Please note that there are different selection processes available. More information is available on the Selection Processes page.
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Open Grants
Digital Advisory Service for Parents
Grant Category
Employment Services
Closing Date & Time
AEST
Selection Process
Closed non-competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
This grant is a trial to design and test a fully digital advisory service for parents. The trial aims to deliver modern, flexible and participant-led online services, to provide tailored support to parents who are ready to move toward employment.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Debris Management and Mitigation Round 2
Grant Category
Water Resources
Closing Date & Time
AEST
Selection Process
Open competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Debris Management and Mitigation Round 2 grant opportunity will run over 4 years from 2026–27 to 2029–30. This grant opportunity seeks to build and expand on the achievements from Round 1 and aims to reduce the threat of marine debris.
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.
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.
Family and Domestic Violence and Homelessness Capital Grants - The Coast Trauma Recovery Centre program
Grant Category
Crisis Accommodation
This program will fund the establishment of a purpose-built family and domestic violence (FDV) recovery centre in East Gosford, including the purchase, remodelling and construction of crisis and transitional accommodation for women and children experiencing FDV.
The African Australian Communities Program Round 2 will provide support in South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia, to African Australian communities to further participation, integration and sense of belonging in Australia and enhance social cohesion.
Family and Domestic Violence and Homelessness Capital Grants – Expansion of Jewish House
Grant Category
Crisis Accommodation
This program will fund the expansion of Jewish House’s crisis and transitional accommodation facilities in eastern Sydney to support people experiencing homelessness and/or family and domestic violence.
Family and Domestic Violence and Homelessness Capital Grants - Survivor’s R Us - A Permanent Site
Grant Category
Crisis Accommodation
This program aims to provide a safe and secure support environment to people in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region to access services and supports when they are experiencing family and domestic violence (FDV), homelessness or other vulnerabilities. The program will fund the purchase of an identified service delivery facility in the Lake Macquarie area to support victim-survivors of FDV and homelessness.
The Indigenous Centre of Vocational Excellence (ICOVE)
Grant Category
Indigenous Education
The Indigenous Centre of Vocational Excellence (ICOVE) grant opportunity supports the selection and establishment of the ICOVE Host, to enable a First Nations Vocational, Education and Training (VET) organisation(s) to represent communities and organisations on national VET matters.
Community Language Schools Grants Program - Extension Round
Grant Category
Multiculturalism
This grant opportunity will run from 2025–26 to 2028–29 and will help contribute to the Australian Government’s strengths-based approach to building on Australia’s multicultural success. It is an extension of the previous Community Language Schools Grants Program which commenced in 2023–24.
