GICS Grant Programs
GICS has capacity to offer funding for a range of service improvement activities and staff development opportunities.
A number of funding streams are available to staff providing cancer care to residents of the Grampians region.
These funding streams are available to eligible staff employed at organisations with a current Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GICS, and are listed as one of our member health services.
If you work for an organisation who does not have a current MoU with GICS, we encourage you to contact us.
Listed below are the funding streams we currently have available which are offered either annually or bi-annually.
GICS 2025-26 Professional Development Grants
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As part of our ongoing commitment to improving cancer patient outcomes and experiences, GICS are excited to launch the GICS Grants Program: Professional Development Stream.
This initiative is open to all allied health and nursing staff working in cancer care at any of our member health services, and aims to provide funds to attend conferences or undergo specialised training.
We encourage you to share this opportunity widely within your health service to any professional peers or contacts this may be of interest to.
Applications close on Friday 12 June 2026.
Funding application guidelines outlining deadlines and eligibility criteria, along with an editable application form can be found below.
If you have any further enquiries about our Professional Development Grants Program please email gics@gh.org.au
PD Funding
GICS Service Improvement Grants [CLOSED]
GICS offers Service Improvement Grants biannually to provide significant funding for projects that will deliver improvements in systems and processes – thereby improving treatment and support for people diagnosed with cancer in the region.
Applications for this funding closed on 18 November 2025.
We will be announcing the successful funding recipients in our Autumn 2026 Newsletter.
GICS Small Grants Program 2024–25 [CLOSED]
This grant program supports small scale projects aimed at improving access, experiences, and outcomes for cancer patients and/or carer’s living in the Grampians region.
We are currently evaluating this grants program and will provide an update at a later stage to confirm if we’ll be offering subsequent rounds in the future.
If you have any further questions about this grant funding stream please email GICS at gics@gh.org.au
This project explored the feasibility, acceptability of an Exercise Physiologist and Nursing collaborative approach to providing low intensity exercise and education to cancer patients during systemic anti-caner therapy infusions in the Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre (BRICC) Chemotherapy Day Unit.
This project is currently underway and a final report will be available later in the year.
