Application Feedback

Feedback can be valuable in helping organisations strengthen future grant funding proposals. The Government offers feedback on grant applications that is relevant to the specific funding rounds and proportional to the complexity of the assessment process and total funding available. Applicant feedback comprises round-specific feedback summaries and, in some cases, individual feedback.

Feedback Summaries

Feedback summaries for open funding rounds will be published on the Community Grants Hub website to provide all organisations with easy to access information about the assessment process and the main strengths and areas for improving their applications. 

Feedback summaries will include information about:

  • the strengths of highly rated proposals
  • how applicants used evidence to demonstrate their capability against selection criteria
  • ways proposals could be strengthened
  • other relevant considerations, such as over-subscription and ineligibility rates.

Organisations will be advised about the publication of feedback summaries when they are notified of the outcome of a grant process.

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Department of Social Services

The Redress Support Services program aims to provide timely access to trauma informed and culturally appropriate community-based services to support people’s engagement with the National Redress Scheme.

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Department of Social Services

The SARC CDC Support Services grant opportunity aims to support vulnerable and disadvantaged people on pathways to self-reliance and empowerment through local community-driven solutions that strengthen economic participation.

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the Department of Veterans’ Affairs

The program is a single annual grant offer for the 2021—22 financial year which aims to fund discrete projects or activities by national ESOs that address a specific problem or issue and will achieve a clear benefit to the ex-service and Defence community.

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Australian Government is offering grants valued between $100,000 and $250,000 over 2 years for Soil Extension Activities. This is the last round of Smart Farms Small Grants, with the focus on supporting the National Soil Strategy and Ag2030 goals.

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the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The National Farm Safety Education Fund is designed to support activities that improve farm safety outcomes, through increased awareness of farm safety and education to help prevent farm accidents.

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Department of Education, Skills and Employment

The Destination Australia grant opportunity aims to attract and support international and domestic students to study in regional Australia, to grow and develop regional Australian tertiary education providers and offer students a high quality learning experience. 

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Department of Social Services

The purpose of the grant opportunity is to provide an early intervention, intensive home and community-based family support service for highly vulnerable families living in selected communities in the Northern Territory and APY Lands, South Australia.

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the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Australian Government is inviting applications through an open competitive process to deliver projects under the Murray-Darling Basin Economic Development Program (Round 3) in eligible Murray-Darling Basin communi

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the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The program will provide up to $880,000 (GST inclusive) per year for 3 years (from 2020-21 to 2022-23) to support Indigenous businesses to develop business opportunities relating to biosecurity in northern Australia and the Torres Strait.

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the Australian Border Force

This grant opportunity aims to support delivery of community-based projects that prevent and combat modern slavery in Australia through advancing actions under the National Action Plan to Combat Modern Slavery 2020–25.

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the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Murray–Darling Healthy Rivers Program funds community-led, on-ground projects that improve the health and ecological condition of rivers and wetlands in the Murray–Darling Basin, whilst supporting economic development and jobs.

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the Department of Education, Skills and Employment

The Community Child Care Fund grant opportunity supports services in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities. Child Care Subsidy-approved services in regional and remote areas, and services funded in CCCF Rounds 1 and 2 can apply for Round 3. 

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the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

The National Women’s Alliances grant opportunity will establish 6 civil society networks (Alliances) to ensure women’s voices are heard in the policy making process.

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The Supporting Younger Veterans program provides grants to ex-service organisations and their partners to deliver services for the younger veterans’ community that build capacity for the future.  The grants also help raise awareness of the issues faced by the younger veterans’ community.

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Department of Veterans' Affairs

The objective of the Veteran and Community Grants (V&CG) Program is to maintain and improve the independence and quality of life for members of the Australian veteran community by providing funding for projects that sustain or enhance health and wellbeing.

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the Department of Education, Skills and Employment

This project is to establish the Microcredentials Marketplace (the Marketplace) that will be a nationally consistent platform for students to compare short courses and credit point value. 

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs Grant is an open and competitive grant opportunity to establish eight multidisciplinary and inclusive Hubs in major climatic and agricultural zones in regional Australia.

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the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Natural Resource Management Drought Resilience Program – Grants is an open and competitive, grant opportunity to support organisations, famer groups and individuals undertake projects that contribute to improved drought resilience of agricultural landscapes.

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the Department of Social Services

The National Disability Conference Initiative (Activity Stream 2) provides funding of up to $10,000 for Disabled Peoples Organisations or Families Organisations (DPO/FOs) to increase the level of disability related content in mainstream conferences. 

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the Department of Veterans’ Affairs

The Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program aims to preserve Australia’s wartime heritage and to involve people throughout the nation in a range of projects and activities that highlight the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel in wars, conflicts and peace operations.

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the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) Program is an Australian Government initiative that provides free and independent financial counselling to eligible farmers, fishers, foresters and small related enterprises who are experiencing, or at risk of, financial hardship.

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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

The Women’s Leadership and Development Program (WLDP) Project Grants grant opportunity supports projects that achieve tangible improvements in outcomes linked to the achievement of all, one, or a combination of the key priority areas of the WLDP.

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the Department of Social Services

The Economic and Community Participation Program aims to increase the social and economic participation, including employment outcomes, of people with disability. The Economic Participation (EP) stream is one of three streams used to implement the program.

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Traceability Grants Program – Round 2 provides opportunities for successful applicants to conduct projects that will enhance the supply chain traceability systems and arrangements that support the export of our agricultural commodities.

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Department of Social Services

The Australian Government is inviting applications from organisations via an open competitive process for grant funding for 12-month projects that help enable the participation of people with disability in community life.

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the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

The Scholarships for Women in Finance and Economics: Administration Service grant opportunity aims to encourage more women to study accounting, business, finance and economics, or to renew, upskill or refresh their skills in these areas.

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the Department of Home Affairs

The Multicultural Community Amenities Grants in the Northern Territory grant opportunity is to support multicultural associations and organisations for the delivery of one-off, time-limited projects to improve existing multicultural service and community group amenities in the Northern Territory.

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the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Australian Biological Resources Study’s National Taxonomy Research Grant Program provides grants for research into taxonomy and systematics and to support the training and/or recruitment of taxonomists

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Australian Government’s National Landcare Program aims to protect, conserve and provide for the productive use of Australia’s water, soil, plants and animals.

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Department of Social Services

The Intercountry Adoptee and Family Support Service (ICAFSS) is a free, national service that provides post-adoption support, including counselling, information and education, to young and adult adoptees, adoptive parents and prospective adoptive parents.

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Department of Social Services

The Seniors Connected initiative contributes to the Government’s 2019 election commitment ‘More Support for Older Australians’ from 2019-20 to 2023-24 to alleviate loneliness and social isolation experienced by older Australians.

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the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

A grant opportunity to research and develop new practices, methods and tools, or adapt existing ones for the control of established pest animals and weeds.

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the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Forestry Recovery Development Fund Program will provide $40 million in assistance to the forestry industry to strengthen medium to long-term recovery from the 2019–20 bushfires. It will assist the forestry industry to invest in upgrades to existing manufacturing lines, as well as diversification and innovation to produce value-added wood products.

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the Department of Home Affairs

Community Languages Multicultural Grants Stream Two will support the delivery of projects that build the capacity of community language schools to deliver language acquisition in languages other than English.

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the Department of Education, Skills and Employment

The Destination Australia grant opportunity aims to attract and support international and domestic students to study in regional Australia, to grow and develop regional Australian tertiary education providers and offer students a high quality learning experience.

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Department of the Environment and Energy

The Our Marine Parks Round Two Grant Program is dedicated to the many groups and sectors that have an interest in how Australian Marine Parks are managed and the capability and capacity to assist the Director of National Parks with this important task.

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Department of Social Services

The Safe Places Emergency Accommodation program will provide capital grants to eligible organisations to deliver new emergency and crisis accommodation for women and children experiencing domestic and family violence.

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the Department of Agriculture

The Murray-Darling Basin Economic Development Program (Round 2) provides grants for economic development projects in 31 eligible communities impacted by water recovery under the Basin Plan.

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Department of Veterans' Affairs

This Grant will deliver the Veteran and Community Grants Program, which aims to maintain and improve the independence and quality of life for members of the Australian veteran community by providing funding for projects that sustain or enhance health and wellbeing.

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Department of Veterans’ Affairs

This Grant will deliver the Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Program, which aims to support the role of ex-service organisation (ESO) pension and welfare practitioners and advocates, who provide advice and assistance to the veteran and defence communities.

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Department of Agriculture

The Traceability Grants Program – Round 1 provides opportunities for successful applicants to conduct projects that will enhance the supply chain traceability systems and arrangements that support the export of our agricultural commodities.

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the Department of Veterans’ Affairs

The Grants-in-Aid program aims to fund discrete projects or activities by national ex‑service organisations (ESOs) that address a specific problem or issue and will achieve a clear benefit to the ex-service and Defence community.

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Department of Home Affairs

The Fostering Integration Grants aim to facilitate the participation, integration and social cohesion of both newly arrived migrants and culturally diverse communities in Australia. The grant opportunity will run in 2019-20.

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Department of Agriculture

The Department of Agriculture (the department) purpose is to work with national and international governments and industry partners to grow the value of agricultural trade and reduce risk to the agricultural sector.

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the Department of Social Services

The program aims to ensure NABS clients who are ineligible for the NDIS and people aged 65 and over can access interpreting services when attending a private medical or specified health appointment provided in a private medical practice by a general practitioner, specialist or health professional.

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Department of Veterans' Affairs

The Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program aims to preserve Australia’s wartime heritage and to involve people throughout the nation in a range of projects and activities that highlight the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel in wars, conflicts and peace operations.

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Department of Veterans’ Affairs

On 25 June 2016, the Australian Government announced financial support for younger veterans with military service post-1999. Recognising that this group has unique needs, the Supporting Younger Veterans program was established.

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the Department of Social Services

Volunteer Grants aim to support the efforts of Australia’s volunteers. The grants provide small amounts of money that organisations and community groups can use to help their volunteers. The grants form part of the Government’s work to support volunteers, as well as to encourage and increase participation in volunteering.

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Department of Agriculture

The Australian Government is inviting local councils via a restricted competitive process to apply to deliver projects under the Communities Combating Pests and Weed Impacts During Drought Program - Biosecurity Manage

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Department of Agriculture

The Australian Government’s National Landcare Program aims to protect, conserve and provide for the productive use of Australia’s water, soil, plants and animals.