Addressing Critical Psychology Shortages - Supporting Provisional Psychologists to Practice extension

Overview

The Australian Government has announced a total of $47.6 million over three financial years from 2026-27 for Addressing Critical Psychology Shortages – Supporting Provisional Psychologists to Practice extension. The Australian Government recognises the current bottlenecks in the psychology training pipeline and the impacts this has on workforce availability and service delivery. Strategies are needed to reduce attrition between the number of students commencing undergraduate psychology studies and those going on to practice. The grant program will support provisional psychologists to practice by increasing the availability of internships. This grant opportunity was announced as part of the Australian Government’s election commitment to provide funding for an additional 1,500 one-year internships for provisional psychologists in the ‘5+1 training pathway’ – a pathway to general registration which involves a five-year sequence of accredited study (e.g. Master of Professional Psychology) followed by a one-year internship. This pathway is hindered by a lack of supervised internships available and the cost of these internships to interns, supervisors, and practices. Funding will be available in 2026-27 and is anticipated to support approximately 500 internships each year until 2028-29. Please refer to the most recent version of the Frequently Asked Questions (Version 2) published on 24 November 2025. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.