Community Grants Hub - King's Birthday public holiday
The Community Grants Hub Helpdesk will be unavailable from 5:00 pm AEST Friday 5 June 2026 until 9:00 am AEST Tuesday 9 June 2026. During this period, enquiries can be sent to [email protected] or via the online contact form. The Helpdesk will resume normal operations and respond to enquiries from 9:00 am AEST on Tuesday 9 June 2026.
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 Principles 2024.
GrantConnect is the Australian Government’s centralised grants information system. It is the authoritative source for grants information.
Open Grants
Future Drought Fund Drought Resilience Hubs
Grant Category
Drought
Closing Date & Time
AEST
Selection Process
Open competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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.
Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) grant
Grant Category
Child Care
The ACECQA grant was established by the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 (National Law). Its role is to support the nationally consistent regulation of quality and safety in early childhood education and care services across Australia.
The purpose of the grant is to establish a secretariat and policy support function to support the establishment of the Housing Policy Partnership. The Housing Policy Partnership will provide a coordinated approach across government to address housing outcomes for First Nations people.
The program has an appropriation of $5,539,000 over the period 2022–23 to 2024–25.
Education and Training for the Justice Sector on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Grant
Grant Category
Family and Domestic Violence
The objective of the program is to maintain and improve Australia’s law and justice framework through supporting the provision of educational resources and training to justice sector officials, including judicial officers, legal practitioners, law enforcement and others.
The PET Fund aims to support implementation of a range of workplace reforms and Jobs and Skills Summit outcomes by strengthening tripartism and constructive social dialogue in the Australian workplace relations system.
The expected outcomes of the PET Fund grant program are to:
* support and increase engagement by employers’ and workers’ representatives, and their members, through enhanced tripartite governance structures across the workplace relations portfolio. This will include more active advice and consultation roles on possible future reforms
* enable recipients to develop and implement workplace productivity, education and training initiatives to support their members to engage in law reform processes
* encourage take up of current and new laws in their workplaces, and to monitor and provide feedback regarding the implementation of law reforms.
Australia’s Disability Strategy - National Disability Conference Initiative 2023–24
Grant Category
Services for People with Disabilities
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.
The Australian Government is committed to strengthening efforts to prevent and respond to forced marriage of women and girls. The objective of the grant is to support the My Blue Sky website and service to provide best practice assistance and advice to individuals affected by forced marriage.
