• First, read through the detailed guidelines and request forms to get an idea of the types of funding we offer, how applications will be assessed, and the aims of the funding.
• Second, discuss your project idea with us. We encourage all potential applicants to contact us at healthway@healthway.wa.gov.au to discuss their idea.

Process

Requests will be assessed in consultation with our Research Assessment Committee and relevant research experts, where appropriate. External agencies and proposed partners may also be consulted by our discretion. 

• We will contact the candidate’s referees (2) to discuss the applicant and their ability to conduct the proposed study program.
• Shortlisted applicants may be invited for an interview with a panel of Healthway staff and Research Assessment Committee members.
• All funding decisions will be made by the our Board. The Board may contact any person or organisation when seeking information on which to base its decisions. 
• Projects approved for funding by the Board also require the Minister for Health’s approval for disbursement of funds. 

Criteria

• Relevance of the proposed research to health promotion and Heathway’s strategic priorities.
• The research methodology and scientific validity of the proposed research.
• Strength of the partnerships.
• Strength of the knowledge translation plan.
• Candidate’s ability to conduct the proposed study program and research.

• Fellowship and Scholarship holders may undertake up to eight (8) hours of paid employment outside the research project, during the hours of 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, with the permission of the student’s institution, and must not interfere with a scholarship holder’s study program.
• Scholarship and Fellowship holders are entitled to a total of 20 days of paid leave per annum, to be taken during their tenure. This leave will not be considered cumulative.
• Scholarship and Fellowship holders are entitled to sick leave in accordance with the conditions applying to the individual institution. The tenure of the scholarship will not be affected by sick leave. In special cases, where the student is ill for more than one (1) month, we MAY agree to a temporary suspension of the scholarship.
• Up to 12 months of Parental leave may be taken, during which time the scholarship or fellowship will be temporarily suspended.
• Extensions to the duration and deferment will only be considered by Healthway in exceptional circumstances and must be applied for in writing and submitted within our grants portal by the institution’s research office.
• Deferment for longer than one year will result in the Scholarship being forfeited.
• Institutions may apply to Healthway to consider extending a scholarship tenure to a third year if the student’s progress in their Master’s degree warrants conversion to enrolment for a Doctor of Philosophy.
• Acknowledgment of Healthway must be made by the student, or past-recipient of a Healthway Scholarship or Fellowship, when any material which represents the results of work undertaken during tenure is submitted for publication, presented at conferences or covered in any other mass media.
• Any financial support from other organisations for the student’s research during the tenure of the scholarship must be approved by Healthway prior to accepting such support.

• Requests for funding must be submitted online via the Lotterywest Healthway Grants Portal by the responsible officer of the administering institution, generally the Research Grants office, on behalf of the applicant.
• Requests submitted directly from individual researchers will not be accepted, researchers do not have access to the Grants Portal.
• All administering organisations will need to be registered before submitting a grant request through the Grants Portal.
• For further guidance on the Grants Poral please request your Research Grants Office to contact us on 133 777 or healthway@healthway.wa.gov.au.

If you’re thinking of applying, but not sure if you’re competitive, we strongly suggest you send us an email healthway@healthway.wa.gov.au to arrange a time to discuss your idea and competitiveness.  

Guidelines and the application form are available once the grant round has opened. Send us an email healthway@healthway.wa.gov.au and we may be able to provide you with a previous year’s guidelines, to give you an idea of what to expect.