Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO7160

This grant opportunity was announced as part of the 2021-22 Federal Budget. The Australian Government announced $29.5 million over four years to enhance the quality and capacity for non-general practise (non-GP) specialist medical training activities. The FATES grant opportunity complements the Australian Government’s existing Specialist Training Program (STP). This will influence reform across the non-GP specialist medical training system. 

The purpose of the FATES grant opportunity is to support non-GP specialist medical college (College) projects that address priority areas and actions identified in the National Medical Workforce Strategy (NMWS). These include a focus on addressing maldistribution and undersupply issues, as well as meeting community need by increasing support for building capacity in regional, rural, and remote locations and growing the First Nations specialist medical workforce. 

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• Improve and promote a positive medical education culture and support quality specialist medical training in regional, rural, and remote Australia. 
• Reduce barriers and improve incentives for entering regional, rural, and remote medical practice.
• Improve the imbalance of distribution of the non-GP specialist medical training arrangements and workforce, particularly in areas of unmet need.
• Attract and support First Nations trainees to grow the First Nations workforce towards population parity.

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

To be eligible you must be one of the listed organisations below:

• Australasian College for Emergency Medicine ABN 76009090715
• Australasian College of Dermatologists ABN 99411356609
• Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians ABN 40003200584
• Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists ABN 82055042852
• College of Intensive Care Medicine ABN 16134292103
• Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators ABN 39004688215
• Royal Australasian College of Physicians ABN 90270343237
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons ABN 29004167766
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists ABN 80000644404
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists ABN 34100268969
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists ABN 68000439047
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists ABN 37000029863
• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia ABN 52000173231

The list of eligible organisations was determined as the organisations listed above have been assessed to have:

• Existing infrastructure and networks to support anticipated project activities.
• Experience, knowledge, and capability to achieve project objectives and outcomes as described in Section 2.1.
• Demonstrated capacity to appropriately administer Commonwealth grant funding.
• Demonstrated capacity and potential to deliver grant outcomes in the current market given the specialist nature of the grant opportunity.

The organisations listed above already deliver the STP, and in some cases FATES projects. Their established administrative arrangements and infrastructure will assist the department to deliver the FATES in a timely and efficient manner. 

$8,600,000.00

Submit the completed application form and all necessary attachments by the closing date and time via the Online Application Form document located via the "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side. 

You should keep a copy of your application and any supporting documents. You will receive an automated email notification acknowledging the receipt of the submission which includes your Submission Reference ID. Retain this ID if you wish to query your application. If you do not receive an automated email notification within 48 hours of submission, please email Grant.ATM@health.gov.au. 

Note the 2MB limit per attachment in the application form. Multiple files/documents should be scanned into a single document. Compressed or zip files are not accepted. File names must be unique and not include foreign characters.