Grant opportunity: Aboriginal-led Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) research consortium
The NSW Ministry of Health will be releasing a grant opportunity in December 2025 to establish an Aboriginal-led AOD research consortium to support better outcomes for Aboriginal families. This a new, competitive, closed grant opportunity. The funding will run for four years from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2030. The grant will be funded by the NSW Ministry of Health and administered by the Ministry’s Centre for Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAOD) with strategic advice from the Centre for Aboriginal Health (CAH) and the Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence (CEE).
The grant opportunity will be announced on the NSW Health AOD webpage, the NSW Government grants and funding webpage, and through the Ministry of Health AOD NGO Newsletter.
The total value of the grant program is up to $2,000,000 over four years (2026/27–2029/30). Up to $500,000 will be available per year (for financial years 2026/27–2029/30).
For more details, please see the Notice of Intent: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/aod/Pages/aboriginal-led-research-consortium.aspx
