The Community Grants Hub in the Department of Social Services provides grants administration services to Australian Government client agencies, including the Department of Health. From today, grassroots organisations and clubs can apply for a share in $3 million in Reimagining Health grants to fund their projects for improving access to healthy affordable food, building strong social connections and increasing physical activity in their local area.. Funding per project . The grants come as new VicHealth data reveals the majority of Victorians who dropped out of community activities, such as fitness classes, community gardens and parenting groups, are now keen to reconnect with their communities to improve their health and wellbeing. A VicHealth Indicators Study from 2015 found that twice as many men than women drink at levels that put them at risk of short-term harm each month. Community Shade Grants Program. Funding stages: Total funding amount . $500,000 - $1,000,000 . VicHealth is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI)for research grant funding for our two research partnership grant funding opportunities: Partnerships for Impact Research Grants and Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage or National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)Partnership Project applications. In 1989, VicHealth funded significant research into Alzheimer's disease at the Mental Health Research Institute. Stream A – Biomedical research into the long-term impacts of COVID-19 . In 1989, VicHealth funded significant research into Alzheimer's disease at the Mental Health Research Institute. Research streams . The Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria (now the Cancer Council Victoria) received funding from VicHealth to run its SunSmart and Quit programs and VicHealth funded the first Victorian breast cancer screening program. Funding under the Program is highly competitive with one in four grant applications successfully awarded a grant in previous rounds. The program commenced in 2015 and has awarded 1,325 grants totalling over $12 million to date. VicHealth Impact Research Grants will provide up to $200,000 in funding over two (2) years for a maximum of five projects. Funding. VicHealth will fund up to ten $25,000 grants commencing in May 2020 with the potential to receive up to $250,000 of additional funding in late 2020 to deliver an intervention over two years. VicHealth is encouraging clubs to apply for the latest round of its Active Club Grants, which open today, with funding of up to $3,000 or up to $10,000 available for community sport clubs to get more women and girls playing sport and increase ‘social’ or modified … These grants will help get Victorians more active by offering modified or social versions of traditional sports, where your age, ability, background, lifestyle or gender isn’t a barrier to taking part.” VicHealth research also shows many women feel intimidated to get involved in sport. More recently, research conducted by Monash University for VicHealth sampled 101 men from different backgrounds, with alcohol called out as the central element in social interactions. $2,500,000 . Based on this, it is expected that more applications will be received than can be funded. Organisations must form a partnership with a researcher to apply for funding. View all our current public grants on GrantConnect. Application Guidelines 2 Eligibility criteria The following are mandatory eligibility criteria for VicHealth Impact Research Grants : The Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria (now the Cancer Council Victoria) received funding from VicHealth to run its SunSmart and Quit programs and VicHealth funded the first Victorian breast cancer screening program. Stream B – Studies into the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on groups with increased exposure (such as health care workers) How we administer grants. Funding will commence in July 2021. We use the Commonwealth Standard Grant Agreement.