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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Implementation of the National Disability Research Partnership

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Grant Category

Services for People with Disabilities

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Closed non-competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Social Services

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to engage an organisation to run the National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP). The NDRP will be a national research and knowledge translation organisation for the disability sector. It will build the evidence base for Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 (the ADS) and take a leading role in research knowledge translation and communication to support the ADS.

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First Nations Playgroups

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Grant Category

Child Health, Development and Wellbeing

Closing Date & Time

AEST

Selection Process

Targeted competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Social Services

First Nations Playgroups will act as a key engagement activity for First Nations families, improve the early development and wellbeing of First Nations children, improve parent-child relationships and increase feelings of belonging and connection to family, community and culture.

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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

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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

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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

Parenting Orders Program – Post Separation Co-operative Parenting Program

Grant Category

Family and Domestic Violence

Regional Family Dispute Resolution Services

Grant Category

Family and Domestic Violence

This grant will deliver Regional Family Dispute Resolution (RFDR) Services, which aim to meet the particular needs of regional communities, providing a range of services to help separating families resolve disputes and reach agreement on parenting arrangements and property.

Children’s Contact Services

Grant Category

Family and Domestic Violence

This grant will deliver Children’s Contact Services (CCS), which aim to provide a child‑centred model of intervention that assists children of separated parents to establish and maintain a relationship with their other parent and family members, and to help achieve sustained and workable long term arrangements.

Family Dispute Resolution

Grant Category

Family and Domestic Violence

This grant will deliver Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) services, which aim to assist separating and separated families to reach agreements and to resolve their disputes related to family law issues, including parenting and property.https://www.communitygrants.gov.au/

NDIS Jobs and Market Fund Round 1

Grant Category

Services for People with Disabilities

The Jobs and Market Fund aims to grow the NDIS market and workforce in capacity and capability to meet the needs of NDIS participants

Disabled Peoples and Families Organisations – ILC Readiness Grant Round 2018-19

Grant Category

Services for People with Disabilities

To grow and strengthen the network of user led disability organisations across Australia.