Developing high-quality career development services through enhanced partnerships

You are not eligible to apply if you are:

• an individual
• an unincorporated association
• any organisation not included in section 4.1
• a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust)
• a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.

We assess your application against the eligibility criteria and then against the assessment criteria. Only eligible applications will proceed to the assessment stage.

You can only submit an application between the published opening and closing dates. We cannot accept late applications.

If you are successful we expect you will be able to commence your project around September-October 2020. Your project must be completed by 30 June 2022.

The amount of detail and supporting evidence you provide in your application should be relative to the project size, complexity and grant amount requested. You should define, quantify and provide evidence to support your answers. The sample application form displays character limits.

We consider your application on its merits, based on:

• how well it meets the criteria
• how it compares to other applications
• whether it provides value with relevant money.

When assessing whether the application represents value with relevant money, we will have regard to:

• the overall objectives of the grant opportunity
• the evidence provided to demonstrate how your project contributes to meeting those objectives
• the relative value of the grant sought.

We will establish a committee of Australian Government departmental representatives to assess applications. The committee may seek advice from independent technical experts.

The committee will assess your application against the assessment criteria and compare it to other eligible applications before recommending which projects to fund.

The Assistant Secretary of the National Careers Institute will make the final decision.

We will assess your application based on the weighting given to each criteria.

• Assessment criterion 1: The extent that your project will deliver an innovative approach to help Australians develop careers that can adapt to the workforce of today and the future (45 points)
• Assessment criterion 2: Capacity, capability and resources to deliver the project (25 points)
• Assessment criterion 3: Impact of grant funding on your project (30 points)

If your application is successful, you’ll receive a written offer. If you are unsuccessful, we’ll notify you in writing and give you the chance to discuss the outcome with us.

Successful applicants must enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth. The grant agreement will specify the reporting requirements, payment schedule and milestones necessary to receive payments.

We’ll make the first payment when the grant agreement is executed. We’ll make subsequent payments after we have received and accepted the required report.

We will make payments according to an agreed schedule set out in the grant agreement. Payments are subject to satisfactory progress on the project.

Payments will be made by direct credit into a nominated bank account.