2025 Small Town Engagement Model (STEM) Grants - Expression of Interest
The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) seeks Expressions of Interest (EOI) from applicants for Small Town Engagement Model (STEM) grants.
The PHN provides STEM funding to enable piloting of innovative models of care in rural or regional communities within the PHN footprint, to increase equity of access to primary health care services in a rural or regional community.
EOI applications must:
Request up to $50,000 in STEM funding,
Be able to deliver the proposal within the 2025-26 financial year,
Specify a town of up to 5,000 people in a rural LGA* where they propose to deliver the initiative,
Specify how a Model of Care will improve the equity of access to primary health care services and can be measured before and after the initiative is implemented,
Explain how the proposed project or service funding will be used (noting that funding cannot be used for salaries, wages, travel, accommodation or capital works).
* Rural LGA's include Moree Plains Shire Council, Gwydir Shire Council, Narrabri Shire Council, Gunnedah Shire Council, Tenterfield Shire Council, Inverell Shire Council, Glen Innes Severn Council, Armidale Regional Council, Tamworth Regional Council, Liverpool Plains Shire Council, Uralla Shire Council, Walcha Council, Upper Hunter Shire Council, Muswellbrook Shire Council, Singleton Council, Dungog Shire Council and Mid Coast Council.