Addressing Critical Psychology Shortages – Postgraduate Psychology Incentive Program – Round 3
Tender ID: 602707
Tender Details
Tender Description
The Australian Government recognises the current bottlenecks in the psychology training pipeline and the impacts on workforce availability and service delivery. Strategies are needed to reduce attrition between the number of students commencing undergraduate psychology studies and those going on to practice.
The Addressing Critical Psychology Shortages - Postgraduate Psychology Incentive Program aims to support higher education providers who have created 500 additional postgraduate psychology places over four years in courses which lead to general registration and can lead to relevant areas of practice endorsement.
The grant opportunity will be available over four separate grant rounds (with one opening each financial year) and will provide up to $61,408,297.50 (GST inclusive) over four years (2023-24 to 2026-27).
Round 3 (of this grant opportunity) will provide up to $16,052,300 (GST inclusive) in 2025-26 to higher education providers to support additional postgraduate psychology places in courses which lead to general registration and areas of practice endorsement.
The purpose of this grant opportunity is to create a scalable, sustainable measure to build capacity within higher education providers to grow the postgraduate qualified psychology workforce to alleviate pressure in the system.
Eligibility:
To apply for funding under this grant opportunity you must:
• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be registered for the purposes of GST
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• be an Australian higher education provider registered with TEQSA and approved to:
- offer Commonwealth Supported Places and
- offer postgraduate psychology courses which lead to general registration and can lead to the following areas of practice endorsement (as outlined on the Psychology Board of Australia website):
> clinical neuropsychology
> clinical psychology
> community psychology
> counselling psychology
> health psychology
> educational and developmental psychology
> forensic psychology
> organisational psychology
> sport and exercise psychology
• be one of the following entity types:
- Indigenous Corporation (registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006)
- company
- corporate Commonwealth entity
- non-corporate Commonwealth statutory authority
- corporate state or territory entity
- non-corporate state or territory entity
- non-corporate state or territory statutory authority
- local government
- cooperative
- incorporated association
- other incorporated entity
- statutory entity
- partnership, and
- unincorporated association.
Total Amount Available (AUD):
$16,052,300.00
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Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
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