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 Guidelines 2017.

GrantConnect is the Australian Government’s centralised grants information system. It is the authoritative source for grants information.

Open Grants

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National Disability Conference Initiative 2024–25

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Grant Category

Services for People with Disabilities

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Open competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Social Services

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.

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Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program

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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 defence personnel in wars, conflicts and peace operations, and their families.

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Support Plantation Establishment 2024–25 (Round 2, Batches 1 and 2)

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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 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.

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Justice Reinvestment in Central Australia Program – Round 2 Assessment Cycle 1

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Grant Category

Indigenous Communities

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Open non-competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Attorney-General’s Department

Successful initiatives under this opportunity will prevent and reduce Central Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ contact with the criminal justice system through place-based, community led measures to prevent crime, treat drug and alcohol addiction or address illegal drug use.

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National Justice Reinvestment Program – Round 2 Assessment Cycle 1

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Grant Category

Indigenous Communities

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Open non-competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Attorney-General’s Department

The National Justice Reinvestment Program aims to reduce contact with the criminal justice system and incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and young people through support for place-based and community-led justice reinvestment initiatives across Australia.

Expansion of the Community Child Care Fund-Restricted (CCCFR) non-competitive grant opportunity (for specified services)

Grant Category

Indigenous Education

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Closed non-competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Education

The CCCFR expansion program aims to establish new early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in mainly remote and very remote areas to increase participation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in culturally appropriate ECEC.

Closed Grants

Native Title Anthropologist Grant Program 2019-22

Grant Category

Legal Services

To increase native title anthropology capacity by supporting native title anthropologists working in the system.

Community Resilience Grants

Grant Category

Social Inclusion

Community Resilience grants aim to build strong, resilient and cohesive communities to help make Australia more secure and harmonious as a whole.

Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) - Round 2

Grant Category

Child Care

This Grant will deliver the CCCF, which aims to improve early childhood development outcomes for vulnerable and disadvantaged children and increase workforce participation by vulnerable and disadvantaged families.

Veteran and Community Grants

Grant Category

Veterans

This Grant will deliver the Veteran and Community Grants Program, which aims to maintain and improve the independence and quality of life for members of the Australian veteran community by providing funding for projects that sustain or enhance health and wellbeing.

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Fisheries Assistance and User Engagement Package - Our Marine Parks Round One

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Grant Category

Natural Resources - Conservation and Protection

This Grant will deliver the Our Marine Parks Round One Grant Opportunity, which supports the fishing sector to plan for and continue to deliver sustainable fishing and conservation outcomes in the context of Australian Marine Parks.

Information Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Economic Participation of People with Disability Grant Round 2019-20

Grant Category

Services for People with Disabilities

This Grant will deliver the Economic Participation of People with Disability – ILC Grant Round 2019-20 which aims to empower people with disability to choose and achieve their goals within an inclusive community, leading to their increased independence and social and economic participation.