The Foundation has a suite of competitive Awards and Grants, most of which are on offer during our annual Award Round.
Applications for these Awards must be completed via our online Portal, for which you can register at any time. Application forms are made available through the Portal when the Round opens and must be submitted before it closes.
Discrete Awards – those that sit outside of the Award Round – are the Academic Surgeon-Scientist Research Scholarship, Academic Surgeon-Scientist Research Fellowship and Chairs in OHNS. These follow their own application process and timeline.
Our Award Round opens annually around early July and runs until late August. Important documents such as Terms & Conditions of Award and Instructions for Applicants are made available for download via the relevant Award Pages in late June. Ensure you read and understand these before submitting an application.
During an Award Round, applicants must log on to the Portal to draft, save, and submit applications for assessment.
Once an Award Round closes, the Foundation Office run preliminary eligibility checks on submissions. You will be notified at this stage if you have submitted an ineligible application.
Applications that pass preliminary checks are then put forward to our Board of Directors for further eligibility checks and assessment. Final decisions are made in November, and applicants advised of outcomes in December. Funding Agreements are finalised in the year of Award.
The Foundation's Board of Directors review and assesses applications based on the Three Pillars of Assessment (as shown above).
Assessors review the suitability of an applicant and project, using criteria such as career-stage, the applicant's track record (relative to opportunity) and whether the project has achievable timelines. Further Assessment Criteria can be found in the Instructions for Applicants, available for download on our Award Pages, during an open Award Round.
The Board may in its absolute discretion withdraw any Award if, in its opinion, the application has not fulfilled the Foundation's objective to fund only the best people, research and applications.
The Foundation hosts an online Awards Workshop before each Award Round, to present an overview of the upcoming Round and run through common eligibility queries, including during a Q&A session. See our Events page for details of the next Workshop.
It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure they meet eligibility requirements. These are available in the Terms and Conditions of Award and Instructions for Applicants. These documents are made available on the relevant Award pages during an Award Round. Only applications submitted by the Award Round deadline will be considered for assessment.
The Academic Surgeon-Scientist Research Scholarship (ASSRS), Academic Surgeon-Scientist Fellowship (ASSF) and Chair in OHNS follow their own application process and timeline. Please see each Award Page for further detail, or contact our office (office@passewilliams.org.au).
For a one-off, discrete project or activity that will significantly benefit OHNS in Australia and/or New Zealand, and sits outside the scope of the Foundation’s standard suite of Awards, please contact us to discuss.
Our Fellowship and Scholarships are designed to forge career pathways for scientists and academic surgeon-scientists. Grants feed into all pathway streams. Please scroll down further for detail on individual Awards.