Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO2230

The Australian Government currently supports the McGrath Foundation to employ and train 57 specialist Breast Care Nurses (BCNs) to provide physical (clinical), psychological and emotional support to Australian women diagnosed with breast cancer.

The purpose of the Supporting Women with Breast Cancer grant opportunity (the grant opportunity) is to support an additional 41 BCNs which will bring the total number of Commonwealth-funded BCNs to 98 by 2022-23.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• provide support for Australian women with breast cancer (including metastatic breast cancer), by enabling increased access for them, their families and carers to a BCN from diagnosis and throughout treatment;
• provide principal liaison between a woman diagnosed with breast cancer and her medical specialist, and co-ordinate and facilitate access to treatment and care services; and
• minimise the stress and trauma of a breast cancer diagnosis for a woman and her family.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:

• provision of physical (clinical), psychological and emotional support to women diagnosed with breast cancer, their families and carers in areas identified of high need;
• improved continuity and quality of care for women diagnosed with breast cancer; and
• an increase in the number of Commonwealth funded BCNs from 57 to 98 BCNs by 2022-23. 

Only the McGrath Foundation Ltd. is eligible to apply.

$27,700,000.00

Submit your completed application to Grant.ATM@health.gov.au by 10am, Canberra local time, on Wednesday 3 April 2019. If you do not receive an email (including automatic reply) please contact the department on (02) 6289 5600.

Please only submit your application in .doc, .docx or .pdf format. Applications cannot exceed 20MB. Do not include macros, zip or password protect applications or attachments.