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Up to $500,000 available in funding
Return to Work Innovations grants are an opportunity for organisations to develop new initiatives that improve the recovery and return to work experience of injured workers in Victoria.
We fund initiatives that:
- remove barriers to workers’ recovery
- develop education and capability uplift
- adopt new technologies, systems and processes to support recovery
- apply a holistic approach to workers’ needs and/or
- forge collaborations and partnerships to drive innovation and best-practice approaches.
Each grant round has a specific theme that aligns with a particular area of focus, and targets priority industries and worker cohorts.
The current grant theme is ‘Recovery through work’. Applications are open from October 6 until November 14, 2025.
Our work supports the five-year WorkSafe Victoria Strategy. The Strategy includes an aim to increase return-to-work rates through partnerships and highlights the importance of community collaborations in helping to achieve that goal.
Grant rounds
Round 2 - Oct 6 to Nov 14, 2025
Recovery through work
9am, October 6, 2025
2.00pm, November 14, 2025
Up to $500,000
Organisations working across
- construction
- manufacturing
- transport
- postal or
- warehousing.
New, innovative initiatives that support people in Victoria with work-related physical injury to:
- keep connected with their colleagues during recovery and
- return to modified, meaningful work – when safe to do so.
Recovery through work
Research by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) shows that long-term absence from work has a negative impact on physical and mental health. The evidence also supports the value of workers participating in medically endorsed, modified duties as part of their rehabilitation, and maintaining positive connections with colleagues and managers throughout their recovery.
This research has informed the focus of our grant, Recovery through work. The word ‘through’ suggests that working in a modified, safe way can be a means to recovery – not just an end point.
Read the grant guidelines for more information.
These FAQs relate to the Recovery through work grant. If you have a question that's not covered here, you're welcome to email us at [email protected].
Please note, we will do our best to help clarify the guidelines and eligibility, but we can't provide advice on specific projects or solution design for applications. This is to ensure fairness and impartiality and to avoid any perception of advantage.
Round 1 – March 2025
Early intervention for mental injuries
This grant closed on May 5, 2025. We look forward to shortly announcing the successful recipients of this round, which focussed on early intervention for people with work-related mental injuries.
More information
For more information email [email protected].
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