• Short-term equipment hire to conduct program or event (e.g. vaccine esky’s, tables, chairs and gazebos). 

Out of Scope: 

• Prolonged hire of equipment outside of funding period. 

• Capital works/asset purchases. 

• Staff training or upskilling to support immunisation efforts.

• Contracting additional staff to support project or activities.

– Includes engagement of short-term clinical, administrative and auxiliary staff (including security as required). Staffing costs funded in alignment with current Award Rates.

• Funds to extend opening hours (i.e. evenings and weekends), increasing accessibility to immunisation services for full-time workers, parents/carers etc.

– Staff wages – extended hours

– Travel expenses to outreach activity or pop-up clinic

• Venue hire to conduct vaccine education session, in-reach or pop-up clinic.

Out of Scope: 

• Providing staff bonuses or incentives. 

• Subsidise Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items, Practice Incentive Program Incentives or Workforce Incentive Program. 

• Creating/developing resources (i.e. booklets, flyers) to improve vaccine literacy. 

• Printing costs for current or new immunisation material. 

Out of Scope: 

• Creating or replicating resources already developed by state or federal government agencies or peak bodies, such as the NCIRS. 

• Mainstream media, advertising, marketing or promotion. 

1. Read through the Immunisation Ready Grants Program Guidelines prior to beginning the application.
2. Applicants submit online application form with relevant supporting documents by Online Application form here.
3. GCPHN acknowledges receipt of application submission via email.
4. Applications are presented to Grant Program Selection Committee for review and selection of successful applicants.
5. Successful and unsuccessful applicants are notified via email by 20 September 2024.
6. Successful applicants will enter into a Service Agreement with GCPHN, followed by the release of funds.

Eligible Applicants  

Applications are invited from: 

• Primary health care providers and medical organisations (i.e. general practices, local pharmacies) 
• Not-for-profit organisations 
• Community groups (i.e. support groups or associations) 
• Individual health professionals*               

*Individual applicants must be endorsed by employing organisation  

All applicants must: 

• be operating within the GCPHN region

(An interactive map of the GCPHN catchment is available here)

Eligible Activities 

The grant funding can be used for the provision of strategies and initiatives to improve vaccine literacy or improve vaccine service systems and processes of primary health care providers. Examples of eligible activities include, but are not limited to the following:  

• Targeted health education or awareness-raising campaigns – particularly for priority population groups. 
• Community engagement activities aimed at improving community members’ understanding and knowledge of pathways to vaccine service providers.   
• Event or short-term program that enhances community members’ access to immunisation services (i.e. pop-up clinics, after-hours immunisation).  
• Education or skill development for primary health care workforce (i.e. immunisation training, motivational interviewing training etc.)  
• Adaption or development of vaccine-related educational resources for general or priority populations.
• Initiatives that support identification of community members’ due or overdue vaccinations, particularly for priority population groups.  
• Relevant initiatives that support increasing vaccine service delivery particularly for vulnerable population groups. Initiatives that are funded by Service Australia funding such as Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item numbers, Practice Incentive Program Incentives or Workforce Incentive Program cannot be eligible.  

Immunisation Ready Grants Program Guidelines

• Banking Details Form
• Budget Template