The Postgraduate Psychology Incentive Program aims to support higher education providers who have created additional postgraduate psychology places in courses which lead to general registration and can lead to relevant areas of practice endorsement. 

Funding under the program will be available over 4 grant rounds, with one round opening each financial year from 2023-24 to 2026-27. Eligible organisations will be required to apply for each individual round as they become available.

The grant opportunity will be available over four separate grant rounds (with one opening each financial year) and will provide up to $61,408,297.50 (GST inclusive) over four years (2023-24 to 2026-27).

Round 3 (of this grant opportunity) will provide up to $16,052,300 (GST inclusive) in 2025-26 to higher education providers to support additional postgraduate psychology places in courses which lead to general registration and areas of practice endorsement.

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to create a scalable, sustainable measure to build capacity within higher education providers to grow the postgraduate qualified psychology workforce to alleviate pressure in the system.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• support higher education providers creating additional postgraduate places in relevant psychology courses
• allow more students to study postgraduate psychology, and
• boost the psychology training pipeline by training more students that can go on to work in the mental health sector upon graduation.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:

• to increase the availability of postgraduate places in relevant courses to support students to complete the training pathway and obtain general registration, and
• provide interim actions to immediately address some of the known bottlenecks in the postgraduate psychology training pathway.

To apply for funding under this grant opportunity you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be registered for the purposes of GST
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• be an Australian higher education provider registered with TEQSA and approved to:
  • offer Commonwealth Supported Places and
  • offer postgraduate psychology courses which lead to general registration and can lead to the following areas of practice endorsement (as outlined on the Psychology Board of Australia website):
    • clinical neuropsychology
    • clinical psychology
    • community psychology
    • counselling psychology
    • health psychology
    • educational and developmental psychology
    • forensic psychology
    • organisational psychology
    • sport and exercise psychology
  • be one of the following entity types:
    • Indigenous Corporation (registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006)
    • company
    • corporate Commonwealth entity
    • non-corporate Commonwealth statutory authority
    • corporate state or territory entity
    • non-corporate state or territory entity
    • non-corporate state or territory statutory authority
    • cooperative
    • incorporated association
    • other incorporated entity
    • statutory entity
    • partnership, and
    • unincorporated association.

• Phone: 1300 484 145
• Email: Grant.ATM@health.gov.au