Grant Rounds

Applications for Grant Round 12 open on 2 March 2026 and will close on 15 April. Applicants will be notified of outcomes by 1 June 2026. Successful grantees must complete their CPD activities between 1 July – 30 November 2026.

Applications for Grant Round 11 are closed and all applicants have been notified of outcomes. Successful grantees must complete their CPD activities between 1 January – 30 June 2026.

Applications for Grant Round 10 are closed and all applicants have been notified of outcomes. The deadline for activity completion was 30 December 2025.

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Applicant Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for an SRSA grant you must live and work in a regional, rural or remote area (classified as Modified Monash Model 2-7) and be:

  • A (non-GP) specialist
  • An Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander specialist trainee; or
  • A specialist international medical graduate under assessment

Grantees from the previous funding round are not eligible to apply for consecutive SRSA funding. For example, if you received a grant in Funding Round 10, you would next be eligible to apply in Funding Round 12.

CPD Activity Criteria

CPD activities must:

  • Be undertaken in Australia or New Zealand
  • Take place within the time frame specified for each funding round
  • Be from providers that are nationally accredited or recognised
  • Meet individual specialist medical college CPD program frameworks
  • Be directly relevant to the applicant’s current employment in a regional, rural, or remote area of Australia
  • Benefit the community/ies served by the applicant
  • Align with the applicant’s learning needs

Selection Criteria

Grant applications are assessed against the following criteria:

  • Demonstration of relevance of the CPD activity to identified healthcare needs of the community/ies the applicant serves
  • Demonstration of relevance of the CPD activity to the applicant’s individual educational needs and ability to reduce professional isolation
  • Demonstration of appropriate educational principles in the application to enable key knowledge/skills attainment and transfer
  • Ability for the CPD activity contribute to sustainable changes in practice
  • Rurality of an applicant’s main practice (regional, rural, and remote focus)
  • The type of CPD activity and its relative cost effectiveness / value
  • The length of time the applicant has worked in a rural location

Grant Round Process

Application

During the application window, applicants must:

  • Review the application guidelines to ensure they, and their nominated activity, are eligible
  • Complete and submit the online grant application form

Please contact us if you have any questions about your application or need assistance.

Review and selection

The SRSA Program Management Unit reviews all applications for eligibility and conducts a preliminary ranking of applications against the assessment criteria. Applications for clinical attachments, mentorships, and peer review receive the highest priority, with workshops/courses prioritised over conferences and scientific meetings.

The SRSA Assessment Panel, made up of specialists and representatives from specialist medical colleges with relevant experience and expertise in rural practice, reviews all eligible applications against the criteria and determines the final list of grant recipients.

Notification of outcomes

The Program Management Unit (PMU) will email all applicants to let them know of their outcome.

Grant recipients will be sent the SRSA Terms and Conditions to be electronically signed and emailed back to the PMU.

Unsuccessful applicants can contact the PMU to ask for more information about why they were not awarded a grant.

Using the grant

Grantees must nominate an individual bank account to which grant funds will be transferred. Grant recipients then complete their approved CPD activity within the time frame specified for that grant round.

Compliance

Following completion of their CPD activity, grant recipients must submit evidence of activity completion (e.g., certificate of attendance) and a signed financial declaration. These documents must be submitted within one month of the CPD activity’s end date.