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Open Grants
Long-term Trials of Drought Resilient Farming Practices Program Round 3
Grant Category
Drought
Closing Date & Time
AEST
Selection Process
Targeted competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
The Program provides $20 million for projects that contribute to improved drought and climate resilience for farmers through innovative, evidence-based trials to support adoption and transformational change. Eligible applicants can apply for between $2 million and $5 million for the 4-year program.
The Future Drought Fund Drought Resilience Hubs program will run over 6 years from 2026–27. The grant opportunity will select providers to establish 7 Drought Resilience Hubs across Australia.
National Service for Non-offending Family Members of Child Sexual Abuse Perpetrators
Grant Category
Crises Services
Closing Date & Time
AEST
Selection Process
Open competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Attorney-General’s Department
The National Service for Non-offending Family Members of Child Sexual Abuse Perpetrators grant program will run over 3 years. The program will engage a Service Provider to deliver Australia’s first national support service for non-offending family members of child sexual abuse perpetrators.
The Farm Business Transition Program Round 2 will assist sheep producers impacted by the phase out of live sheep exports by sea by providing grant funding to obtain advice and/or make changes to their business operations.
The Livestock Transport Industry Transition Program Round 2 aims to provide assistance for livestock transport businesses affected by the cessation of live sheep exports by sea from 1 May 2028, by providing grant funding to transition to other transport-related activities.
Modernised Multicultural Grants Program: Infrastructure for Multicultural Communities
Grant Category
Multiculturalism
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Open competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Home Affairs
The Infrastructure for Multicultural Communities grant opportunity provides funding to deliver physical infrastructure and amenities to support multicultural communities to connect and commune in a designated physical environment.
Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program 2026–27
Grant Category
Commemorative
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Open competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
The Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program aims to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel who served in wars, conflicts and peace operations, including National Service personnel, and their families.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
The CEWH Environmental Activities grant provides funding for environmental activities projects that aim to restore or improve the health of rivers, floodplains and wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin. Environmental activities projects are funded by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.
The Grants to Australian Organisations Program will run over 3 years from the 2026–27 financial year to 2028–29. The program is funded from the Attorney-General's Department as part of Outcome 1, to maintain and improve Australia’s law, justice, security and integrity frameworks.
Strengthening Families and Communities (SFC) – Safe on Country Fund
Grant Category
Community Safety
The SFC – Safe on Country Fund will be a brokerage fund with one broker organisation, who will on-fund approved funding to community organisations/ACCOs to support community design, establishment and delivery of pilot programs/projects that will contribute to community safety.
Operations of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander National Peak Body for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence (National Peak Body)
Grant Category
Indigenous Communities
The grant supports the National Peak Body to lead collaboration and consultation as a unified voice across the family, domestic and sexual violence community-controlled sector. It will drive policy and systems reform at a national level, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of First Nations people.
Homelessness Sector Development Round Project Grant
Grant Category
Homelessness
This grant opportunity provides funding to nationally focussed organisations with an interest in homelessness to create research, data and evaluation activities and bring forward new ideas that directly improve the standard of responses provided to those most in need of housing assistance.
Sport and Physical Activity: Women’s Softball World Cup Finals 2027 - Event Delivery
Grant Category
Recreation and Sport
The objective of the Sport and Physical Activity: Women’s Softball World Cup Finals 2027 - Event Delivery grant opportunity is to support the establishment of processes, systems, workforce, governance structures and frameworks for delivery of the Women’s Softball World Cup Finals 2027.
