Specialist Training Program
The Specialist Training Program (STP) is a funding initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.
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There are around 900 STP-funded training positions across Australia, administered by 13 medical colleges. The RACP currently manages around 356 positions. Find out more about the program and its benefits.
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Find out how to apply for funding and how we calculate and distribute funds.
View all STP positions, including the Tasmania Project and Integrated Rural Pipeline Initiative.
Project funding support
In addition to the STP-funded program, the RACP receives funding for projects. We submit projects for grant opportunities on your behalf to the Department of Health and Aged Care which complement the Specialist Training Program.
Apply for Flexible Approach to Training in Expanded Settings (FATES) project funding.
Apply for STP support projects.
Acknowledgement: The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has received Australian Government funding under the Specialist Training Program.
STP Promotion Campaign
In 2020 and 2021, the Australian Government funded the College to develop a STP promotion campaign.
Hear our doctors share their own experiences of the STP in the full video series, In our own words.
“As a junior doctor working in an Indigenous community, I had a bit of an epiphany when I realised that a lot of the things that drew me to international health and global health were actually present in our backyard.”
— Dr Anna Holwell
Alice Springs Hospital
Watch the series