Organisation-specific projects see us partner with organisations to inform, shape, evaluate or grow their programs or services, whether those activities be domestic or international in focus.
2026 Community applications open: Monday 9 February 2026
2026 applications close: Friday 13 March 2026 6pm AEDT
Advisory Group reviews applications: April 2026
Organisations advised of application outcomes: May 2026
Project planning commences: July/August 2026
We appreciate that sometimes it is hard to find the resources to conduct your own research project in-house. Organisation-specific projects give you an opportunity to propose a project that directly meets the needs of your organisation.
Perhaps you want to evaluate a program or service you are running? Maybe you want to know about best practice models? Maybe you would like to collect data from your clients or staff to understand their needs better? Or perhaps you want to collect data to scope how to best expand a program or service into a new area? Whatever your needs are, we'd love to hear about them.
We recognise that sometimes needs are shared by more than one organisation or that a program is a partnership between you and others. We are happy to receive joint applications for organisation-specific projects and recommend that you read about joint applications in the SESU application guideline.
If you are interested in partnering with us but have some questions, we invite you to contact us about your needs.
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