2024 RACGP Foundation / ANEDGP Innovation Grant

Submissions are now being accepted. Submissions close at 5:00PM 1 May 2024 (AEST).

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The former Adelaide North East Division of General Practice (ANEDGP) donated its residual funds to the RACGP Foundation to establish a grant for the purpose of conducting projects to improve practice within the boundaries of the Adelaide Primary Health Network (PHN).

The objective of this grant is to provide members of general practice teams with an opportunity to undertake innovation, research and/or quality improvement projects with the potential for practical implementation into practice, which can then be shared with other teams. This might include:

  • Quality improvement projects
  • Education activities
  • Translational or health services research

Award details

One grant of up to $20,000 (excl. GST) will be offered for a period of up to 12 months to provide members of general practice teams with an opportunity to undertake innovation, research and/or quality improvement projects with the potential for practical implementation into practice. Projects could include quality improvement, education, or translational or health services research.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the RACGP Foundation/ ANEDGP Innovation Grant the principal investigator must be:

A general practitioner must be a member of the investigator team.

Selection criteria

Applications will be assessed against the following criteria:

  • degree to which the project is likely to benefit patients 25%
  • potential for translatable innovation and/or quality improvement outcomes 25%
  • significance or importance of the proposed project to general practice 20%
  • potential for the processes that are developed and tested, and outcomes, to be shared with other practices 10%
  • potential for the impact of the project to be evaluated 10%
  • feasibility of carrying out and completing the project in a one year timeframe 10%

Applications

Applications for this research grant will close on Wednesday 1 May 2024. See past successful applications here. For more information email foundation@racgp.org.au.