Grants
The next grant round will open on March 1, 2026.
Grants are designed to:
- enhance quality of care
- improve the patient and/or family experience
- reduce the challenges that patients and families of the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN) experience
A total of $160,000 is available, with a maximum of $50,000 available per application.
For more information, please see our FAQ’s or send us an enquiry.
Explore the impactful projects
Download the latest summary of successful grants from the March 2024 round to see how these contributions are helping enhance facilities, provide essential equipment, and support innovative health initiatives. Highlights include funding to create a play based initiative to increase attendance and compliance rates at Cochlear Implant appointments, to upgrade the Emergency Mental Health Zone to create a more welcoming and comforting environment, and to purchase a mobile sensory cart for use with neurodiverse patients across all rehabilitation programs.
Download a summary of 2025 GrantsFAQs
Any staff member of the WCHN can apply for a grant, and funds will be disbursed to the WCHN for the project.
Funds will be disbursed to the business unit that approved the grant application.
Yes, we are accepting applications from staff of the Women’s and Children’s Health Network.
No, these grants are not intended to support research. Information about funding for research can be found here.
Yes, you can submit applications for more than one project. We do encourage you to apply for the project(s) that you feel best align with our goal to improve care for patients and families.
We are looking to fund impactful projects that will improve the healthcare experience for women, children and their families. Perhaps you would like to offer a new resource, implement an activity, expand part of an existing service, or undertake a creative or innovative project that will support WCH patients and families. We’re looking for your ideas on how to make the WCHN experience the best it can be, inside and outside of the Hospital.
Funds will be available upon commencement of the project/program.
Projects requiring recurrent funding for new services will not be considered.
Resourcing for time can only be considered for limited periods of time associated with the initiative or involved in piloting an activity (i.e. – for staff time to initiate an activity, time to upskill other staff members, or time to develop a new resource).
*The WCH Foundation can only consider long-term funding of salaried projects in consultation with the WCHN CEO.
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