Please note that there are different selection processes available. More information is available on the Selection Processes page.
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Open Grants
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Refugee, Humanitarian Settlement and Migrant Services Program National Community Hubs Program
Grant Category
Settlement Services
The National Community Hubs Program aims to strengthen people's sense of belonging in Australia and to increase the social and economic participation of migrants by linking them to services such as skills training, English classes and volunteering opportunities.
Child and Parenting Support (CaPS) – Playgroups WA
Grant Category
Children, Youth and Youth at Risk
Child Care
The CaPS services provide early intervention and prevention support to children and their families. These services help improve the development and wellbeing of children aged 0–12 years (but may include children up to 18 years and their families) and supporting the capacity of those in a parenting role through activities such as community and supported playgroups, school readiness programs, parenting courses, home visiting, counselling, adjunct care and peer support groups.
Services seek to identify issues such as risk of neglect or abuse within families and provide interventions or appropriate referral(s) before these issues escalate.
National Action Plan to Combat Modern Slavery 2020 to 2025 Round 2
Grant Category
Victims of Crime
This grant aims to support and fund activities to actively prevent and combat all forms of modern slavery in Australia. In Australia, modern slavery refers to a range of serious exploitative practices, including trafficking in persons, slavery, slavery-like practices (eg forced labour, servitude, debt bondage, forced marriage) and the worst forms of child labour.
Funding for this grant opportunity will be provided under 2 streams:
• Stream 1: Combating Modern Slavery
• Stream 2: Research.
