The Cancer Patient Support Program (the Program) will support, one-off, time-limited activities that provide national leadership on emerging priorities across the cancer control continuum. 

This grant opportunity seeks to ensure that all Australian’s living with cancer have access to high-quality and culturally safe support throughout their cancer experience. Acknowledging the existing national cancer screening programs and funding provided for more commonly diagnosed cancers, this grant opportunity will prioritise activities that focus on increasing equity across tumour types and/or priority populations. 

Priority populations

Priority populations, as defined in the Australian Cancer Plan include:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (please align your application with the objectives in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Plan) 
• Adolescents and Young Adults (between 15-24 years) 
• Children (up to 14 years) 
• People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Backgrounds
• People Living with Disability 
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, and Asexual (LGBTIQA+) people 
• People in Lower Socioeconomic Groups 
• People living with a mental illness 
• Older Australians (people aged 65 years and older, or 50 years and over for Indigenous Australians), and 
• People living in Rural and Remote Areas.

Submission periods

Assessment and notification of outcomes will be divided into three Submission Periods during the life of this Program. Each Submission Period will include assessment of applications that have been submitted to the grant opportunity over the preceding Submission Period. 

For example: 

• Submission Period 1 will contain all applications submitted to the grant opportunity between the opening date and 2:00pm AEST on 14 May 2024.
• Submission Period 2 will contain all applications submitted to the grant opportunity between 2:01pm AEST on 14 May 2024 and 2:00pm AEST on 18 September 2024.
• Submission Period 3 will contain all applications submitted to the grant opportunity between 2:01pm AEST on 18 September and 2:00pm AEST on 1 August 2025. 

Eligible activities may include:

• activities directed at improving the provision of medical services through the education and training of medical professionals.
• activities that contribute to the prevention, detection, and support of cancer (this could include development of decision-making tools and resources that help consumers better navigate the cancer patient journey, such as awareness campaigns, national roadmaps and guidelines, optimal care pathways and support and wellbeing forums).
• activities which provide services to cancer patients or disseminate cancer related information and resources, via the internet, television, radio, or telephone. Resources must be culturally safe and appropriate for their intended audience, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culturally and linguistically diverse communities (CALD).

Eligibility

To be eligible you must be one of the following:

• Indigenous Corporation (registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006)
• a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation
• Cancer advocacy groups
• Community Organisations
• Cooperative
• Incorporated Association
• Statutory Entity, or
• Partnership.

To be eligible, your grant activity must be for a project that will provide improved outcomes for Australian’s living with cancer. Your activity should:

• provide access to high-quality and culturally safe resources and/or care throughout the cancer experience, where applicable;
• be supported by evidence to align with a priority population group and/or increasing equity across tumour types;
• align with the strategic objectives as identified in the Australia Cancer Plan and/or the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Plan; and
• demonstrate national applicability.

• Phone: 1300 484 145
• Email: Grant.ATM@Health.gov.au