The Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program - Year 2 (IIP) grant supports industry initiatives that will encourage participation and retention of women in the construction industry.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: From $30,000 to $300,000
- Application opened: 22 January 2024
- Application closed: 19 February 2024, 2:00 pm
Program objective
The objective of the Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program (IIP) Grant Year 2 is to support industry initiatives that will encourage the participation and retention of women in the construction industry by:
- Creating inclusive workplace cultures, including by improving employee wellbeing and supporting flexible working arrangements;
- Increasing the number of women entering and staying in the industry; and
- Supporting women in leadership and female employees.
The NSW Government has developed the Women in Construction strategy which includes the following complementary pillars:
- Removing obstacles: removing obstacles that prevent women from entering the construction industry and implement reforms to create safe and inclusive workplaces.
- Creating desire and awareness: creating desire and awareness to encourage women to choose a career in construction, with a focus on the benefits and opportunities construction offers.
- Fulfilment / retention: creating easy and clear pathways for women to apply, enter and progress in the industry and providing active support and case management to retain women in the industry; and
- Accountability: keeping government and industry accountable to increase the number of women in construction.
This program is administered by Department of Education.
This program is funded by Infrastructure NSW.
Eligibility
Who can apply
Eligible applicants must:
- Be an Australian legal entity that has legal right to execute an IIP Funding Deed in its own name.
- Be a construction business, trade union or construction industry association in any Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recognised construction sector or a business partnering with construction-related business(es), including delivering services to construction businesses.
- Be a legal entity with a current Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN).
- Provide construction or construction-related services in NSW or be an industry association or trade union representing members in NSW.
- Construction businesses or construction-related businesses must demonstrate current employment of women in non-traditional occupations.
- Trade union or industry association must demonstrate current membership of women in non-traditional occupations (refer to Definitions section).
- Be financially viable and have the capacity to deliver proposed project within the term of IIP Grant Year 2 funding.
Where an application comprises a consortium or partnership arrangement with more than one entity, the application needs to clearly identify the lead party that NSW Government will enter into the funding agreement with, should the application be awarded funding.
For further information about Eligibility and how to apply, please go to Women in Construction IIP Grant Guidelines Year 2. (PDF 491.52KB)
Types of projects funded under this grant
In their application, applicants must demonstrate that their IIP project:
- Aligns to the following IIP outcomes that will encourage participation and retention of women in construction industry:
- Creating inclusive workplace cultures;
- Increasing the number of women entering and staying in the industry; and
- Supporting women in leadership and female employees.
- Will be fully delivered within NSW.
- Involves the construction industry.
- Has the potential for scalability and sustainability of the proposed project post-funding.
- Is an innovative approach that differs from their business-as-usual activities.
- Can be delivered within the required timeframe (refer to Key Dates section).
- Includes required evidence to support the project proposal.
- Is not an existing contractual obligation under a contract with the NSW Government.
Additional eligibility requirements
Each applicant, as part of an application response, must confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants that do not address the eligibility criteria in full may be excluded from the application process at the Department's discretion.
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What your application needs to include
Prepare your application with this checklist
For further information about what your application needs to include, please go to the Women in Construction IIP Grant Guidelines Year 2. (PDF 491.52KB)
All applicants are required to confirm they have read and understand the terms and conditions of the draft WiC IIP Year 2 funding deed.
Please refer to the draft WiC IIP Year 2 funding deed. (PDF 496.39KB)
To learn more about IIP Year 2, including program information, key timings, and FAQs - view the industry briefing pack (PDF 3.19MB).
Frequently asked questions for IIP Year 2 can be found here :IIP Year 2 Frequently asked questions (PDF) (PDF 173.86KB)
Address the eligibility criteria
Each applicant, as part of an application response, must confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants that do not address the eligibility criteria in full may be excluded from the application process at the department's discretion.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: Women in Construction Infrastructure NSW Steering Committee
Assessment
- All applications will be assessed in the same manner.
- All applications will be assessed for eligibility against the Applicant, Project and Cost Eligibility Criteria.
- Eligible applications will then be assessed against the Assessment Criteria.
- Eligible applications will be assessed by an Assessment Panel (the Panel). The Panel will consist of NSW Government representatives including the Department of Education (DoE) and Infrastructure NSW (INSW).
- Refer to the Women In Construction IIP Grant Guidelines - Year 2 (PDF 491.52KB) for detailed information about eligibility and assessment requirements.
All applications will be assessed by the Assessment Panel and referred to Infrastructure NSW Steering Committee and the Secretary of the Department of Education for approvals.
Support and contact
For all enquiries regarding the Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program Year 2, please email wic@det.nsw.edu.au.The team is available to provide:
- Basic IT support to help applicants submit their application if needed.
- General information about the IIP Grant.
The team cannot provide advice regarding individual application questions e.g. confirming organisation or project eligibility. Please note all IIP Grant related questions will be responded to via email and, where relevant, published with the IIP Grant information. The 8th of February 2024 is the last day of the question-and-answer period. After this period, only questions about using and/or submitting the application form will be answered.