Safer Motorcycling Grants Program

Thank you for expressing interest in the Safer Motorcycling Grants Program.

This is an application form for the program. Funding of up to $300,000 excluding GST is available to support new and innovative projects aimed at improving safety for motorcyclists in Victoria.

We are inviting research organisations and industry to apply for funding to help support the delivery of projects in Technology and Intelligent Transport Solutions (ITS), Education and Research, and Motorcycle Policy and Law.

This process is in two parts and includes questions to:

• Confirm your project and organisation’s eligibility.
• Support your project proposal application.

Please ensure you have read the Program Guidelines on the Department of Transport and Planning website before proceeding with the application.

You will need to submit this Introduction form to begin your application. Following submission of the Introduction form, we will include the additional application forms i.e. Organisation and Project Eligibility & Application and Project detail forms, to complete your application.

This form can be saved as a draft. Please ensure you save your draft regularly whilst completing the application.

Applications opened on 15 January 2025 and will close on Friday, 14 March 2025 at 11:59 pm.

The Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) will contact successful and unsuccessful applicants by mid-2025.

Privacy Statement

The Department of Transport and Planning (‘DTP’) is committed to protecting your privacy. Any personal information collected, handled, stored or disclosed about you through our services shall be managed in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 and the principles of Victorian privacy laws.

This collection notice applies to you when you register your interest to participate in the Safer Motorcycling Grants Program (the ‘program’) and will detail how your personal information will be collected and handled.

We only collect, use and handle personal information when it is necessary for us to perform our functions or activities.

Your participation in the program is optional and you don’t have to give us all the information we ask you to provide. However, failing to provide the required fields on the online application form may make you ineligible to participate in the program. The online application form identifies what information is required. Unless asked for, please do not include personally identifying information in the body of open text questions.

The information you provide will be used to allow us to:

• verify that you meet the eligibility criteria to participate in the program.
• contact you in case we require further information.
• contact you to understand your experience and how we can improve the program.
• contact you to send program updates and other relevant information.
• evaluate the success of the program.
• assess the continuation or expansion of the program.

Where necessary, we may disclose your information to Transport Accident Commission (TAC) staff who are included in the DTP evaluation panel. We may also disclose your information when we are authorised or required to do so by law.

By providing your personal information, you are consenting to be contacted by DTP to assist you through the program stages, seek any clarification on your responses, to seek feedback on your participation on the program, and/or to provide you updates on the program as outlined above.

You are not required to provide us with information relating to your health, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association or trade association/union, religious or philosophical beliefs or affiliations, sexual preference or criminal record. If you do volunteer such information, please note that we will consider that by you providing this information you also provide us with consent to collect it.

For more information on DTP’s collection, use and disclosure of personal information, or on how you can access your personal information held by the Department, please see the DTP Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about the program that are not addressed by the Program Guidelines, please visit our website or please contact us: safermotorcyclinggrants@transport.vic.gov.au.

This grants portal uses OurCommunity's SmartyGrants system and as a result, personal information you provide will be handled on computer servers and places outside of Victoria. We encourage you to read the SmartyGrants Privacy Policy (Applicants) at www.smartygrants.com.au.

Terms of this Application

• I am authorised to complete this application on behalf of my organisation.
• I agree the information in this application (including any attachments) is, to the best of my knowledge, true and correct.
• I have read and understood the Safer Motorcycling Grants Program Guidelines. To the best of my knowledge, this application has been prepared and submitted in accordance with the requirements set out in the Safer Motorcycling Grants Program Guidelines.
• I have read and understood the Privacy Collection Notice.
• I will notify DTP of any changes to the information provided in this application or any change in circumstance that may affect this application.
• I understand that this is an application only and may not necessarily result in funding approval.
• Successful applicants will be required to enter into a legally binding grant agreement with DTP for the delivery of the relevant project. I acknowledge that DTP is under no obligation to provide any funding until a grant agreement has been executed.