Promoting Stillbirth Education and Awareness Activities

$3,300,000 (GST exclusive) available over two financial years
2026–27: $1.3 million
2027–28: $2.0 million
No maximum grant amount, though grants cannot exceed available funds
Applications close: 2 November 2026

This grant opportunity was announced as part of the Promoting Stillbirth Education and Awareness Activities initiative funded through the 2026-27 Budget, addressing priority areas and actions in the National Stillbirth Action and Implementation Plan.

The purpose is to raise awareness of stillbirth and strengthen education on stillbirth prevention amongst priority cohorts. Priority cohorts are groups less likely to have access to antenatal care and at higher risk of experiencing stillbirth, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women from migrant and refugee communities experiencing higher rates of stillbirth, women living in rural, remote and outer regional areas, and women under the age of 20.

Given the barriers some priority cohorts face in accessing antenatal care and health information, new and innovative approaches are encouraged, including partnerships with programs and services operating in settings such as crisis accommodation, youth services and homeless services. Programs that include stillbirth education and awareness for men, fathers and non-birthing partners are also encouraged.

Key Requirements

Successful organisations must deliver stillbirth education and awareness activities to a minimum of one priority cohort. Other groups may be considered if there is evidence demonstrating they experience higher rates of stillbirth or are likely to be at increased risk.

All activities must use evidence-based resources and messaging, informed by consultation and co-design with priority cohorts, people with lived experience of stillbirth and pregnancy loss, and other relevant stakeholders. Materials must be easy to understand, culturally responsive and accessible to people with disabilities, adhering to the department’s guide to creating accessible documents.

Commonwealth-funded activities should embed trauma-informed and family, domestic and sexual violence aware approaches to support safe engagement and appropriate service response.

Applicants intending to deliver activities locally must demonstrate why the location would benefit from stillbirth education and awareness. Preference will be given to programs with the potential to be delivered at a national scale.

Relevant personnel must maintain a Working with Children check or Working with Vulnerable People registration, and organisations must maintain Australian Skills Quality Authority accreditation. Applicants must also demonstrate compliance with the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework, the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 and the Multicultural Access and Equity Policy.

Full eligibility conditions, performance indicators and application templates are set out in the official grant opportunity guidelines, which applicants should review before preparing a submission.

What is eligible for funding?

Grant activities must:

Align with the objectives and intended outcomes of the grant opportunity
Deliver an expansion of an existing program and/or develop and deliver new programs, resources or activities to raise awareness of stillbirth amongst priority cohorts, including embedding trauma-informed and FDSV-aware approaches
Undertake community engagement, co-design and consultation activities with priority cohorts to inform the programs, resources or activities
Include data collection and analysis to evaluate the programs, resources or activities delivered
Incorporate sustainability measures so the program can continue beyond the funding period
Ensure all content, programs and resources are accessible to people with disabilities

What companies are eligible for funding?

Eligible entity types are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporations registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006, companies, cooperatives, incorporated associations, sole traders and partnerships. Trustees applying on behalf of a trust must have an eligible entity type.

Applications will only be accepted from universities, Registered Training Organisations, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Women’s Health Services and Women’s Health Networks, charity and not-for-profit organisations, Primary Health Networks, and Local Hospital Networks and public health services.

Is this grant competitive or entitlement based?

Competitive. Your application will be assessed among other applications by a judging panel.

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