Please note that there are different selection processes available. More information is available on the Selection Processes page.
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Open Grants
Children and Family Support (CaFS)
Grant Category
Family Services and Children
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Targeted competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Social Services
The Children and Family Support (CaFS) program aims to strengthen family wellbeing by delivering flexible, responsive supports for families with children aged 0–17 years, and young people up to age 25, where appropriate. It focuses on prevention, early intervention and intensive supports to reduce escalation of need.
Protecting the Great Barrier Reef - Community Stewardship Program Round 2
Grant Category
Natural Resources - Conservation and Protection
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Open competitive
Delivered on behalf of
DCCEEW
The Protecting the Great Barrier Reef - Community Stewardship Program Round 2 grant opportunity will support the delivery of the Reef 2050 Plan, Reef Trust Outcomes and maintain or enhance the outstanding universal value of the Great Barrier Reef (Reef) World Heritage Area.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
This grant opportunity will engage Australian Marine Parks users to actively participate in managing Australian Marine Parks. It supports collaborative efforts that protect biodiversity, enhance ecosystem health, and strengthen culturally informed stewardship of our marine environment.
Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund (ECCCF)
Grant Category
Legal Services
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Demand-driven
Delivered on behalf of
Attorney-General’s Department
The purpose of the ECCCF is to provide funding to support Legal Aid Commissions (LACs) with costs incurred defending clients in serious, high cost, Commonwealth criminal matters, Commonwealth post-sentence order (PSO) matters and Community safety order (CSO) matters.
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.
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.
Reconnection, Employment and Learning (REAL) Program Phase 2
Grant Category
Indigenous Employment and Business
Organisations are invited to apply for funding to deliver the Reconnection, Employment and Learning (REAL) Program at specified locations, to improve outcomes for First Nations people exiting the justice system by providing support to reestablish themselves in the community.
Funding for Social Partner Participation on Safe Work Australia
Grant Category
Work Health and Safety
The second round of the Funding for Social Partner Participation in Safe Work Australia grant will facilitate the continuation of tripartism and social dialogue to provide support for employer representatives and unions to effectively fulfill their roles as Safe Work Australia members and contribute to discussions about improving safety, fairness, and productivity in workplaces.
Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority
Grant Category
Child Care
The ACECQA grant was established by the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010. Its role is to support the nationally consistent regulation of quality and safety in early childhood education and care services across Australia.
East Melbourne Synagogue Community Centre and Social Cohesion
Grant Category
Multiculturalism
The East Melbourne Synagogue Community Centre and Social Cohesion grant opportunity provides funding to construct a community centre around the East Melbourne Synagogue and deliver a social cohesion and community engagement program to strengthen Jewish communal life and wider social harmony.
