Grants

Please note that there are different selection processes available. More information is available on the Selection Processes page.

The outcome of all grants awarded and funding rounds, including direct rounds, are published on GrantConnect no later than 21 working days after the grant agreement takes effect, in accordance with the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines 2017.

GrantConnect is the Australian Government’s centralised grants information system. It is the authoritative source for grants information.

Open Grants

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National Disability Conference Initiative 2024–25

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Grant Category

Services for People with Disabilities

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Open competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Social Services

The National Disability Conference Initiative provides funding of up to $10,000 to conference organisers to help people with disability participate in nationally-focused, disability-related, conferences held in Australia.

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Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program

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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 defence personnel in wars, conflicts and peace operations, and their families.

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Support Plantation Establishment 2024–25 (Round 2, Batches 1 and 2)

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Grant Category

Agriculture

Closing Date & Time

AEDT

Selection Process

Demand-driven

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

This grant supports the establishment of new long-rotation plantation forests and assists the sector in responding to the projected growth in demand for local timber resources, increasing domestic timber supply and helping to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions by storing the carbon in timber.

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Justice Reinvestment in Central Australia Program – Round 2 Assessment Cycle 1

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Grant Category

Indigenous Communities

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Open non-competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Attorney-General’s Department

Successful initiatives under this opportunity will prevent and reduce Central Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ contact with the criminal justice system through place-based, community led measures to prevent crime, treat drug and alcohol addiction or address illegal drug use.

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National Justice Reinvestment Program – Round 2 Assessment Cycle 1

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Grant Category

Indigenous Communities

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Open non-competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Attorney-General’s Department

The National Justice Reinvestment Program aims to reduce contact with the criminal justice system and incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and young people through support for place-based and community-led justice reinvestment initiatives across Australia.

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Expansion of the Community Child Care Fund-Restricted (CCCFR) non-competitive grant opportunity (for specified services)

Grant Category

Indigenous Education

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Closed non-competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Education

The CCCFR expansion program aims to establish new early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in mainly remote and very remote areas to increase participation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in culturally appropriate ECEC.

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Closed Grants

Grants-in-Aid

Grant Category

Veterans

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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International Parental Child Abduction (IPCA) Legal and Social Support Services

Grant Category

Legal Services

The purpose of the IPCA Legal and Social Support Services grant opportunity is to manage and deliver a national legal and social support service for families affected by international parental child abduction.

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Students Support Package - The Smith Family’s Growing Careers Project

Grant Category

Primary and Secondary Schools

The Smith Family’s Growing Careers Project will support up to 76,725 disadvantaged students from Years 8-12 (or equivalent) to complete Year 12 (or equivalent) and successfully transition from school to work or further education and training.

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Students Support Package – Holocaust Education Digital Platform

Grant Category

Primary and Secondary Schools

The program will create a Holocaust Education digital platform, using the Anti-Defamation Commission’s newly-designed Holocaust-related curriculum and education resources to provide unique interactive experiences for students. 

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Students Support Package - Islamic Museum of Australia

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Grant Category

Primary and Secondary Schools

The IMA program will support Year 4-10 students across Australia with an Australian Curriculum-aligned education package that will immerse students in an interactive, educational and cross-cultural environment of the heritage of Muslims in Australia.

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Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Program – Ranger Capability Building grants

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Grant Category

Indigenous Employment and Business

These Grants provide up to $1.1M per year over 3 years (2020-21 to 2022-23), for Ranger organisations with fee-for-service arrangements to undertake capability building activities to enhance their ability to do biosecurity work.

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