Registrars, supervisors and training posts receive payments to support training and education needs of the ACRRM Fellowship program. Payments depend on which funding pathway registrars are on.
A comparison of payments across all pathways is located in the Funding Comparison Fact sheet.
More information about each payment and how to access it can be found below, and in the Payments FAQs.
National Consistent Payments (NCP) - GP Training Incentive Payments
From semester one, 2026 RG registrars enrolled in a Commonwealth-funded training pathway under the Australian General Practice Training Program (AGPT) or Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) may be eligible for the below incentives.
These incentives are:
- Salary incentive - A salary incentive for doctors when they commence their first core training term in community-based primary care (PCT1) from semester one, 2026 or later.
- Study leave incentive - Up to 5 days of study leave incentive per training year, to study for and attend exams, and attend professional development activities.
- Parental leave incentive - Up to 20 calendar weeks of parental leave incentive for eligible primary caregivers and 2 calendar weeks for eligible secondary caregivers. Includes births, adoption or long-term fostering of a child up to the age of 16.
Rural Generalist Training Scheme (RGTS)
Registrars training on RGTS are provided training support payments and may be eligible to apply for reimbursement of relocation costs.
Payments are tiered according to rurality based on the MMM classification of the training post. See the Health Workforce Locator to identify the MMM classification for a location.
Please fill in this form to apply for relocation costs.
More information can be found at RGTS Registrar Support and RGTS Payments fact sheet.
Australian General Practice Training (AGPT)
Payments to supervisors, practices and registrars on the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program are made through the National Consistent Payments (NCP) framework via their Provider Digital Access (PRODA) system accounts.
Register your details to make a PRODA account.
Payments are tiered according to rurality based on the MMM classification of the training post. See the Health Workforce Locator to identify the MMM classification for a location.
Flexible Funds has been designed as part of the National Consistent Payments (NCP) framework to support training on the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) pathway and recognise the additional costs of participating and delivering ACRRM training in a rural or remote community.
All applications must be submitted on the approved ACRRM Flexible Funds Form.
For more information, please refer to the Flexible Funds FAQs and ACRRM Flexible Funds Guidelines.
Registrars training with ACRRM on the AGPT commonwealth funded pathway are eligible to receive a $3,900 one-off payment to subsidise the travel and accommodation costs associated with attendance at required face-to-face education activities within the national education program.
This includes the following activities:
- Primary care orientation
- Cultural education
- Semesters A and B face-to-face regional workshops
In June and December of each year, this one-time payment will be made upon completion of both Semesters A and B face-to-face regional workshops, and no application is required.
We recognise that your costs to attend required education may exceed this payment. To support this, additional funding to subsidise significantly higher travel and accommodation costs can be applied through the Flexible Funds under the National Consistent Payments framework.
Financial support calculator
There are also several financial supports, provided by the Commonwealth Government, available to rural and remote doctors, at various levels of training and/or experience. A calculator has been developed by Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) which aims to help individuals understand what they may be entitled to, and easily access individual program information.
The calculator provides a guide only to the maximum level of financial support available to rural and remote doctors, based on the search parameters and a full year. This calculator can be accessed through RDAA financial support calculator.