2025 Medium Grant Round

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GLOWS Grant Program 2024–26

The Guiding Local Opportunities for Wellbeing (GLOWS) Grant Program 2024–26 offers scholarships and research grants to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community organisations, and their partners for work relating to HIV and viral hepatitis over the next three years. In partnership with Gilead Sciences, Lowitja Institute aims to further increase health equity, address disparities that continue to drive disease transmission, and work towards elimination of HIV and viral hepatitis in all of our communities.

The GLOWS Grant Program 2024–26 aims to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, to transform their ideas into aspirations that meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through a decolonised and intersectional approach to grants.

The program aims to support initiatives that align with at least one of the following funding priorities:

  • Prevention and education: reforming and reinvigorating prevention strategies in HIV and viral hepatitis, while navigating racism and structures that act as barriers to disease prevention and education.
  • Individual and community agency: supporting Indigenous-led organisations to strengthen skills, capabilities and infrastructure and ensure the ongoing sustainability of HIV and viral hepatitis services. Additionally, create opportunities to support individual personal development and agency to encourage the next generation of leaders and mentors.
  • Reformed health care: dismantling structural barriers to improve access to HIV and viral hepatitis prevention and care services and building culturally safe and respectful environments for Indigenous people to navigate care.

GLOWS Medium Grant

The aims of the GLOWS Medium Grant are to ensure that the research commissioned is of high impact for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, that it represents value for money, that the research is led and owned by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and has direct benefit to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities. 

Research funded through the GLOWS Medium Grant must address the overall goal of the program, being to increase 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.

Before starting this grant application for the GLOWS Medium Grant commencing in 2025, you should ensure that you have read and understood the:

To be eligible for this grant you must meet the following criteria:

  • An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled organisation or a non-Indigenous organisation partnering with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled organisation are eligible to apply.  
  • An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person must be leading the research. A non-Indigenous person can be the Project Lead, but not the Chief Investigator.
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled organisations who wish to apply must have an Incorporation Number and be governed by a board with majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members (above 51%), who have been elected by the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.  
  • Institutions or organisations applying must have an Australian Business Number (ABN). The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled organisation must have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or Indigenous Business Number (IBN), including an account with an Australian financial Institution.  
  • The institution or organisation must have no outstanding reports, acquittals or serious breaches relating to any Australian Government funding (a serious breach might be one that has resulted in termination of a grant agreement).  
  • The institution or organisation must not be bankrupt or subject to insolvency proceedings. 
  • The institution or organisation must have the available resources and ability to undertake a research project in accordance with the GLOWS Medium Grant Terms and Conditions of the Contract. 
  • The grant must not be more than 33% of the organisation’s revenue. 

Incomplete applications and/or applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Once you have completed this application in full, you will receive confirmation via email that your application has been received.

If you have any questions about the eligibility criteria or require assistance in completing the application form, please contact Glows@lowitja.org.au

Have you read and understood the GLOWS Medium Grant Guidelines? * Required
Have you read and understood the GLOWS Medium Grant Terms and Conditions? * Required
Do all members of the project team have the necessary working with children and vulnerable people clearances required for your state? * Required
Does this project involve partners from other organisations? * Required

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "Does this project involve partners from other organisations?" on page 1

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Given the answers you've provided in the Applicant Eligibility Information section, you are ineligible for this grant. (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to questions:

  • "Have you read and understood the GLOWS Medium Grant Guidelines?" on page 1
  • "Have you read and understood the GLOWS Medium Grant Terms and Conditions?" on page 1
  • "Do all members of the project team have the necessary working with children and vulnerable people clearances required for your state?" on page 1