Current Grant Opportunity View - GO6427

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to support patients from two population groups who face extra costs associated with fertility preservation:

• people who require fertility treatment, including fertility preservation, due to a cancer diagnosis, and
• people at risk of passing on genetic conditions who have undergone pre-implantation genetic testing funded by the Medicare Benefit Schedule (MBS), as described in MBS items 13207, 73384, 73385, 73386 or 73387. 

Costs associated with the cryostorage of eggs, sperm or embryos are not currently subsidised through the Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) and these patient groups often face extra costs associated with fertility preservation.

The intended outcome of the program is to reduce eligible patient’s costs for preserving eggs, sperm, or embryos through cryostorage (freezing). Under the program, patients will be eligible for up to ten years of cryostorage funding per eligible material stored.

To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red Grant Opportunity Documents button on the left hand side.

To be eligible you must be a Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee (RTAC) licenced ART clinic, providing cryostorage services on behalf of eligible patients.

$11,600,000.00

To apply you must:

• read all available documentation about the grant opportunity provided on GrantConnect
• provide all information requested
• include all necessary attachments, and
• register your ART Organisation and your clinics with the Services Australia Organisation Register.

Once you have submitted your application by registering with the Services Australia Organisation Register the Department will assess your application against eligibility criteria. 

The Department will advise you of the outcome of your grant assessment in writing. If you are successful we will advise you of any specific conditions attached to the grant.

More information on how to apply by registering in the Organisation Register can be found in the ‘Fact Sheet for Program Registration - ART Storage Funding Program’.