Community Grants in Australia (All States) — 2026

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?

A legal financial assistance scheme to assist entities, including individuals and organisations, with the costs of legal representation and disbursements associated with being requested to formally engage with the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Before applying for this scheme, you should exhaust other options for legal assistance. Your options depend on the nature of your employment or former employment relevant to the issues for which you are giving evidence to the Royal Commission. If you are eligible for another form of assistance, you will generally not be eligible for assistance under this scheme. Further information is available at Legal assistance for witnesses – Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion | Attorney-General's Department. Eligibility: To be eligible to apply you must have received correspondence from the Royal Commission: calling you, or granting you leave to appear, as a witness at a public or private hearing, or granting you lea

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

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

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

A one-off, non-means tested payment available to individuals adversely affected by a major disaster in Australia or overseas. Provides funding of up to $1,000 for adults and $400 for children to assist with recovery from serious injury, loss of family members, or damage to principal place of residence.