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Open Grants
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.
Veteran Recognition of Prior Learning – Tertiary Support
Grant Category
Veterans
The purpose of the grant program is to support veterans seeking to start in tertiary education by supporting Australian universities to provide several initiatives to enable a smoother transition from ADF service.
Support Plantation Establishment 2023–24 (Round 1, Batches 1, 2 and 3)
Grant Category
Business Development
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.
National Priority Research Fund: Supporting National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032
Grant Category
Family and Domestic Violence
The National Priority Research Fund program will build the evidence base required to support the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032 and its subsequent Action Plans.
Community Child Care Fund – Establishing Child Care in Limited Supply Areas
Grant Category
Child Care
The Grant Opportunity aims to assist eligible early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers to establish new centre based day care and family day care services. It is targeted to disadvantaged communities in regional and remote areas to give children greater access to quality ECEC.
Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program
Grant Category
Veterans
Throughout Australia, individuals and groups are working to identify private unmarked graves of First World War veterans, and marking these graves to recognise their service. This grant program contributes to the cost of establishing a grave marker on currently unmarked private graves.
This program will deliver 100 scholarships to students from regional, rural and remote communities to assist with the cost of boarding. This grant opportunity is a targeted competitive process, with the objective of selecting one or multiple organisations to administer the scholarship program.
