Dust Diseases Board grants
The Dust Diseases Board funds research and support services for people affected by dust diseases through grants, scholarships and fellowships.
FY25 NSW Dust Diseases Board Funding Calls
Funding calls for FY25 grant streams are due to open in FY25
in order to align with the NSW Dust Diseases Board's new grant strategy.
Please keep an eye on this page for further details.
The Dust Diseases Board has been funding grants since 1983 with the aim to reduce the risk of dust diseases and improve outcomes for people who have a dust disease, and their families.
A total of 55 grants with a funded value of over $13 million were approved by the Dust Diseases Board between 2016 and 2023. See below for current funding opportunities.
Grant funding
The Dust Diseases Board aims to make a positive difference to those impacted by hazardous dust exposure and dust diseases through the delivery of the following grant funding streams. These help deliver a range of positive outcomes to affected workers across the disease lifecycle.
Previously the Dust Diseases Board has offered grants across four funding streams:
New Five Year Strategy
The Dust Diseases Board is committed to funding grants in a way that is responsive to changes in the dust diseases operating environment and the evolving needs of people impacted by hazardous dust exposure.
Funding calls
The 2025-2029 Strategy and associated grant funding opportunities will be published here in early FY25.
Application forms and guidelines
- Dust Diseases Board Support organisation grants guidelines 0.19 MB(pdf)
- Dust Diseases Board Support organisation grants application form 0.58 MB(pdf)
- Previous Dust Diseases Board Fellowship Scholarship Guidelines 0.28 MB(pdf)
- Previous Dust Diseases Board Fellowship Application Form 0.35 MB(pdf)
- Previous Dust Diseases Board Scholarship Application Form 0.25 MB(pdf)
- Previous Dust Diseases Board Ideas to action and focus grants application form 0.18 MB(pdf)
- Previous Dust Diseases Board Ideas to action and focus grants guidelines 0.30 MB(pdf)
- Previous Dust Diseases Board Fellowship and scholarship guidelines 0.97 MB(pdf)
- Previous Dust Diseases Board Fellowship application form 0.23 MB(pdf)
- Previous Dust Diseases Board Scholarship application form 0.24 MB(pdf)