Department of Health

Grants and programs

Apply for grants and scholarships offered by the Department of Health.

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Lived Experience Peer Cadet Program

Find out more about the Lived Experience Peer Cadet Program, including participating organisations, eligibility and how to apply.

General Practitioners (GP) grant program

GP training grants are now available for doctors starting their careers in Victoria.

Cemetery grants program

Cemetery grants program application process, guidelines and application forms.

Free nursing and midwifery study

Find out about the free nursing and midwifery initiatives, which include degrees and postgraduate study.

Nursery Equipment Program

This program provides safe nursery equipment for vulnerable Victorian families where a safety concern is identified by a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) nurse via our MCH Safe Sleeping checklist.

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$3000 Postgraduate Mental Health Nurse Scholarship Program

Postgraduate mental health nurse scholarships are available for mental health nurses to support postgraduate study in Semester 1, 2025.

Lived and Living Experience Workforce and Educator Grants

Grants valued up to $5,000 are available for the professional development of lived and living experience workers in state-funded mental health, alcohol and other drug, and harm reduction services.

Catalyst Grants - Women’s Health Research Priorities

One-year catalyst grants are available for health and medical research proposals that can further our knowledge of the influence sex and/or gender can have on disease or conditions.

Full Course Fee Postgraduate Mental Health Nurse Scholarship Program

Postgraduate full course fee scholarships are available for mental health nurses to support postgraduate study in 2025.  

Community Health Pharmacotherapy Grants 2024-2027

This $8.4million grants program aims to grow and strengthen access to public provision of pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence through the Community Health Service network in Victoria.

Lived Experience Peer Cadet Program

Find out more about the Lived Experience Peer Cadet Program, including participating organisations, eligibility and how to apply.
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Psychiatric State Enrolled Nursing Grants

Grants are available to public mental health and wellbeing services to meet the cost of Psychiatric State Enrolled Nurses undertaking clinical placement.
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Allied Health and Alcohol and Other Drug Postgraduate Scholarship Program

Postgraduate scholarships are available for allied health and alcohol and other drug workers to support postgraduate study in 2025. 

Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy Student Grant Program

Grants for speech pathology and occupational therapy graduates working in rural and regional Victoria.

Reviewed 05 May 2025

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