Closing this week
12Australia Cook Islands Community Grant Program (ACCGP) – Round 2
The ACCGP Round 2 provides small grants to support local organisations and individuals in addressing local priorities including education, gender equality, disability, economic empowerment and grassroots sporting organisations in the Cook Islands. Funding is provided via small grants of approximately AUD 5,000 to AUD 15,000 each.
Healing for Strong Families – Bidyadanga
This grant funds the delivery of the Bidyadanga Healing Model, which integrates First Nations healing methodologies with therapeutic practices to strengthen identity, safety and resilience in the community. Successful applicants must demonstrate cultural competence, genuine community relationships, and capability to deliver culturally-led healing services with long-term commitment and participatory engagement.
Game on for Change – Preventing Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence through Sport
This program empowers all levels of the sporting sector to play a leading role in the prevention of domestic, family and sexual violence. It builds capacity and capability of the sector to address gendered drivers of violence and foster safe, respectful and inclusive environments. The program supports evidence-based prevention initiatives and strengthens partnerships between sport and primary prevention sectors.
Aboriginal-led alcohol and other drugs research consortium
This grant seeks to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal families and strengthen the Aboriginal Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) research workforce across NSW. It funds the formation of a new consortium to generate policy-relevant evidence, support prevention and early intervention strategies, and build Aboriginal research capacity in AOD.
Market Accelerator Program QLD
This program provides matched funding to emerging, new-to-export and growing and experienced exporters in Queensland to respond to global opportunities and expand into new export markets. Eligible costs include engaging market specialists, export advisory services, product redesign and testing, export accreditation, and travel costs for product approvals and deal finalization.
Aboriginal Tourism Development in NT Parks and Reserves Grant Program
This program provides funding to NT majority owned Aboriginal tourism businesses to help them develop tourism products and Aboriginal cultural tourism experiences for NT park visitors.
Aboriginal Tourism Development Support Grants NT
Funding to assist Aboriginal Territorians and Aboriginal owned businesses and organisations to develop Aboriginal cultural tourism experiences and products. The grants support engagement of professional services for feasibility studies, business planning, and preparing applications to land councils or land management authorities for tourism experiences and products.
Event Funding Program NT
This program provides funding for events being held in the Northern Territory to strengthen the event sector by increasing the quality of events and festivals. It offers three funding tiers: Flagship (no funding limit), Signature (up to $300,000), and Community (up to $100,000) categories based on event type and outcomes.
Forestry Industry Supply Chain Support Program NSW
This program provides financial support to businesses impacted by the moratorium on timber harvesting in the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) in NSW. Eligible businesses can use grants to cover costs including price differences when sourcing timber from new suppliers and freight costs associated with sourcing alternative hardwood or by-products.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for funding commencing in 2027
The DECRA grant opportunity provides focused research support for early career researchers in both teaching and research, and research-only positions. The DECRA scheme objectives are to: support outstanding early-career researchers with demonstrated capacity for high-quality research and emerging capability for leadership and supervision; foster collaboration, with national or international researchers; support excellent and innovative research that addresses a significant problem or gap in knowledge and represents value for money; create new or advanced knowledge resulting from the outcomes of the research with economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia; and advance promising early career researchers and promote enhanced opportunities for diverse career pathways in high-quality and supportive environments. The intended outcome of the Discovery Program is to contribute to the growth of Australia’s research and innovation capacity. Increasing Aust
Fostering Innovation Sponsorship Program NSW
This program provides sponsorship for NSW organisations undertaking programs to promote investment and innovation. It supports activities that drive equitable participation in the innovation sector, enable opportunities for startups in regional NSW and Western Sydney, and connect local startups with investors and venture capitalists.
Basecamp
A no-cost education program by LaunchVic for seed to series A founders looking to make their first hires. The program runs across seven days from April to June 2026 and provides 1:1 coaching from GTM and HR leaders, practical hiring tools, and mentorship to help founders design strategy-aligned hiring roadmaps and build high-performing teams.
Closing this month
64Addressing Critical Psychology Shortages – Postgraduate Psychology Incentive Program – Round 3
This grant supports Australian higher education providers to create additional postgraduate psychology places in courses leading to general registration and areas of practice endorsement. Round 3 provides funding in 2025-26 to build capacity within higher education institutions and grow the postgraduate qualified psychology workforce to alleviate pressure in the mental health system.
Australian Bushland Program – New Indigenous Protected Areas
This 2-year program (1 July 2026 to 30 June 2028) aims to strengthen conservation and protection of Australia's environmental and cultural values through establishing and managing Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs). The program supports implementation of the National 30 by 30 Roadmap to protect 30% of Australia's land by 2030, while contributing to social and economic benefits for First Nations people.
Placemaking Grants 2026-27
A funding program supporting placemaking projects in Canberra's City Centre and Braddon through various categories including art, events, marketing, place, and space initiatives. The program aims to create lively, engaging spaces that strengthen community connection to public spaces and encourage visitation through creative and design-led approaches.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
The DECRA scheme provides focused research support for early career researchers in both teaching and research, and research-only positions. It funds three-year research projects with salary and on-costs for the researcher, plus up to $50,000 per year in project costs. Funding supports personnel, equipment, field research, travel, and dissemination of research outputs.
Visions of Australia - Round 22
The Visions of Australia Program provides funding to support the development and touring of quality exhibitions around Australia by Australian arts and cultural organisations. The objectives of the Visions of Australia Program are to: increase access for Australian audiences to exhibitions of quality Australian arts and cultural material, with a particular focus on touring to regional and remote Australia encourage partnerships between organisations such as museums and galleries, particularly collaboration across the collections sector, to form curatorial partnerships and where appropriate, access to mentoring and skills transfer opportunities. Program funding is delivered through two streams: Development: for the costs of planning and producing an exhibition to tour. This includes research and design Touring: for the costs to produce the exhibition and the costs to transport, install and dismantle the exhibition as well as deliver public programs. The Program delivers two funding roun
Screen Culture Fund
Screen Queensland's Screen Culture Fund invests in events that help grow a successful screen industry in Queensland, including film and games festivals, industry conferences, and other screen culture events. The fund enables vital screening and networking platforms across the state for local practitioners while providing audiences and industry access to diverse and inspirational screen content.
2026/27 Investing in Women NSW
This program funds innovative projects that champion opportunities for women and girls in NSW, focusing on three pillars: economic opportunity and advancement, health and wellbeing, and participation and empowerment. Funding supports majority women-owned and managed small businesses, social enterprises, and not-for-profits to deliver projects aligned with the NSW Women's Strategy (2023-2026).
International Space Investment India Projects Round 2
The International Space Investment Initiative supports strategic space projects that build relationships with international space agencies. An India focused expansion of the initiative was announced in 2022 and will provide support for Australian organisations to conduct joint space projects and build valuable commercial links with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the broader Indian space sector. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to: unlock international space opportunities for the Australian space sector to work on joint space projects with India expand the capability and capacity of the Australian space sector, and support job creation demonstrate the Australian space sector’s ability to successfully deliver space-related products and services internationally support projects which contribute to building a vision and a diverse, inclusive Australian space ecosystem that inspires businesses, the Australian community and the next generation of space workforce,
Indigenous Languages and Arts - Open Competitive Grant Opportunity 2026
The ILA Program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to express, conserve and maintain their cultures through Indigenous languages and arts activities. Grant funding allocated through the ILA Program supports activities that: Conserve, revitalise and sustain Indigenous languages and Create, promote and celebrate Indigenous community-based arts activities. Eligibility: To be eligible for an ILA program grant, your organisation must: have an Australian Business Number (ABN) be registered for the purposes of GST - if your business has a gross annual income minus GST of $75,000 (or $150,000 for non-profit organisations) have an account with an Australian financial institution be one of the following entity types: an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 and are compliant with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s (ASIC) requirements regarding director ID n
Regional and Remote Airport Support Program
A total of $5 million will be available over 2025-26 for the Regional and Remote Airport Support Program (the program). The program will provide financial relief to operators of regional and remote airports that were owed money by the Rex Airlines regional business when it entered voluntary administration. This includes: Regional Express Holdings Limited (ACN 099 547 270) Regional Express Pty Ltd (ACN 101 325 642) Rex Investment Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 101 317 677). The intended outcomes of the program are to: support critical aviation services to connect remote and regional communities across Australia support local governments in regional and remote areas to maintain essential services. Eligibility: You can apply if you: have an Australian business number (ABN) operate a regional or remote airport as defined in the ACCC Domestic Airline Competition Report August 2025 (refer to the Airport and Remoteness tab in the Appendix) are an unsecured creditor of the Rex Airlines regional busines
National Taxonomy Research Grant Program 2026-27 Round
The National Taxonomy Research Grant Program 2026-27 grant opportunity provides grants for taxonomy and systematics research, training and recruitment of taxonomists. Grants will support projects with the primary aim of undertaking research into the taxonomy of the Australian biota. The Australian Biological Resources Study has three Priority Areas for Research: Biodiversity, Conservation and Vulnerable and Endangered Species Public, Plant, Animal and Environmental Health Building Taxonomic Capacity. Seven grant streams are available to applicants to support research projects of differing levels of complexity and at different stages of their career. Four of these seven grant streams do not require co-funding (i.e. the projects can be fully paid for by the grant). The four grant streams that do not require co-funding are: Honours Scholarship Masters Scholarship PhD Scholarship Support Grant Non-salaried Researcher Grant. The three grant streams that require co-funding of a minimum of 50
Festivals Australia - Round 22
Festivals Australia provides funding to support individual art projects in regional or remote locations. Eligible projects take place at festivals, or significant one-off community events such as a town celebration or opening of a new community resource. Festivals Australia will: provide access to a diverse range of engaging, innovative arts projects that grow audiences at festivals across regional and remote Australia, support partnerships and collaboration across the arts sector, and encourage community participation in arts projects at regional and remote festivals. The program delivers two funding rounds each year usually opening in February and September. The Minister for the Arts (or their delegate) approves funding under the Program Guidelines. To check if your project is taking place in an eligible location, visit the Festivals Australia Eligibility Map. Enter the full address where your project will be delivered into the search box, or click on the location on the map. The rem
Artsbridge
This program provides funding to Tasmanian artists and art groups to support travel costs for arts or cultural heritage opportunities. It supports travel locally, nationally or internationally, as well as bringing professionals to Tasmania for arts activities, professional development, or workshops.
Aboriginal Arts Program TAS
This program supports Aboriginal people to share their culture, stories and heritage through traditional and non-traditional arts and cultural activities. Funding may be used for creative development, presenting work, residencies, and professional development activities.
Aboriginal Arts Program
This program supports Aboriginal people to share their culture, stories and heritage through traditional and non-traditional arts and cultural activities. Funding can be used for creative development, research, presenting work, residencies, and professional development activities.
Artsbridge
This program supports Tasmanian individuals and groups to travel locally, nationally or internationally for arts or cultural heritage opportunities, and supports individuals, groups and organisations to bring professionals to Tasmania for arts or cultural heritage activities including professional development opportunities or workshops.
Low-interest loans
This program provides loans to individual artists, groups of artists, arts organisations, and cultural heritage organisations for capital improvements, infrastructure, and equipment purchases related to arts practice. Loans range from $1,000 to $15,000 at a variable interest rate of 4.41% per annum, with repayment terms of up to five years.
Linkage Projects for funding applied for in 2026
The Linkage Projects scheme supports projects which initiate or develop long term strategic research alliances to apply advanced knowledge to problems, acquire new knowledge and as a basis for securing commercial and other benefits of research. There will be one assessment round for Linkage Projects for funding applied for in 2026. Please refer to the Important Dates document for detailed information about the assessment round dates. The Linkage Projects scheme objectives are to: support internationally competitive research projects and teams on challenges or opportunities of relevance to research end-users; foster the establishment and strengthening of research alliances between higher education organisations and research end-users; enhance the scale and focus of research, including in Australian Government priority areas. The intended outcomes of the Linkage Projects scheme are: new or strengthened collaborations and research alliances between universities and research end-users; new
Building Early Education Fund – Large-Scale Grant Opportunity
This grant provides capital funding to build and/or expand multiple new child care services in areas with undersupply. It is designed for successful providers operating 10 or more centre-based day care (CBDC) services to expand service delivery in areas of need.
Festivals Australia
Festivals Australia provides funding to support high quality arts or cultural heritage projects in regional Australia that participants and audiences can engage with. Eligible activities include parades, performances, workshops, installations, and exhibitions. The program supports the presentation of arts and cultural activities that enable people living in regional or remote Australia to participate in or attend arts-driven experiences at festivals or major community celebrations.
National Taxonomy Research Grant Program 2026-27
Provides funding for taxonomy and systematics research, training, and recruitment of taxonomists in Australia. Supports projects researching the taxonomy of Australian biota aligned with three priority areas: Biodiversity and Conservation, Public and Environmental Health, and Building Taxonomic Capacity. Seven grant streams available with funding up to $375,000 depending on the stream and career stage.
Regional and Remote Airport Support Program
Provides financial relief payments to operators of regional and remote airports that are unsecured creditors of Rex Airlines regional business. The program aims to support critical aviation services connecting remote and regional communities and help local governments maintain essential services.
Leadership Scholarships
Creative Australia is offering fully funded scholarships for artists and arts workers to participate in transformative leadership programs ranging from 5 days to 10 months. Programs focus on systems thinking, ethical decision-making, and adaptive leadership practice, with support for travel expenses and access needs available on a limited basis.
eSafety Commissioner - Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program - Round 3
The Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program aims to improve the safety of Australian women and their children through the prevention of technology-facilitated gender-based violence. The program forms part of the Government’s commitment to the aims and objectives of the National Plan to end violence against women and children 2022-32. A total of $10 million in grant funding will be available from 2023 to 2028. Grants of between $80,000 and $400,000 will be awarded over a minimum of three open, competitive processes. Funds available under Round 3: At least $3.5 million in grant funding is available The minimum grant amount is $80,000 (GST exclusive) The maximum grant amount is $400,000 (GST exclusive) First Nations Projects - Priority Funding Up to $600,000 of the total funding for the round is available to organisations with a commitment to delivering projects with and for communities that focus on the prevention of tech-based abuse of First Nations women. Who should apply?
Compensation Grant Program
Provides financial support to categorised Paralympic athletes whose Disability Support Pension (DSP) payments have been affected due to travelling outside Australia for training and/or competitions exceeding the general 28-day travel allowance in a financial year. The ASC commits $97,000 annually to support eligible athletes.
Heritage Conservation Grants SA
This program provides funding for the conservation of State heritage listed places in South Australia. Funding is available in three categories: Simple (up to $5,000) for documentation and planning, Complex (up to $10,000) for residential properties, and Major (up to $20,000) for non-residential properties. Eligible works include conservation management plans, structural repairs, heritage fabric conservation, and reinstatement of significant characteristics.
Local Battery Manufacturing Program: Production Scale-Up Funding Stream WA
This program provides funding to existing battery manufacturers in Western Australia for projects that scale-up their operations. Eligible uses include purchase of capital equipment, workforce training, premises upgrades, and engaging business or manufacturing expertise to enhance capability, improve competitiveness, and create jobs.
Circular Markets
Supports circular economy opportunities to bring compost made from household kerbside Food Organics Garden Organics services back to local communities in NSW.
REEF: Tourism Operator Support Grants
This grant program offers up to $480,000 to eligible tourism businesses operating on the Great Barrier Reef to help them prepare for the 'Kids for the Reef' school excursion rebate program. Grants cover up to 50% of the cost of necessary upgrades, checks, or clearances for reef tourism operators to accommodate school groups. The program is part of the Australian Government's $10 million Reef Educational Experience Fund.
REEF: Tourism Operator Support Grants
Grants to help eligible tourism businesses operating on the Great Barrier Reef prepare for the 'Kids for the Reef' school excursion rebate program. The program covers up to 50% of the cost of necessary upgrades, checks or clearances for reef tourism operators to accommodate school groups.
NSW All-Ages Live Music Venue Program - EOI
This program provides funding to NSW live music venues to deliver all-ages contemporary music events. It aims to build new live music audiences, increase the number and diversity of all-ages events, create performance opportunities for emerging and established artists, and strengthen venue capacity to deliver safe, accessible, and compliant events.
REEF: Tourism Operator Training Program
Funding of up to $520,000 will be provided to the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators Limited (AMPTO) to develop and deliver a Train the Trainer Program for Reef Tourism Operator staff. The program equips staff with the ability to deliver reef education to school groups based on Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority developed curriculum-linked education products. The grant covers up to 50% of the cost of development and delivery while addressing staff skill development challenges and building sector capability.
REEF: Tourism Operator Training Program
This grant funds the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators Limited (AMPTO) to develop and deliver a Train the Trainer program for reef tourism operator staff. The program is based on educational products from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and aims to prepare operators for a $6 million school excursion rebate program, while building sector capacity to provide reef education linked to the Australian Curriculum.
Digital Games Seed Development Program 2025-26 NSW
This program provides funding to NSW digital game creators for early-stage game development. Funding can be used for staffing costs, hardware, software licences, licensing costs, legal fees, business development activities, and scoping of technical requirements and market potential.
MRFF - EPCDRI - 2025 Childhood Mental Health Research Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Emerging Priorities and Consumer-Driven Research initiative aims to enable or support research that improves patient care and translation of new discoveries, and encourage collaboration between consumers and researchers. Funding from this Initiative will support the development of new diagnoses, treatments and cures, and the translation of new discoveries into clinical practice. Three topics of funding are available based on the primary focus of the research or the geographic location of the organisation undertaking the majority of the research. The objective of this grant opportunity is to: Topic A (Aim 2 of Research Plan; TCR): improving the mental health of First Nations children through research led by First Nations researchers that includes meaningful involvement of First Nations communities. Topic B (Aim 2 of Research Plan; TCR): the organisation undertaking the majority of the research is based in any area according to the Modified Monash
2025 Childhood Mental Health Research Grant Opportunity (GO7968)
This MRFF grant supports large-scale implementation research projects that bring evidence-based preventions and treatments for children's mental health into practice through partnerships with local health and community service providers. Projects must be co-produced with children, families, carers, and communities, support integration of mental health services, build clinical research workforce capacity, and measure intervention impact. Three funding topics are available targeting First Nations-led research, organizations across all Modified Monash Model areas, or those in regional, rural, and remote areas.
Regional Event Fund 2026/27
The Regional Event Fund provides financial support to leisure tourism events across South Australia's regions that strengthen regional pride, deliver meaningful visitor experiences, and contribute to long-term tourism growth. The fund offers two categories: Established Event Funding ($20,000–$50,000 per year) for events with a strong track record, and Development Event Funding ($5,000–$20,000 per year) for new and emerging events.
Business Skills Mentoring Program VIC
This program provides up to 1,000 eligible small business owners with 3 one-hour mentoring sessions to be used within 3 months. Experienced mentors offer advice on business topics including marketing, communication, finance, strategic planning, digitalisation, and change management. The program supports small businesses in 6 priority sectors: advanced manufacturing and defence, agribusiness, circular economy, digital technologies, health technologies and medical research, and regional tourism.
MRFF 2022 Frontier Health and Medical Research Grant Opportunity
This grant opportunity offers funding to support medical research and medical innovation programs of research that deliver a ‘moonshot’ by creating a treatment for a currently serious and incurable health condition, through a series of linked projects. The program of research can propose to develop novel health technologies and/or re-purpose existing health technologies in a novel way. The process to get funding has 2 stages: expression of interest – outlining a proposed program of research with a 10-year time horizon full application, for a project of up to 5 years under the program of research. Full applications may be submitted by invitation only. Applicants may propose to start research at any stage in the research pipeline from proof-of-concept, with the intention of achieving full implementation of the proposed technology in 10 years. Funding for subsequent projects under the program of research that continue to progress the technology towards full implementation can be sought by
LGBTIQA+ Safe Spaces: LGBTIQA+ inclusive primary care workforce training and accreditation
This grant opportunity aims to deliver health workforce training to ensure inclusive, culturally safe healthcare for LGBTIQA+ people in Australia and establish a network of accredited primary care providers. It funds evidence-based, patient-centred training programs that reduce financial barriers for primary care providers to develop competency in LGBTIQA+-affirming care and improve health outcomes for LGBTIQA+ individuals.
Small Business Support Grant – Bondi Beach December 2025
This grant provides financial assistance to small businesses impacted by the Bondi Beach terrorist attack on 14 December 2025. Funds can be used for clean-up, repairs, replacement of lost or damaged stock, or compensation for loss of income due to business disruption.
Solar for Apartment Residents (SoAR) Grant Program NSW
This program provides funding to support the installation of solar panels on eligible apartment buildings and other multi-unit dwellings in NSW. Funding can be used towards solar panels, inverters, mounting, sharing technology, installation labour, safety equipment, and roof waterproofing where required.
Small Business Support Grant – Bondi Beach December 2025
This grant provides funding for small businesses impacted by the Bondi Beach terrorist attack on 14 December 2025. Funding can be used to pay for clean-up, repairs, replacement of lost or damaged stock, or loss of income due to business disruption resulting from the attack.
Building Better Aboriginal Business Supply Chain Voucher WA
This program supports Aboriginal-owned businesses in Western Australia to build strong, sustainable practices in the bush foods, bush products, seafood and beef industries. Vouchers fund services and activities to improve business capability, competitiveness and supply-chain readiness through activities such as business development, workforce training, governance coaching, marketing support and value-adding capability.
Distribution Grant Program NT
This program provides NT tourism businesses with funding to support their distribution journey. It covers implementation of online booking systems, advice on adapting products for international markets, trade training programs, cultural awareness training, and translation services.
2026 NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program funding commencing 2027
The NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program supports Australian participation and collaboration in leading international research through the e-ASIA Joint Research Program (e-ASIA JRP). The e-ASIA JRP supports international joint research projects in the East Asia region. The e-ASIA JRP selects research projects through an open call for proposals. Fields of cooperation are decided among the e-ASIA participating member organisations and funding is for up to three years. The 2026 NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program grant opportunity will support Australian participation and partnership in international collaborative research through the e-ASIA JRP 15th call for proposals in Health Research stream under the following topics: • Infectious disease and immunology • Advanced medical research and enabling technologies Further information on the e-ASIA JRP 15th Health Research call is available from the e-ASIA website Eligibility: Applications will only be accepted from NHMRC approved Administering
2026 Synergy Grants
The objective of the Synergy Grant scheme is to: • support outstanding multidisciplinary teams of investigators to work together to answer questions that cannot be answered by a single investigator. The intended outcomes of the Synergy Grant scheme are: • multidisciplinary research that addresses major problems in all areas of human health and medical research, from discovery to translation. • highly collaborative teams of diverse researchers including by gender, career stage and cultural background, working together to address major problems in human health. Eligibility: Applications will only be accepted from NHMRC approved Administering Institutions. A list of NHMRC approved Administering Institutions is available at: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/manage-your-funding/nhmrc-funding/administering-institutions Applications must satisfy all the requirements set out in the Synergy Grants 2026 Guidelines. Total Amount Available (AUD): $55,000,000.00 Estimated Grant Value (AUD): From $5
Aboriginal Affairs NSW Cultural Grants Program
This program provides funding to Aboriginal community organisations across NSW to celebrate Aboriginal culture and hold key cultural events and activities. Funding can support projects such as women's or men's gatherings on Country, culture and wellbeing camps for Aboriginal youth, digital installations showing Aboriginal history, statewide music or cultural festivals, and online workshops.
MRFF 2022 Frontier Health and Medical Research Grant Opportunity
This grant program supports researchers pursuing innovative 'moonshot' projects to develop new products and interventions for currently serious and incurable health conditions. Funding supports medical research programs with a 10-year time horizon that develop novel health technologies or repurpose existing technologies in novel ways, with the goal of achieving full clinical implementation.
Submetering Grants NSW
This program provides funding to NSW businesses to help them install and commission permanent energy submeters for measuring energy performance. Funding covers the cost of installing and commissioning submeters, as well as hardware and software integration required for energy monitoring.
Small Business and Charities Electricity Bill Relief Program
The Commonwealth government is providing a one-off $150 GST-free direct payment to eligible small businesses and charities that operate in embedded networks in Western Australia. This program aims to provide electricity bill relief to businesses receiving power through embedded network supply arrangements such as shopping centres, airports, ports, and industrial parks.
Aboriginal and Local Business Participation in Recovery Program WA
This program provides funding to Aboriginal-owned small businesses to help them recover from the impacts of flooding associated with Ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie in the Fitzroy Valley from 28 December 2022 onwards. Funding includes services and training grants up to $25,000 for non-capital costs, and equipment and asset grants up to $100,000 for specialist assets or items to undertake recovery works.
Algal Bloom Resilience Grant SA
This program supports SA commercial fisheries and aquaculture licence holders impacted by the algal bloom to invest in improving business resilience. Funding may be used for equipment purchases, upgrades, training, research and development, consultant payments, and algal bloom clean-up or repair costs.
Industry Diversification Program – Transition Planning Stream VIC
This program provides transition support to Victorian gas appliance manufacturers and their supply chains. Support includes development of a preliminary business diagnostic with financial health check and assessment of future opportunities, as well as a full business transition plan if required. Businesses that complete a transition plan may be invited to apply for a grant to implement the outlined transition activities.
ACT Book of the Year Award
An annual award recognizing excellence in contemporary literary works including fiction, non-fiction, and poetry by ACT-based authors. The award provides $10,000 for the winner, $2,000 for highly commended books, and $1,000 for each shortlisted book, supporting the development of ACT writers and promoting a positive writing culture.
Live Music Festivals Fund
The Live Music Festivals Fund helps Victorian contemporary music festivals across the state to stage their events. It provides funding support to experienced organisers of live music festivals with capacity of more than 1,000 attendees.
MRFF – CTA Initiative – 2025 Clinical Trials Activity Grant Opportunity
This grant supports medical research and medical innovation projects conducting clinical trials for rare cancers, rare diseases, and unmet health needs. It aims to improve the evidence base supporting clinical care, help patients access relevant trials, and enable researchers to bring international trials to Australian patients. The initiative funds four streams: pilot feasibility studies, clinical trials for rare conditions, trials supporting health technology assessment, and prevention clinical trials.
Rural Landholder Recovery Grant Scheme – Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather
This grant provides funding for clean-up and reinstatement activities to help rural landholders recover from impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather (1-16 March 2025). Eligible costs include removing debris, disposing of dead livestock, purchasing equipment for property clean-up, salvaging crops, and repairing uninsured flood-damaged farm infrastructure such as sheds, water tanks, and fencing.
Rural Landholder Recovery Grant Scheme - Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather
Grants of up to $10,000 to help rural landholders pay for clean-up and reinstatement costs of their primary production enterprise that suffered direct damage from Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Associated Severe Weather (1-16 March 2025). The scheme provides rebates for eligible activities within the declared disaster area.
2026 NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program (GO8133)
Supports Australian participation and collaboration in leading international collaborative research through the e-ASIA Joint Research Program on a multilateral basis. Funding supports up to 6 grants for the Australian component of successful projects in the e-ASIA JRP 15th Health Research stream, addressing research topics in Infectious Diseases and Immunology or Advanced Medical Research & Enabling Technologies.
Partnership Projects PRC1
This funding scheme provides funding and support to create new opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to define research questions, undertake research, interpret the findings and implement the findings into policy and practice. Partnership Projects answer a specific research question to influence health and well-being through changes in the delivery, organisation, funding and access to health services.
Synergy Grants
Synergy Grants support outstanding multidisciplinary teams of investigators to work together to answer questions that cannot be answered by a single investigator. These grants fund multidisciplinary research that addresses major problems in all areas of human health and medical research, from discovery to translation, with highly collaborative teams of diverse researchers working together.
MRFF – 2025 Clinical Trials Activity Grant Opportunity (GO7923)
This grant supports medical research and medical innovation projects conducting clinical trials across four streams: pilot studies for new clinical trials in rare cancers/diseases, clinical trials for rare cancers and unmet needs, clinical trials supporting high-value care and health technology assessment, and prevention clinical trials. The intended outcome is to improve health and wellbeing of Australians by investing in new clinical trials that support increased access to high-quality, evidence-based and effective health care.
Exceptional Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants – Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Severe Weather QLD
This program provides funding to small businesses, not-for-profits and primary producers in Queensland impacted by Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Severe Weather (1-16 March 2025). Eligible activities include clean-up, reinstatement, equipment purchase/hire, repairs to buildings, and essential emergency measures to resume operations.
Next 90 days
44Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program
The RJED Program seeks to fund 3,000 new jobs over 3 years to support job seekers currently participating in or that are eligible for Remote Australia Employment Services (RAES), to move into employment. There are two streams of funding available, Job Creation – to fund the cost of wages and related entitlements, and the Community Jobs and Business Fund (CJBF) – to provide funding for equipment, operational costs and infrastructure to directly support bringing jobs created under the Job Creation stream into existence. For the purposes of the RJED program, a new job is: •a job which does not already exist within an organisation and does not displace an existing employee, or •a job created in a RAES Community Project. As job allocations are based on NIAA regions, you will need submit a separate application for each NIAA region where you intend to deliver a job. For example: If you apply for jobs located in more than one RAES region, but all those jobs are in the same NIAA region, you wil
Production Support Round
Funding program for film, television, and screen content production in Tasmania. Supports the development and production of screen projects.
Cancer Genomics Clinical Trials Fund: SCCT Program
A one-off grant opportunity running over three years (FY2025-26 through FY2027-28) that directs additional investment to Australia's Multi-site Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Groups under the Support for Cancer Clinical Trials program. The fund aims to build capacity and develop methods to accelerate the incorporation of genomics into the design of cancer clinical trial concepts and protocols to benefit all CTGs.
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities for funding commencing in 2027
The Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme provides funding for research infrastructure, equipment and facilities to Eligible Organisations. It enables researchers to participate in cooperative initiatives so that expensive research infrastructure, equipment and facilities can be shared between higher education organisations and also with industry. The scheme also fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of international or national research facilities. LIEF grant applications are accepted once a year. The minimum level of funding provided by the ARC is $150,000 per year. The LIEF scheme objectives are to: support excellent pure basic, strategic basic and applied research and research training, across all disciplines excluding clinical and other medical research, through the acquisition (purchase, upgrade, construction, transportation, installation, and/or maintenance) of research equipment and infrastructure and access to national and in
National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program 2026
The objectives of the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program are to: increase overall levels of touring by National Collecting Institutions with particular emphasis on multiple venue tours; promote broad access to Australian cultural material through touring works from the collections of the National Collecting Institutions, with particular emphasis on providing access for audiences in regional areas; promote international awareness of Australia’s cultural heritage through touring Australian cultural material from National Collecting Institutions overseas; expand Australian appreciation of international cultural material through enabling National Collecting Institutions to bring works from international collections for exhibition or touring within Australia; and encourage partnerships and collaboration between the National Collecting Institutions and with other institutions (archives, galleries, libraries, and museums) across the collections sector, particularly
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF)
The LIEF scheme provides funding to eligible organisations for research infrastructure, equipment and facilities that can be shared between higher education organisations and industry. Applicants may seek funding for infrastructure and equipment purchases, construction and installation, leasing, consortium membership costs, and specialised computing facilities. The scheme supports excellent pure basic, strategic basic and applied research across all disciplines excluding clinical and medical research.
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) 2027
The LIEF scheme provides funding to eligible organisations for research infrastructure, equipment and facilities that can be shared between higher education organisations and industry. Researchers can seek funding for infrastructure and equipment purchases, construction and installation, leasing, consortium membership costs, and specialised computing facilities. The scheme fosters collaboration and supports excellent research across all disciplines excluding clinical and medical research.
Transforming Queensland Manufacturing Grants Program
This program provides matched funding to QLD-based manufacturing SMEs to help them improve productivity and competitiveness. It reimburses up to 50% of eligible project costs for advanced manufacturing equipment and software that supports system integration and manufacturing process improvement.
Business Energy Efficiency Scheme (BEES)
A Tasmanian Government scheme that supports electricity customers with annual consumption over 150MWh to invest in energy efficiency and electrification opportunities. The scheme provides loan interest subsidies to eligible applicants through once-off grant payments, with applicants taking out commercial loans with lenders of their choice to undertake approved energy efficiency investments.
Australian Government International Exhibitions Insurance (AGIEI) program 2026
The Australian Government International Exhibitions Insurance (AGIEI) program is a funding program designed to offset insurance costs for touring major exhibitions of cultural material. Generally, these exhibitions include works from international collections. The program aims to assist cultural institutions to provide access to significant cultural material the Australian public would not otherwise have an opportunity to access. By providing assistance with insurance costs, the Australian Government is able to encourage and support the staging of major exhibitions drawn from some of the world’s most historically significant and culturally rich collections. Eligibility: Organisations eligible to apply for funding include Commonwealth, state and territory government collecting institutions; incorporated not-for-profit public collecting institutions; incorporated not-for-profit bodies specialising in touring significant art and cultural collections; or Moorilla Estate Pty Ltd, trading as
Business Energy Efficiency Scheme (BEES) TAS
This program provides commercial and industrial energy customers in Tasmania with interest-free and low-interest loans to implement energy efficient products and services. Support includes full interest cost coverage for loans up to $10,000 over the first 3 years, or a 5% interest subsidy for loans between $10,000 and $60,000 over the first 3 years.
Clean Energy Future Fund WA
The Clean Energy Future Fund provides funding to Western Australian corporations to undertake innovative clean energy projects that deliver significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions or demonstrate new clean energy technologies with community benefits. Projects must contribute to cost-effective emissions reductions below baseline levels or support the design, deployment, testing, or demonstration of innovative clean energy solutions.
Urban Forest Fund Grant VIC
This program provides matched funding for organisations and individuals undertaking greening projects on private property within the City of Melbourne. Projects may include new green open spaces, tree planting, biodiversity projects, green roofs, vertical greening, and water sensitive urban design. Two funding streams are available: Stream 1 for high-impact greening projects ($30,000-$100,000) and Stream 2 for community-focused smaller-scale projects (up to $10,000).
Demo GO to test document download
Demo Grant Opportunity (GO) to allow testing of document download Eligibility: No eligibility requirements. This GO is for demonstration and testing purposes only. Instructions for Application Submission: No lodgement - for testing purposes only Addenda Available: View Addenda Contact Details GrantConnect Help Desk Phone:1300 484 145 Email Address: GrantConnect@finance.gov.au Grant Opportunity Documents Submit Application × Edit Form
Journalism Assistance Fund
The Journalism Assistance Fund Program, running over 3 years from 2025-26, was announced as part of the News Media Assistance Program (News MAP). News MAP aims to support public interest journalism and media diversity in Australia - recognising these are critical to a healthy democracy, social cohesion and informed citizens. Organisations producing core news content will be eligible for funding. The funding will provide a proportion of the wages for journalists producing core news content that is distributed digitally. The program aims to: support the sustainability of Australian news publishers in the face of significant disruption to the media sector support the creation of digitally distributed news content, encourage continued employment of journalists who primarily produce news that is in the Australian public interest build and maintain social cohesion in Australia Eligibility: You can apply if you: have an Australian business number (ABN) are registered for the Goods and Service
NHMRC-Horizon Europe 2025 Collaborative Research Grant Scheme
Supports Australian participation in leading international collaborative research under Horizon Europe, the European Union's key funding program for research and innovation. NHMRC selects topics that align with health priorities and supports collaborative approaches to health and medical research internationally across multiple research areas including disease prevention, advanced therapies, and medical device innovation.
Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund NSW
This program provides funding for established large-scale contemporary music festivals in NSW to improve short-term viability for festival operators and support contemporary music festivals vital to the NSW music landscape. Grants may be used for government-related costs including police, medical and ambulance fees, as well as operational costs such as insurance, venue hire, security, production, and staffing.
Metering Plan Implementation Grants NSW
This program provides matched funding to cover up to 50% of the costs of installing energy metering and monitoring systems in NSW. Eligible costs include installation and commissioning of submeters, hardware and software integration, first year subscriptions to data management systems, and post-installation support.
DRIVEN Charger Rebate Stream
The DRIVEN Charger Rebate Stream helps licensed automotive dealers and EV repairers install DC smart chargers. The program supports Australia's transition to electric vehicles by reducing infrastructure costs and improving charging availability.
Local Para Champions
Financial assistance program for coaches, officials and competitors aged 12-24 participating in state, national or international championships for athletes with a disability. Grants provide $750-$1000 towards costs associated with attending eligible competitions, with additional funding based on travel distance and location.
Local Sporting Champions
Financial assistance program for competitors, coaches, and officials aged 12-18 participating in state, national, or international championships. Successful applicants receive $500-$750 towards the cost of attending their championships, with additional funding based on travel distance and location.
Aboriginal Tourism Product Distribution Grant Program NT
This program provides funding to Northern Territory majority Aboriginal-owned businesses and organisations to promote and sell their tourism experiences and products. Eligible uses include contracting expert advice for distribution strategy, implementing online booking systems, and data entry for new booking systems.
Collaboration Partner Program QLD
Queensland businesses can apply to become a QSBM Collaboration Partner and design and deliver events aligned with QSBM's focus areas including capability and skills development, networking opportunities, and access to free resources and services for small businesses.
Defence Industry Development Grants Program
The Defence Industry Development Grants Program funds small to medium enterprises to build Australia's sovereign capability, global competitiveness, technical superiority and national security. The program has four streams: Sovereign Industrial Priorities, Exports, Security, and Skilling, each tailored to address specific defence industry development outcomes.
Aboriginal Tourism Product Distribution Grant Program
This grant program supports NT majority-owned Aboriginal businesses and organisations to promote and sell their tourism experiences and products. Funding is available for online booking systems and expert distribution advice including pricing structures and rate sheets.
Ideas Grants
The Ideas Grant scheme supports innovative research projects addressing specific questions in health and medical research. It funds researchers at all career stages across any area of health and medical research from discovery to implementation, with funding duration of 1 to 5 years.
Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) 2026-27 Grant Round
The Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) offers annual grant funding to support projects that promote the AKF objectives: increase public awareness of Australia in Korea, and of Korea in Australia, and the importance of the bilateral relationship; develop partnerships, collaborations and people-to-people links (including with diaspora) in areas of shared interest in the bilateral, regional and global context, and increase Australians’ ability to effectively engage with Korea and Koreans’ ability to effectively engage with Australia. Eligibility: To be eligible you must: • be one of the following: o an Australian entity with an Australian Business Number (ABN), Australian Company Number (ACN), or Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN) o an Australian consortium with a lead organisation o an Australian registered charity or not-for-profit organisation o an Australian local government body o an Australian State/Territory government body o a Corporate Commonwealth Entity o an Australian statutory
Australia Korea Foundation
The Australia Korea Foundation provides funding to businesses and individuals undertaking projects that strengthen Australia-Korea relations, enhance Australia's international reputation, and promote cultural understanding between the two countries.
Small Business Recovery Assistance Grant Program – 2025 North and Far North Tropical Low
This program provides funding to small businesses significantly disrupted by the North and Far North Tropical Low weather event from 29 January to 28 February 2025. Grants support extraordinary costs related to re-establishing business operations and sustaining employment, including salaries, rent, stock replacement, professional services, and marketing expenses.
Small Business Recovery Assistance Grant Program – 2025 North and Far North Tropical Low
This grant provides financial support to small and family businesses in defined disaster areas significantly disrupted by the North and Far North Tropical Low weather event (29 January to 28 February 2025) to re-establish operations and maintain employment. Funds can be used for extraordinary costs related to re-establishing business operations, including salaries, rent, stock replacement, professional services, and marketing expenses.
SA Soils Bursary Program 2025-2026
This bursary program supports South Australians seeking to improve soil management practices and build knowledge in soil health. It funds individuals and groups to participate in soil-focused training, events, and learning activities that develop skills and professional networks across the state.
Look Over the Farm Gate VIC
This program provides funding for industry groups, organisations and private businesses to deliver community events and programs that promote good mental health in agriculture, particularly during stressful and challenging times like drought. Events and initiatives are tailored to unique community needs.
Events Tasmania Marketing Grant 2025-26
This program provides matched funding to event organisers delivering events in Tasmania to support marketing activities that create local and national interest. It caters to both large and small events with two tiers of funding based on whether marketing targets intrastate or interstate visitation.
Events Tasmania Marketing Grant 2025-26
This grant program provides funding to event organisers in Tasmania to increase visitation to their events through marketing initiatives. The program supports both intrastate and interstate marketing activities for established events held between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026, with two funding tiers available based on target audience location.
Electric Vehicle Fleets Incentive: Kick-start Funding NSW
This program provides financial assistance to NSW businesses to procure battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and smart chargers. Eligible organisations can receive funding for up to 15 BEVs and smart charging ports in total across all rounds. Funding covers the cost of vehicle purchase and charger installation up to maximum incentive amounts.
Quick Response Fashion Grants NSW
This program provides funding to NSW emerging designers, textile makers, and fashion businesses to help them purchase essential equipment or pursue professional development opportunities. Eligible costs include computer equipment, photographic equipment, travel, education, event registration, manufacturing equipment, design services, and conferences.
Strategic Opportunities Program NSW
This program provides funding to build capacity within the NSW screen and digital games industry. Projects must support the growth and capability of NSW screen practitioners, organisations and businesses, and be aligned with strategic priorities in the NSW Screen and Digital Games Strategy (2025-2027).
King Island Subdivision Scheme
The King Island Subdivision Scheme grant program supports the delivery of new land to market on King Island by helping to cover the costs of development. Rebates are available to developers to help cover the cost of labour, materials, freight, road infrastructure and utility connections.
Farm Debt Mediation Grants Program
The Tasmanian Government helps farmers with financial difficulties cover costs for mediation under the Farm Debt Mediation Act 2024. Farmers can receive a $3,000 grant to pay for mediation fees, professional advisory services relevant to mediation, travel, accommodation, or room rental.
Farm Debt Mediation Grants Program TAS
This program supports Tasmanian farmers experiencing financial difficulties by providing funding to cover costs for mediation services. Funding can be used to pay for mediation fees, professional advisory services relevant to mediation, and travel or accommodation expenses. The program aims to help farmers in financial stress negotiate with creditors early through efficient, affordable, and fair resolution of farm debt disputes.
King Island Subdivision Scheme TAS
This program assists property owners developing residential land on King Island in Tasmania by providing rebates to help cover development costs. Rebates of up to $25,000 per lot are available to cover labour, materials, freight, road infrastructure and utility connections. Approved applicants can receive funding for a maximum of 12 lots per developer.
Technical Mentoring and Support VIC
This program provides subsidised technical mentoring and support for electricians and licensed electrical inspectors in Victoria. Mentoring sessions cover topics including load management, switchboard upgrades, solar and battery installations, electric vehicle chargers, and commercial/industrial solar. Sessions are delivered on-site or online in both metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.
King Island Subdivision Scheme
A Tasmanian Government initiative supporting the delivery of new land to market on King Island by helping developers cover the costs of subdivision development. Rebates of up to $25,000 per lot are available to help cover costs of labour, materials, freight, road infrastructure and utility connections, with a maximum of 12 lots per developer.
National Exporter Program TAS
A course designed for Tasmanian businesses beginning their exporting journey to the national market. The program consists of 4 modules with pre-recorded videos, downloadable fact sheets, group discussions, quizzes, and surveys, plus two 30-minute individual mentoring sessions with experienced export advisors.
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