In June 2016 the NSW Government announced the $75 million NSW Drug Package to tackle drug misuse in our communities. Over four years, the investment focussed on supporting more young people, more people into treatment and more families.
As part of the NSW Drug Package, funding of $8 million over four years was provided to help build the evidence base for early intervention models to support people at risk with a particular focus on young people with problematic alcohol and other drug use. The fund consisted of two grant schemes.
Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Evaluation Grants Scheme (EGS)
Grants under this scheme focused on building the capacity of NGOs to evaluate existing programs to build the evidence base and ultimately improve program delivery. Grants were for $30,000 to $150,000 over two years.
AOD Innovation Grants Scheme (IGS)
Grants under this scheme were for NGO's and their partners, including the NSW Health system to specifically drive early intervention innovation with a specific focus on vulnerable young people. Grants of $50,000 to $1 million over two years are awarded with the purpose of testing innovative approaches to prevention, early intervention, harm reduction and aftercare / relapse prevention.
Round 1 grant recipients
NGO Evaluation Grants (Round 1)
AOD Innovation Grants (Round 1)
NGO Evaluation Grants (Round 2)
AOD Innovation Grants (Round 2)
| Nadine Ezard |
St Vincent's Health Network |
Feasibility and efficacy of the S-Check App: A harm reduction and early intervention smartphone application for methamphetamine use  St Vincent's S-Check App Summary Report
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June 2020 |
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The Network of Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies (NADA) administered the 'NADA Service Development Grant Round 2'. The purpose of round two of NGO Service Development Grant Program (the Program) was to support NGOs
funded by NSW Health for the delivery of AOD treatment services to engage in projects designed to increase
service capacity regarding access, equity and safety for people seeking and engaging in AOD treatment. The
two different streams for the projects were:
- Projects designed to improve the access, orientation to and safety while in, AOD
treatment
- Projects that focus on improving access and equity regarding a specific target
population
The NADA has published the 
Service Development Grants Round 2 Final Report which provides an overview of the range of initiatives that non-government alcohol and other drug services were funded under the two streams. NADA has also produced a series of webinars on the AOD Early Intervention and Innovation Fund (EIIF) grant rounds.
Other research funding
Translational Research Grants Scheme (TRGS) funds research projects that will translate into better patient outcomes, health service delivery, and population health and wellbeing.
The scheme provides grants to staff within local health districts, speciality health networks, NSW Ambulance and NSW Health Pathology. The Scheme is designed to build research capacity and accelerate evidence translation within the NSW public health system.
Unlike previous years, the latest round (Round 6) does not have specific research themes.
For more about NSW Health medical research, visit NSW Health Medical & Health Research.
More information
All enquiries should be directed to MOH-AODGrants@health.nsw.gov.au