and
• have an account with an Australian financial institution.

and be eligible you must be one of the following entity types:

• Indigenous Corporation;
• Company;
• Corporate Commonwealth Entity;
• Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity;
• Non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority;
• Corporate State or Territory Entity;
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity;
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority;
• Local Government;
• Cooperative;
• Incorporated Association; or
• Statutory Entity. 

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above. 

Applications from consortia are acceptable, as long as you have a lead applicant who is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above. 

Further, we can only accept applications from:

• applicants with an ability to deliver the grant opportunity nationally (applications will not be accepted where delivery is targeted to specific regions); and 
• applicants with a demonstrated experience working with Primary Health Networks. 

$4,287,000.00

Submit the completed application form and all necessary attachments by the closing date and time via the red Submit Application button on the left-hand side. You should keep a copy of your application and any supporting documents. Registered users will receive an automated email notification acknowledging the receipt of the submission. 

If you do not receive an automated email notification within 48 hours of submission, please email Grant.ATM@health.gov.au.

Applicants should follow the below instructions to upload their application: 

• Filename(s) do not exceed 100 characters
• Any file type can be submitted to GrantConnect
• Refrain from using special characters. These include, but are not limited to, colon, forward and back slash, question marks, en and em dash.
• A maximum of five (5) separate files can be submitted at one time
• Do not include macros or password protect applications or attachments.