The Foundation aims to advance understanding and improve the treatment of major diseases by supporting leading Australian research institutes, universities and teaching hospitals to undertake innovative biomedical research.

The Healthy Australia pillar supports organisations that strive to provide innovative solutions to improve the health of all Australians. The Medical Research stream aims to advance understanding and improve treatment of major diseases by supporting major initiatives by leading Australian research institutes, universities and teaching hospitals in innovative biomedical research.

In the Medical Research stream the Foundation will consider applications:

• To support the provision of equipment and capital infrastructure to support outstanding research groups.

The minimum grant amount is $100,000 in this program area. The Foundation prioritises applications with evidence of collaboration.

It is unlikely to fund 100% of a project's cost. Please ensure that you have alternative funding providers and that your application clearly considers any possible grant from the Foundation in this context.

Eligibility

Under the terms of the deed of The Ian Potter Foundation and Australian taxation laws, The Ian Potter Foundation can only make grants to organisations with BOTH Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1 and Tax Concession Charity (TCC) status. 

Exclusions

Specific Exclusions:

• Equipment and services which should properly be provided for in the usual operation of the hospital or health facility.

General Exclusions:

Projects that fall into any of the following categories will not be considered for funding:

• Retrospective funding – projects which are already underway or which will commence prior to the date indicated in our online application information are not eligible for consideration
• Recurrent expenditure for which there is no future provision
• Capital or endowment funds established to fund a chair or to provide a corpus for institutions
• Auspicing is not permitted – the organisation applying must be the one that will run the program or project
• Applications for public charitable purposes outside the Commonwealth of Australia
• Applications for projects that have previously been declined by the Foundation cannot be resubmitted 
• Applications will not be accepted from organisations that have not successfully acquitted previous grants from the Foundation
• We do not directly support schools.

• Phone: 03 9611 1591
• Website: https://www.ianpotter.org.au/contact/