Innovative Workforce Fund
FINAL ROUND (Round 2)
Application Questions
Open 25 May to 15 June 2017
Please complete your Innovative Workforce Fund application online.
If you experience any accessibility issues or issues with the online application form, please
contact Leila Wright on 02 9256 3124 or email [email protected].
For your information, the questions contained in the online application are provided below.
Application Details
Application type
 Individual
 Organisation
o Disability organisation
o Research/education organisation
o Other (please specify)
Name of applicant (organisation name or, if relevant, individual’s name)
Is the applicant the lead of a consortium? If yes, please list other members.
If your project is part of a consortium, please detail the agreements in place and the
agreed governance arrangements. (1500 characters max)
Is your project dependent on one or more partners? If yes, please upload evidence that
partnerships are secured (eg letters of commitment from key partners, MoUs).
ABN
Organisation size (by annual income)
Org Size
Annual Income
Very small
Less than $650,000
Small
$650,001 - $2,600,000
Medium
$2,600,001 - 20,000,000
Large
More than 20,000,000
Where in Australia will your project take place? Which region(s)?
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Contact Details
Contact person
Telephone
Address
Position or title
Mobile
Email
Project Details
Name of your project
Indicate the main focus your proposed project is addressing: (one only)
Stream 1: Redesign support worker roles and test new work roles
Stream 2: Streamlined administration and operational practices
Stream 3: Role of technology in workplace practices
Stream 4: Workforce development in rural and remote areas
Select the priority of your project: (one only)
Priority 1: The innovation process
Priority 2: Workforce utilisation
Priority 3: Participant-led perspectives
Are you willing to share learnings from your project with others, including publications,
conference presentations and web sites?
Detail the purpose or goals of your project (1500 characters max)
Briefly describe your project (1500 characters max)
At what stage of development is your innovation?
 Scoping
 Experimentation
 Consolidation
Detail the work that has been done on your project so far (1500 characters max)
What will be the deliverables from this project? (1500 characters max)
Outline how you propose to measure the impact of your project on consumer
satisfaction, worker engagement and business sustainability (1500 characters max)
In the event that a similar project is submitted, would you be open to exploring
collaboration?
Describe how NDIS participants will be involved in the design, governance and
development of your proposed project (2000 characters max)
Describe how people providing support will be involved in the design, governance and
development of your proposed project (1500 characters max)
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Detail how your proposed project will assist individual and/or organisations to transition to
the NDIS operational environment (1500 characters max)
What risks to your proposed project have you identified? How will you mitigate risks?
(1500 characters max)
Supporting Documentation
Please upload your program logic
Please indicate your project timetable by completing and uploading your Activity Plan
using the template.
Please complete and attach the proposed project budget, using the template provided.
Please attach any documents to support your application (max of four attachments)
Total amount of funding sought from the Fund (GST excl.):
Referees
Please provide the details of two external referees, including name, title, organisation and
contact telephone and email.
Authorisation
I, the person identified below, am an authorised representative of the applicant and
declare that the information contained herein is true and correct. I acknowledge the
project will conclude by 31 May 2018, including the submission of all reports. I further
agree to share findings and outcomes from the project with the wider sector at no cost.
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