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Up to $450,000 total | Open March to June 2023

Supports Australia's promising young doctors to advance their careers by developing life-changing research that promotes better patient outcomes.

Who can apply?

Avant members in one of these categories: Intern, RMO or Doctor in Training who are:

• An Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia; and
• Registered with the Medical Board of Australia; and
• For full eligibility criteria, please refer to the terms and conditions

Timings

Full-time, part-time and short-term grants

• Applications open: 1 March 2023 - Apply now
• Applications close: 7 June 2023
• Review of applications: June – September 2023
• Applicants notified of outcomes: August – September 2023

Criteria

The Avant Early Career Research Program has selection criteria that include:

• Personal details
• Education
• Previous work experience
• Past research
• Research project
• Research team and supervisor
• Adherence to specific project evaluation criteria. These can be downloaded below:
  • Quality in Medicine and Advancement of Medicine - Evaluation criteria
  • Social Impact in Medicine - Evaluation criteria
  • Technology in Medicine - Evaluation criteria

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Expressions of interest

Avant provides funding to support research, education and leadership training programs designed to make a real difference to quality, safety and professionalism in practice.

We use an expression of interest process in order to determine the extent to which applications are aligned with the purpose of the Avant Foundation Grants. After assessment, we will invite selected applicants to submit a more detailed application. These will then be reviewed before funded projects are announced in June each year.

Who can apply?

Avant Foundation Grant Applicants

Avant Foundation Grant applications are open to entities that are charities within the meaning of the Charities Act 2003 (Cth) and are endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) (Charity Criteria).

Avant Foundation Grants are not available for individuals.

Timings

• Expressions of interest: the next round of grants will open in November 2023.

Criteria

The following are selection criteria for the Avant Foundation and Foundation Grants EOI:

• Relevance of the project  to the Foundation’s objectives
• The project type (e.g. research, education)
• The project topic area (e.g. domains of quality improvement, professionalism)
• The leadership experience of the project team
• The design of the project

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Expressions of interest

Avant provides funding to support research, education and leadership training programs designed to make a real difference to quality, safety and professionalism in practice.

We use an expression of interest process in order to determine the extent to which applications are aligned with the purpose of the Avant Foundation Grants. After assessment, we will invite selected applicants to submit a more detailed application. These will then be reviewed before funded projects are announced in June each year.

Avant Grant Applicants

Avant Grant applications are open to:

1. Medical practices that hold a practice medical indemnity policy with Avant Insurance Limited.
2. Medical practices that hold a current subscription to PracticeHub and
3. Medical practitioners
   • who hold a professional indemnity insurance policy with Avant Insurance Limited (excluding Intern/RMO and Doctor in Training policies) in a practitioner category of practice,
   • who are an Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia and living and working in Australia, and
   • who are a practising medical practitioner registered with the Medical Board of Australia.

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