Rural Health Innovation Fund Grants

The Rural Health Innovation Fund provides one-off funding for community based programs targeted at innovative projects and initiatives that support quality health outcomes for people living in country South Australia.

The Rural Health Innovation Fund enables grant recipients to drive health care improvements (outcomes and experience) for people living in country areas, through projects and initiatives that are effective, efficient, sustainable and in support of equitable access to care.

Services/activities must be delivered within the geographical boundaries aligned with Country SA PHN:

• Barossa Hills Fleurieu
• Limestone Coast
• Eyre and Far North
• Riverland Mallee Coorong
• Flinders and Upper North
• Yorke and Northern

The Rural Health Innovation Fund Grant proposal must be:

• Community led
• Focused on health and wellbeing
• For the benefit of country south Australians

Who can apply?

• Not for profit organisations
• Registered South Australian charities
• Community groups

RHIF Grant Round 4 applications open on Monday, 2 February 2026 and will close on Tuesday, 17 March 2026

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Thanks to all our Grant recipients for the inspirational and important work you do improving health and wellbeing outcomes for country South Australians.

For more information on RHIF Grant Round 4 get in touch through:
[email protected]

Key focus areas

Your initiative should align with one or more key focus areas of The Rural Health Innovation Fund:

• Delivers enhanced health and wellbeing outcomes for country South Australians.
• Delivers sustainable improvements or knowledge that will enable enhanced health and wellbeing outcomes.
• Partner with consumers to better manage their health care.
• Is bold, creative, and innovative.
• Addresses a need or gap identified in population health data.
• Builds knowledge and/or evidence on which effective actions can be based.
• Demonstrates the impact of intended outcomes.

Eligibility

To be eligible you must:

• Be a not for profit organisation or registered as a charity on the Australian Charities National Register.
• Have an active Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN).
• Have and maintain adequate insurance coverage.

Assessment process

It is at the discretion of The Rural Health Innovation Fund to award funds to one, multiple or no organisations.

Applications must meet the eligibility criteria.

The Rural Health Innovation Fund will appoint an assessment panel and will have SA Rural Health Network Board approval.