Under the Commonwealth Government Targeted Programs Country Areas Program (CAP), applications are invited each year for grants to independent schools educating targeted students in the following school year.

The Application Form and accompanying Guidelines and Instructions for this program are made available to Principals in August of each year for funding in the following year.  Click the link below for details about Grant Information and Application Forms.  Eligibility criteria are specified in the Application Guidelines.

Assessment of Applications

All applications are assessed by an external assessment committee of relevant professionals using the criteria detailed in the Administrative Guidelines for Commonwealth Programs for Non-government Schools. The assessment committee is chaired by the AISNSW Director: Professional Services.

Recommendations of Applications

The recommendations made by the Assessment Committee are reviewed by the Literacy, Numeracy and Special Learning Needs Program (LNSLN) Advisory Committee and the Targeted Programs Reference Panel before being considered for approval by the AISNSW Board. 

Grant Information and Application Forms

Click here to access grant information and application forms.  You may need to use your previous AIS password to open some of the forms on this page.