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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

Australian Government. Department of Social Services.

Social Enterprise Development Initiative First Nations Grants Administrator

Australian Government. Department of Social Services.

Grant Category

Indigenous Employment and Business

Closing Date & Time

AEDT

Selection Process

Targeted competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Social Services
The $11.6 million Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) Program now has an additional $2.94 million across 2025–26 and 2026–27 to engage a First Nations Grants Administrator to design and deliver Capability Building Funding that supports First Nations social enterprises nationally.
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A RAAF Iroquois helicopter, A2-649, from No 9 Squadron re-supplies troops of the First Australian

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program

A RAAF Iroquois helicopter, A2-649, from No 9 Squadron re-supplies troops of the First Australian

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.
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Australian Government. Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.

CEWH Environmental Activities

Australian Government. Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.

Grant Category

Water Resources

Closing Date & Time

AEDT

Selection Process

Open non-competitive

Delivered on behalf of

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.
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Forestry Industry - Support Plantation Establishment Round 3 - Batches 1, 2 and 3

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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 softwood and hardwood plantation forests and assists the sector to respond to the projected growth in demand for domestically sourced timber resources, contributing to Australia’s carbon emissions reduction commitments.
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Closed Grants

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National Farm Safety Education Fund: Improving Farm Safety Practices

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Grant Category

Farming

The National Farm Safety Education Fund is designed to support activities that improve farm safety outcomes, through increased awareness of farm safety and education to help prevent farm accidents.

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Children and Family Intensive Support

Grant Category

Child Health, Development and Wellbeing

The purpose of the grant opportunity is to provide an early intervention, intensive home and community-based family support service for highly vulnerable families living in selected communities in the Northern Territory and APY Lands, South Australia.

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Destination Australia Program 2022 (Round 3)

Grant Category

Higher Education Vocational Education

The Destination Australia grant opportunity aims to attract and support international and domestic students to study in regional Australia, to grow and develop regional Australian tertiary education providers and offer students a high quality learning experience. 

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Volunteer Management Activity – 2021–2026 VMA

Grant Category

Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Not-for-Profits Infrastructure

The objective of the Volunteer Management Activity is to create a thriving volunteering culture, which meets the changing demands for capable and committed volunteers in local communities across Australia.

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Legal support services for survivors engaging with the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse

Grant Category

Legal Services

The grant is running over 5 years from 2021–22 to 2025–26. The program was announced in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

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Industry Workforce Training - Adult Learners Week 2021 to 2024

Grant Category

Adult and Continuing Education

Adult Learners Week is an international event that is celebrated with activities across the nation designed to promote the benefits of life- long learning in the home, at work and in the community. It has been supported by Commonwealth funding since 1995.

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