The Multicultural Cancer Control Grant is to improve equity of outcomes, and to expand access to culturally safe and responsive services for patients and carers from multicultural background.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: Up to $50,000
- Application opened: 28 November 2022
- Application closed: 14 February 2023, 5:00 pm
Program objective
The purpose of these grants is to improve equity of outcomes, and to expand access to culturally safe and responsive services for patients and carers from multicultural background. The initiatives will need to align to the 3 overriding principles that guide the direction of the NSW Cancer Plan, including:
- equity of outcomes
- person-centredness
- collaboration.
This program is funded and administered by Cancer Institute NSW.
Eligibility
Who can apply
To be eligible for funding in the 2022 grant round the organisation must be:
- a registered organisation working to improve health and/or cancer outcomes for multicultural groups, and
- be based in and providing services to the population of NSW.
Eligible organisations include:
- Local Health Districts
- other government organisations
- Primary Health Networks
- community and non-government organisations.
Projects funded under this grant
- The project must commence in the 2022-23 financial year.
- 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, final and financial reports.
- The project must have an evaluation approach that includes process and outcome measures. Successful applicants will be required to complete the evaluation template provided. It's recommended that evaluation be considered in the project costing.
What you can't apply for
- Capital purchases.
- Funding for research proposals.
- The continuation and/or evaluation of previously funded projects.
- Funding for clinical service positions or the delivery of clinical services.
- Cash or cash-equivalent based incentives.
- The development of resources and/or marketing and campaign activities.
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What your application needs to include
You can download the full guidelines.
File
Download Cancer Institute NSW – Application guidelines for 2022 round (PDF 350.48KB)For more information about applying see:
Addressing the essential criteria
The lead applicant must be a:
- NSW Local Health District
- Specialty Health Network
- non-government organisation
- not-for-profit organisation
- Primary Health Network.
If the lead applicant is a non-government or not-for-profit organisation, it must:
- demonstrate significant experience in delivering health programs, and/or
- partner with appropriately skilled organisations and provide evidence of such.
- The project must:
- address a prioritised action of the NSW Cancer Plan, under Priority 3, against which the Institute has been identified as a lead agency, and
- align with one or more of the four strategic areas of the Institute’s Multicultural Equity Framework.
- The project application must demonstrate sustainability of the initiatives. For example, how the project will continue to contribute to achieving the NSW Cancer Plan goals beyond the funding period of the grant.
- The project must have:
- a comprehensive plan and an evaluation strategy, and
- up to 10% of the budget be allocated for evaluation and monitoring.
- The project must identify key stakeholders and foster effective partnerships to:
- improve culturally responsive services, and
- better support multicultural people and carers affected by cancer.
Addressing the assessment criteria
Each application will be reviewed and scored according to the project concept, including:
- project methodology
- project budget and resourcing
- evaluation
- experience/background
- sustainability.
Start the application
How to complete an application:
- Commence application process through the Grants Management System (GMS). For instructions on how to use the GMS, refer to the GMS User Guide (PDF 421.54KB).
- Download, complete and sign the Cancer Institute Word template (DOCX 840.84KB) and upload it as a PDF on to the Grants Management System – 'Supporting evidence and attachments' section. Electronic signatures will be accepted as a result of work from home arrangements.
- The application should provide all requested information. Only information provided in the application will form the basis of the review process.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by The Cancer Institute NSW’s Chief Executive Officer/Chief Cancer Officer.
The applications will be assessed and both successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified.