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The Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success acknowledges Indigenous peoples across Australia as the Traditional Owners of the lands on which the nation’s campuses are situated. With a history spanning more than 60,000 years as the original educators, Indigenous peoples hold a unique place in our nation. We recognise the importance of their knowledge and culture, and reflect the principles of participation, equity, and cultural respect in our work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future, and consider it an honour to learn from our Indigenous colleagues, partners, and friends.

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Capacity Building Grants Program

Provides support for institutions to develop their internal capacity for engaging in impact evaluations.

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This grant can be used to develop institutional capacity to implement impact evaluations of equity initiatives. This can be achieved through a variety of means, including, but not limited to:

  1. engaging internal or external evaluation experts;
  2. engaging in cross-institutional collaborations to share knowledge/best practices or identify opportunities for scalability (for example, combining data to create greater power); and
  3. providing professional development/training activities for key staff, in line with the aims of this grant scheme.

This Equity Frontiers Capacity Building Grants Program is an open and competitive process.

Deadline

The deadline for applying is 28 February 2025

Eligibility

All organisations seeking funding, including the submitting institution, must be a Table A institution, as listed in the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (“Table A providers”).

The maximum number of applications permitted from any participating institution is one.

Funding

The maximum funding available is:

  • $30,000 (excluding GST) for a single-institution application.
  • $70,000 (excluding GST) for a multi-institution application.

Project duration

The activities being funded must be concluded no later than 30 November 2025.

The final report must be submitted no later than 19 December 2025.

Capacity Building Grants Information Session

Join ACSES Trials and Evaluation Program Director, Associate Professor Tim Pitman, and ACSES Manager, National Student Equity Evaluation, Dr Patrick Broman, for an information session to learn more about the program, eligibility, levels of funding available, application deadlines, how to apply, and more. There will be time to ask your questions about the program or the application process.

Date: Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Time: 9.30am AWST | 12.30pm AEDT

Register here.