ClosedNon-Profit

Cervical Screening Primary Care Grants — NSW

Up to $100K available

Cancer Institute NSW

The Cervical Screening Primary Care Grants support eligible primary care providers in New South Wales to deliver tailored initiatives that improve access to cervical screening and contribute to cervical cancer elimination targets. Funding supports culturally safe, inclusive and sustainable approaches for under-screened priority populations.

Funding

Up to $100K

Closed

29 Oct 2025

Location

New South Wales

Who Can Apply

• Eligible applicants include Aboriginal Medical Services, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations, and Women’s Health Centres that provide primary care services to the community. • Eligible applicants also include Primary Health Networks located in low-participation areas: Western New South Wales, South Western Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains, Western Sydney, and Murrumbidgee. • The lead applicant must deliver cervical screening services directly to the community and cannot rely on external providers to do so. • Applicants must have met all obligations from any previously funded Cancer Institute NSW projects, including acceptable progress, final, and financial reports. • Organisations must have access to cervical screening history and eligibility via the National Cancer Screening Register. • Lead applicants who applied for a 2025 Cervical Screening Integration Grant must propose a different project for this grant. • Ineligible applicants include organisations already receiving grant funding under the National Cervical Screening Elimination Strategy for primary health care quality improvement activities. • Primary Health Networks not listed in the eligible regions are not eligible. • Projects delivered outside New South Wales are not eligible for funding. • Funding cannot be used for capital purchases exceeding $10,000, ongoing clinical service salaries, cash-based screening incentives, Medicare claims or pathology testing fees, administration or overhead fees, or partnering solely to administer cervical screening.
Eligible applicants are Aboriginal Medical Services, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations, Women’s Health Centres that provide primary care services to the community, and Primary Health Networks located in specified low-participation areas: Western NSW, South Western Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains, Western Sydney, and Murrumbidgee. The lead applicant must directly deliver cervical screening services to the community rather than relying on external providers, must have met all obligations from any previously funded Cancer Institute NSW projects, and must have access to cervical screening history and eligibility via the National Cancer Screening Register. Lead applicants who applied for a 2025 Cervical Screening Integration Grant must propose a different project. Ineligible applicants include organisations already receiving grant funding under the National Cervical Screening Elimination Strategy for primary health care quality improvement activities and any Primary Health Networks not listed above. Projects delivered outside New South Wales and several specified cost categories are not eligible for funding.

What's Funded

Projects delivered by eligible primary care providers that increase cervical screening participation, support self-collection and clinician-collected testing, strengthen the role of nurses, midwives and Aboriginal Health Practitioners, improve referral pathways for follow-up care, and increase HPV vaccination uptake among eligible people aged 12–25 who missed school-based vaccination.

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Expected Outcomes

Increased cervical screening participation among under-screened and never-screened priority populations, stronger capacity of non-medical providers to deliver cervical screening, improved equitable access to culturally safe services, better referral pathways for follow-up care, and improved HPV vaccination uptake for eligible missed cohorts.

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Key Information

Applicant Types

non_profitindigenous_organisationother

Stage

established

Funding Purposes

communitytrainingother

Keywords

cervical screeningprimary carecancer preventionwomen's healthAboriginal healthCALD communitiesLGBTIQ+disability inclusion

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the Cervical Screening Primary Care Grants?

The Cervical Screening Primary Care Grants is a non-profit grant offered by Cancer Institute NSW in Australia, providing Up to $100K in funding. The Cervical Screening Primary Care Grants support eligible primary care providers in New South Wales to deliver tailored initiatives that improve access to cervical screening and contribute to cervical cancer elimination targets. Funding supports culturally safe, inclusive and sustainable approaches for under-screened priority populations.
2

How much funding does the Cervical Screening Primary Care Grants provide?

The Cervical Screening Primary Care Grants provides Up to $100K in funding.
3

Who is eligible for the Cervical Screening Primary Care Grants?

  • Eligible applicants include Aboriginal Medical Services, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations, and Women’s Health Centres that provide primary care services to the community.
  • Eligible applicants also include Primary Health Networks located in low-participation areas: Western New South Wales, South Western Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains, Western Sydney, and Murrumbidgee.
  • The lead applicant must deliver cervical screening services directly to the community and cannot rely on external providers to do so.
  • Applicants must have met all obligations from any previously funded Cancer Institute NSW projects, including acceptable progress, final, and financial reports.
  • Organisations must have access to cervical screening history and eligibility via the National Cancer Screening Register.
  • Lead applicants who applied for a 2025 Cervical Screening Integration Grant must propose a different project for this grant.
  • Ineligible applicants include organisations already receiving grant funding under the National Cervical Screening Elimination Strategy for primary health care quality improvement activities.
  • Primary Health Networks not listed in the eligible regions are not eligible.
  • Projects delivered outside New South Wales are not eligible for funding.
  • Funding cannot be used for capital purchases exceeding $10,000, ongoing clinical service salaries, cash-based screening incentives, Medicare claims or pathology testing fees, administration or overhead fees, or partnering solely to administer cervical screening.
4

When does the Cervical Screening Primary Care Grants close?

Applications closed on 29 Oct 2025.
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What activities are funded?

Projects delivered by eligible primary care providers that increase cervical screening participation, support self-collection and clinician-collected testing, strengthen the role of nurses, midwives and Aboriginal Health Practitioners, improve referral pathways for follow-up care, and increase HPV vaccination uptake among eligible people aged 12–25 who missed school-based vaccination.
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