The Sustainable Futures Innovation Fund provides up to $50,000 to support staff-led innovation projects that improve patient care and reduce our environmental footprint.

There are three funding streams:

• Stream 1: provides seed funding up to $25,000 to "kick-start" a proof-of-concept net-zero project at the local level. Host Organisations may submit a maximum of four applications under this stream.
• Stream 2: provides between $25,000-$50,000 to support sustainable innovation projects with developed business cases demonstrating cost and carbon savings and improved patient outcomes. Host Organisations may submit a maximum of one application under this stream.
• Stream 3: provides seed funding up to $25,000 to "kick-start" a climate adaptation/resilience project at the local level. Host Organisations may submit a maximum of four applications under this stream.

All applicants need to get approval from the Chief Executive of their host organisation. In some host organisations, this approval process will be managed by the Sustainability Manager. In other host organisations, approval will need to be sought from the Chief Executive directly.

To be eligible to apply for the Sustainable Futures Innovation Fund, applicants must:

• be an employee of NSW Health
• have an idea or project addressing one of the following challenge areas:
  
  • healthcare (decarbonising clinical care)
  • land and buildings
  • energy and water
  • supply chain (reducing emissions from medical equipment and pharmaceuticals)
  • travel and transport
  • food services
  • climate adaptation/resilience

• Email: moh-netzero@health.nsw.gov.au