2024 RACGP Foundation GP Wellbeing Grant

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The RACGP Foundation is pleased to introduce our inaugural GP Wellbeing Grant, generously funded by an anonymous donation from an esteemed RACGP member. 

The GP Wellbeing Grant is designed to support research with potential to improve mental health, resilience, and general wellbeing among general practitioners and practice teams. Projects may focus on strategies, interventions, and solutions to prevent excessive stress and burnout, improve work-life balance and job satisfaction, and/or enhance workplace culture and psychological safety in general practices. The research should be translational with potential to drive tangible outcomes for the general practice profession. 

Award details

One grant of up to $40,000 (excl. GST) will be offered for a period of 12 months to fund general practice research focused on mental health, resilience, and general wellbeing among general practitioners and practice teams. 

Eligibility

To be eligible for the RACGP Foundation GP Wellbeing Grant, the principal investigator must be a general practitioner or general practice registrar. 

Selection criteria

Applications will be assessed against the following criteria:

• scientific quality of the proposed research project 40% 
• potential for the project to be implemented to drive tangible outcomes for wellbeing in the GP profession 30% 
• feasibility of carrying out and completing the research within the timeframe 10% 
• potential to build capacity in general practice research 10% 
• value for money 10% 

Applications

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