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Australia: Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund (2023 – 2024)

Deadline: 2-Apr-23

The New South Wales Government has launched the Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund to support and encourage bold, innovative programs and/or initiatives that are created and offered by external providers, to be sourced by primary and secondary schools for the purposes of educating, informing or directly supporting individual students to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

The Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund will directly support student wellbeing outcomes and will build on the department’s commitment to quality assure external student wellbeing programs to enhance the development and provision of high-quality external providers delivering evidence-based wellbeing programs/initiatives.

Objectives
  • The objectives of the Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund are to:
    • Support existing providers of wellbeing programs to develop quality, evidence based programs, become sustainable and provide ongoing offerings to students and schools
    • Encourage bold and innovative approaches to addressing student mental health and wellbeing issues
    • Encourage authentic partnerships between sector and schools
    • Build sector capacity and capability to contribute to broader social and economic gains
    • Harvest new student wellbeing insights and evidence to inform and guide NSW Government policies and programs
    • Improve the efficiency and responsiveness of schools to meet individual student needs
    • Build an integrated framework of support for students with schools, community and sector
    • Build an evidence-based relationship between funding and student wellbeing outcomes.
  • Funding will be available to organisations that can support NSW schools and students, including cross-border organisations.
  • The allocation of a Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund grant does not imply an agreement to undertake evaluation and/or research within schools nor does it entail any guarantee schools will use the program or initiative that has received funding.
Priority Areas

There are five Priority Areas for applications under the Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund, embedding the wellbeing elements of belonging, resilience and behaviour, including:

  • Primary school-aged students
  • Students transitioning to Kindergarten and High School
  • Students living in regional and remote areas
  • Students from target cohorts, including First Nations students and culturally and linguistically diverse students; students with additional needs and/or disability; students from a migrant or refugee background; and female students
  • Cyber health.
Streams

The Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund has two streams:

  • To provide one-off capacity building funding for providers of wellbeing programs/initiatives who are wanting to scale or deliver their wellbeing programs and/or initiatives in new areas or to new cohorts listed as a priority area.
  • To support ‘incubator’ student wellbeing programs and/or initiatives by providing seed funding (via one-off grants) to providers to research, create, develop and test new approaches to supporting and addressing student wellbeing issues.
Funding Information
  • The Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund will be implemented through two grants rounds implemented over two calendar years (2023 and 2024). Successful applicants will be required to expend the funding within 18 months of grant allocation.
  • Eligible organisations can make an application against one of two funding grant levels through SmartyGrants:
    • up to $50,000 (ex GST)
    • $50,000 to $200,000 (ex GST)
Eligibility Criteria
  • Organisations must meet the following eligibility criteria before submitting a grant application:
    • be an incorporated charity or not-for profit entity registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, NSW Fair Trading or other equivalent regulatory bodies;
    • be a registered business with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and classed as a small business under the ATOs definition (annual turnover of $10 million or less)
    • demonstrate commitment to Child Safe standards
    • provide or intends to provide student wellbeing related programs, services or initiatives in NSW public schools (this does not exclude organisations that are located outside NSW borders).
Assessment Criteria

All applications will undergo an eligibility assessment and if successful they will then be assessed using the following criteria:

  • Aligned with the objectives of one or more of the priority areas for the Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund
  • Clearly articulates a student outcome focused approach and how it will be measured
  • Identifies at least one (1) NSW public school that will benefit from the program/ initiative
  • Identifies the evidence-base it will use or seeks to develop to improve student wellbeing (sense of belonging, resilience and behaviour)
  • Demonstrates a collaborative approach, where partnerships are developed to deliver child-focused wellbeing outcomes
  • Be technically feasible and can be delivered on time and on budget (ie projects must be completed within 18 months of funding)
  • Details a credible means of monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the achievement of proposed student wellbeing outcomes
  • Shows value for money.

For more information, visit New South Wales Government.