The purpose of this grant is to support the investigation of clinical variation in care, and development of a continuous quality improvement strategy to address unwarranted variation or improve the quality of systems and care.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: Up to $80,000
- Application opened: 25 July 2022
- Application closed: 2 September 2022, 5:00 pm
Program objective
The purpose of this grant is to support the investigation of clinical variation in care, and development of a continuous quality improvement strategy to address unwarranted variation or improve the quality of systems and care; ultimately improving cancer service delivery aligned to the goals of the NSW Cancer Plan.
This program is funded and administered by Cancer Institute NSW.
Eligibility
To be eligible for funding in the 2022 Grant Round:
- The organisation must be a Local Health District, Specialty Health Network or Primary Health Network.
- The organisation must be a GST registered organisation with a demonstrated track record in cancer control or vested interest in improving cancer outcomes for specific groups in the community and be based in and providing services to the population of NSW.
- Applicants must apply online via the Grants Management System (GMS).
- The project must commence in the 2022/23 financial year and be completed at the latest by 15 November 2024.
- All obligations regarding previously funded projects involving the applicants must have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Institute. Such obligations include the provision of satisfactory progress reports including budget update, final report including final budget and financial reconciliation report, and evaluation reports, submitted on time, as per the detailed project plan.
- The project must have an evaluation approach that includes both process measures and outcome measures. It is recommended that up to 10% of the total project cost is allocated to evaluation (an Evaluation Report template is included in the online Final Report submission for successful applicants).
- All applications must have the required signatures:
- Project Lead
- Project Sponsor
- Director of Cancer Services (for Local Health Districts and Specialty Health Networks) or equivalent (for Primary Health Networks), and
- Chief Executive (or equivalent).
Applications with a partner organisation also require the signature of the appropriate authority from the partner organisation.
- A NSW Health Aboriginal Impact Statement (PD2017_034) will be required for successful grants to accompany the project plan.
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What your application needs to include
The grant application needs to be completed on the Grants Management System (GMS).
Address the essential criteria
- The project identifies clinical leadership with subject matter expertise and a governance structure that includes input by and feedback to clinicians.
- Provision of a clear rationale for the proposed project initiative, including outlining what clinical variation has been identified (provide data) and how the clinical variation will be investigated.
- Provide a draft project plan and/or governance structure to outline how any identified unwarranted variation will be addressed.
- A) Provide an outline for how identified opportunities to improve the quality of systems and care will be approached, particularly when variation is not found to be unwarranted but opportunities for system change are identified; or
B) Provide an outline for how identified opportunities to address unwarranted variation (where confirmed) will be approached/actioned. - Commitment to working closely with the Institute to assess the opportunity to scale up successful projects statewide.
- Provision of a detailed final report in addition to a summary document of the completed project to facilitate knowledge sharing across the cancer system.
Assessment criteria
Each application will be reviewed and scored according to the project concept, including:
- sustainability
- project methodology
- project budget
- project evaluation
- experience/background
- focus and current activities of the organisation.
After the application is submitted
The applications will be assessed and both successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified.