Call for EOIs Due 7 November 2020 for: Perpetual Impact Grants State Trustees Disadvantage Children Grant

Perpetual Impact Grant

Perpetual’s Impact Philanthropy Application Program is now open, with all applications closing on Friday 2 December. As UoM is eligible to submit up to three applications from different departments, Advancement will coordinate an internal selection process.

If you are interested in putting forward a project for consideration, please populate this form by COB 7 November.

Funding is provided for a wide range of projects at different developmental stages including (but not limited to) pilot and existing projects, capacity building and operational costs. Their guidelines are very broad, but they are looking for projects which demonstrate:

Strategy: Evidence of strategic goals and demonstrable outcome-orientated measures.
Outcomes: Evidence of tangible, realistic, measurable and achievable goals and outcomes, including societal impact. Perpetual asks that applicants look beyond the outputs related to their request and demonstrate the potential impact of their activities.
Unlike some philanthropic funders, they do fund medical research

Guidelines:

Funding requests must be no more than $120,000, noting the average grant amount is $75,000.
Funding is distributed in June 2023, so the earliest start date for the project should be July 2023.
Funding is for a single year and projects should be completed by 30 June 2024
Funding is provided for a wide range of projects at different developmental stages including (but not limited to) pilot and existing projects, capacity building and operational costs.
Applications will be assessed based on strategy, outcomes, capability and leadership

Previous funding provided to UoM:

MDHS – Predictive screen for PTSD trauma following traumatic birth
MDHS – 3-Photon Imaging System Research
FVAS – Feline Research
MDHS – ‘Confident Voices’: Promoting positive communication attitudes for children who stutter’
Strengthening children and families in disaster and emergency recovery
MGSE – The In2School Project, in which MGSE partnered with Travancore School and The Royal Children’s Hospital

Guidelines are attached and further detail can be accessed here.

State Trustees Disadvantaged Children Grant

State Trustees grant round for Disadvantaged Children is now open, closing on 2 December. UoM is eligible to submit one application so Advancement will coordinate an internal selection process.

If you’d like to submit your project for consideration, please populate this form by COB Monday 7 November.

State Trustees has developed the Disadvantaged Children grant program to address systemic issues contributing to disadvantage for children. Grants of up to $50k in the first year are available for submissions that:

Address systemic issues impacting children’s emotional wellbeing, educational attainment, and life achievement
Are innovative and take a systems view
Have a focus on prevention
Deploy integrative and collective impact approaches
Promote cross‐sector collaboration
Provide an evidence base to demonstrate the effectiveness of programs
Are Victorian based

Grants up to $50,000 (with potential to scale up to 3-year, $250k per year partnership from FY2023/24). Projects that outline how this grant of $50,000 will allow the foundations to scale up for a further two years at $250,000 p/year will be highly regarded.

Guidelines:

State Trustees will not support Universities and other institutions seeking funding for academic research projects or research positions with minimal or no research translation activity or no community-based partners.
Generally, they will not fund existing positions or supplement existing staff budgets,

Previous grants distributed under this grant scheme:

N/A – new grant round

Guidelines are attached and further information can be accessed here.

If you wish to discuss your proposal with a team member from MERI please email us at

If you have any queries regarding the Scheme, please contact mgse-grants@unimelb.edu.au.