AUSTRALIA · GRANT
Supporting Living Organ Donors Program
🤝 Supporting Living Organ Donors Program Issued by: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing This program offers financial reimbursement to reduce the burden of living organ donation. It aims to support individuals undertaking extensive work-up testing or donation surgery by alleviating the financial stress caused by lost income, travel, and accommodatio…
Key facts
- Agency
- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- Location
- National
- Status
- Open
- Opened
- 11 Sept 2025
- Closing
- Ongoing
- Funding
- $6.6M
- Categories
- 231012 - Health Promotion and Prevention Programs
Summary and scope
Living organ donation is major surgery and carries risk for the donor. Prospective donors undergo extensive work-up testing to ensure they are physically and mentally able to donate, and these medical appointments may require donors to take time off work. If donation surgery proceeds, donors may require a significant amount of time off work to recover. The extensive work-up testing and donation surgery may require donors to travel long distances for medical appointments. The program aims to ensure that taking time off work and out-of-pocket travel and accommodation expenses are not a barrier for individuals considering donation. The program provides reimbursement of paid leave and out-of-pocket expenses associated with donation. The program is not an incentive to donate. It is designed to help support those individuals who wish to donate but cannot afford to due to loss of income and the financial stress it would cause for them and their family. The purpose of the program is to reduce the financial stress associated with being a living organ donor, raise the profile of living organ donors and encourage employers to support employees who have chosen to donate an organ. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
Eligibility
To be eligible you must be: An individual / person To be eligible for leave reimbursement, you must have donated a kidney or partial liver, or done work-up testing and be: donating in Australia; and an Australian resident (as defined by the Health Insurance Act 1973); and have a valid Medicare card; and 18 years of age or older; and employed by a registered Australian business with an active ABN. The employer must be willing to participate in the program; or self-employed with an active ABN. To be eligible for out-of-pocket expenses reimbursement, you must have donated a kidney or partial liver, or done work-up testing and be: donating in Australia; and an Australian resident (as defined by the Health Insurance Act 1973), with a valid Medicare card OR donating to an Australian resident (as defined by the Health Insurance Act 1973), with a valid Medicare card; and 18 years of age or older
Source and freshness
Source update date not provided
Information shown is sourced from public opportunity records. Official buyer documents and addenda take precedence for deadlines, eligibility and submission requirements.