Lowitja Institute

Online grant application portal

Lowitja Institute's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander grants are designed to contribute to improvements in the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by commissioning research that is high-impact and innovative.

Currently open: GLOWS Scholarships

The GLOWS Scholarship program includes streams that support students wanting to develop their skills and knowledge on how to increase health equity and address disparities driving transmission of HIV and viral hepatitis within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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Applications close 14 November

Currently open: GLOWS Medium Grants and National Gathering Grant

Medium Grants

Projects funded through Medium Grants must address the goal of increasing health equity and address disparities that continue to drive the transmission of HIV/viral hepatitis within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and work towards elimination.​

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Applications close 4 November

 

National Gathering Grant

The two-day gathering is an opportunity to come together and share experiences and knowledge of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with HIV or viral hepatitis and research into HIV and viral hepatitis. ​

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Applications close 20 October

 

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Current Rounds

2025 GLOWS National Gathering Grant

Submissions are now open.
Submissions close midnight 20 October 2025 (AEDT).
Find out more about 2025 GLOWS National Gathering Grant...

2025 Medium Grant Round

Submissions are now open.
Submissions close midnight 4 November 2025 (AEDT).
Find out more about 2025 Medium Grant Round...

2026 GLOWS Scholarship Round

Submissions are now open.
Submissions close midnight 14 November 2025 (AEDT).
Find out more about 2026 GLOWS Scholarship Round...