RBWH Foundation Grant Round 4

Submission is online through the website rbwhfoundation.grantplatform.com. Email or other forms will not be accepted. Submissions after the deadline 31 March 2025 will not be accepted. There are two application forms available at the grants platform home page:  Patient Care and Research.  

Lead Applicants can submit one application; duplicates are blocked by the platform. However, a Lead Applicant of a project can be a collaborator in multiple applications.

Yes.

An Early Career Applicant is generally an individual within 8 years of completing their higher degree (MPhil, PhD or equivalent; however, this is inclusive of those who may not hold a research higher degree) or of commencing active research as a project leader. We do not require a track record or curriculum vitae to be uploaded, if you select ‘Early Career’, you will be prompted to provide information about your mentorship and what qualifies you as an Early Career applicant. 

There is no limit to the number of collaborators. You will be requested to confirm that all collaborators listed have been informed and are supportive of your application. We do not require the collaborators signature or endorsement as part of the submission process.

This step will be facilitated by the applicant filling the name and email addresses of their appropriate Business Manager (BM) and Service Line Director (SLD). Upon submission completion, the grants’ platform will automatically notify BM and SLD that their endorsement is required. There is no need of their signature in any document; everything will be done via the grants’ platform.

Applicants should read the Application Guidelines to view the submission information required. Applications will be assessed on information you provide (see Scoring Criteria).  

• Select Patient Care application form if your application aims to improve patients and their families/visitors experience, environment, wellbeing and/or satisfaction.  
• Select Research application form if your application poses a question/aims to address a hypothesis and/or requires Ethics Approval and/or it evaluates quality improvement of clinical care.  

No, recipients can only hold one active grant at a time. Grant recipients with existing funding from the 2022 Extraordinary Opportunity Grant Round or RBWH Foundation Grant Rounds 1, 2, or 3 are not eligible to apply as a Lead Applicant.

The Lead Applicant needs to hold an appointment with RBWH, STARS or a Metro North Health Institute located on the Herston Health Precinct (see guidelines). The proposed Research project or Patient Care initiative needs to be primarily based and benefit patients at RBWH and/or STARS. For Research projects, priority will be given to Early Career Applicants.

Yes, you can still apply. In the ‘Project/Initiative’ tab, you will need to indicate whether it is an existing or new project. If the former, provide justification. In the ‘Budget’ tab, you will need to break down the total costs of your project/initiative, and clearly specify how much of the budget you are requesting from the RBWH Foundation.

Supporting Materials include but are not limited to:  

• Research projects require Ethics/SSA/Governance approval or exemption. You can provide them if you already have these documents available. It is not mandatory to have them at the time of the application submission, but if you’re successful, you’ll be requested to provide them before funds are transferred. 
• Equipment quotes.  
• Staff FTE information.  
• Other documentation you think might assist your application. 

DO NOT use this space to:  

• Provide further information about the scope or background of your project/initiative nor references (these can be provided within Research/Patient Care plan). 
• Provide Lead Applicant and/or collaborators track records, publications, or curriculum vitae. 

As a grant recipient you are expected to: 

• Ensure the project/initiative expenditure is in accordance with the approved application budget. 
• Appropriately acknowledge and recognise that the project/initiative was made possible by the RBWH Foundation and our generous donors.
• Be available to engage with donors and community partners in an Ambassadorial/ Advocate role.
• Submit a progress report, and final report through the online grant platform.
• Provide a financial acquittal upon project completion, with any unspent funds returned to the RBWH Foundation.