Grants and Funding

Grants and Funding

Health and Wellbeing Queensland has created a grants program to support initiatives that help to drive generational change and improve the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders.

Health and Wellbeing Queensland has created a grants program to support initiatives that help to drive generational change and improve the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders.

The objectives of the Grants Program are to:

    • grow and bolster state and national partnerships to advance health and wellbeing initiatives
    • generate evidence-based and innovative ideas to improve the health and wellbeing of infants, children and young people, with a particular focus on addressing health inequities and obesity prevention and population-level impact
    • leverage existing knowledge that has high potential to influence health and wellbeing promotion and/or practice, and lead to improved, sustainable and equitable health and wellbeing outcomes, and
    • support initiatives and projects to address local needs and support health and wellbeing within the community.

Grant Outcomes

Grant Outcomes

Through the GenQ Health and Wellbeing Grants, almost $800,000 in funding has been awarded to 27 initiatives across Queensland that propose to develop and implement innovative ideas to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people.

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Through the Discrete Communities Planning Funding, $1.413 million has been awarded to 19 Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander discrete communities to support the delivery of planning activities to increase physical activity and the capacity for healthy eating. 

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Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

Upcoming Grants

Strategic Grant
Funding Opportunities 

KEY DATES: OPENING 2024

These strategic grant funding opportunities will aim to support high quality initiatives and foster and fund collaborations that drive real health and wellbeing impact. Funding and eligibility details will be released in 2024.

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Health and Wellbeing
PhD Top-up Scholarship

KEY DATES: OPENING 2024

This funding opportunity aims to support a PhD candidate enrolled in a Queensland university in the field of improving child and youth health and wellbeing in Queensland communities, using innovative ideas.

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Closed for Applications

GenQ Health and Wellbeing
Community Grants

KEY DATES: CLOSED

The GenQ Health and Wellbeing Community Grants Scheme aims to encourage and support community-led initiatives across the state to improve the health and wellbeing of young Queenslanders, focusing on nutrition, physical activity, sleep, wellbeing, and/or health equity.

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GenQ Health and Wellbeing
Impact Grants

KEY DATES: CLOSED

The GenQ Health and Wellbeing Impact Grants Scheme aims to support innovative ideas or approaches with potential to influence health and wellbeing promotion and/or practice that leads to improved, sustainable and equitable health and wellbeing outcomes for young Queenslanders.

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Resources for Applicants

Resources for Applicants

Please read the supporting information provided before submitting your application. The suite of resources for applicants includes:

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Other Research Partnership Opportunities

Other Research Partnership Opportunities

Health and Wellbeing Queensland is committed to supporting high quality, impactful research that drives change and to growing and leveraging research funds to ensure sustainability of research programs.

If you are applying for a grant outside of HWQld Grants Program that addresses health inequities and improves population health and wish to propose partnership and/or financial contribution from HWQld, please complete the Enquiry Form.

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Last updated 2 September 2024