The SMICS Funding Program provides eligible health services with funding to support innovative project applications designed to have a positive impact on the quality of patient care and experience. The program encourages effective partnerships and collaboration between health providers and consumers to improve coordination, accessibility and quality of care provided to better support all people affected by cancer.
SMICS 2024-2025 Funding Program Applications
are now closed
The SMICS Funding Program is open to organisations providing specialist and generalist cancer services to residents of the SMICS catchment. This funding targets time limited quality/service improvement projects that cannot be funded within existing health service resources.
SMICS will provide up to $500,000 in funding for approved health service quality improvement projects in the SMICS catchment.
Expressions of Interest have now been reviewed and interviews conducted by a Panel which consisted of Consumer Representatives, Clinical Directors, Program Manager and the Quality Manager (see FAQ below).
Candidates have now been invited to submit a full application by 26 April 2024.
Projects must be completed by 31 December 2025.
Frequently asked questions
What category of projects will be supported?
Systems Focus: Initiatives up to $200,000 which address known variations or inequities in cancer care to enable systemic change/improvement across the SMICS catchment. Projects must be in collaboration with at least one other health service or organisation.
New Innovation: Implementation of sustainable innovative initiatives up to $125,000 for people who receive cancer care within the SMICS catchment.
Scale and/or Spread: Projects which have demonstrated successful sustainable outcomes up to $50,000.
There is no limit to the number of Expressions of Interest (EOIs) per health service, however applicants must ensure EOIs align with local priorities, and are supported by Executive Management.
The final funding allocation per applicant will be determined by the overall pool of applications in a given round.
What can the funding go towards?
The funding aims to support design, development and implementation of projects aiming to improve cancer care. This includes funding to back-fill positions to enable staff to be released from operational roles to work on the project.
The applicant must be working towards a feasible and viable model or service that does not require an ongoing (additional) budget source that is yet to be identified.
What will the funding not support?
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funding of recurrent positions or non-sustainable initiatives
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funding of administrative staff positions to provide data entry or data manager roles
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equipment purchases for service delivery (requests for equipment funding to support service change may be considered)
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corporate overhead costs
Which organisations are eligible?
Organisations that provide specialist or generalist cancer services and are located in the SMICS catchment including public or not for profit health services, GP clinics, community or Aboriginal controlled community health services, peak bodies or not for profit organisations.
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