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2026 NHMRC-European Partnership for Brain Health
The 2026 NHMRC-European Partnership for Brain Health (EP BrainHealth) Grant Opportunity supports Australian participation and collaboration in transnational research projects through European Partnership for Brain Health (EP BrainHealth) Call for Proposals. The EP BrainHealth offers 2 calls: one in the field of neurological, mental disorders and sensory disorders (EP BrainHealth Call 1) and one in the field of neurodegenerative disorders (EP BrainHealth Call 2). Further information on the EP BrainHealth Call for Proposals is available from the EP BrainHealth website.
AustraliaIndigenous Languages and Arts – Strategic Projects 2025-26
The ILA Program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to express, conserve and maintain their cultures through Indigenous languages and arts activities. Grant funding allocated through the ILA Program supports activities that: Conserve, revitalise and sustain Indigenous languages by: Supporting the use of spoken language in everyday life by facilitating language transmission and practise in a range of contexts through culturally appropriate learning and teaching activities. Supporting community members to improve their language knowledge and skills and build capacity in the sector by providing language learning and teaching pathways that include opportunities to gain formal qualifications in learning and teaching an Indigenous language. Recording, conserving and making available Indigenous languages using digital technology in an innovative and culturally appropriate way. Facilitating the use of Indigenous languages in everyday life by producing and providing access to language materials used in activities that facilitate the transmission of language, enabling community to enjoy, learn, use and teach their languages. Create, promote and celebrate Indigenous community-based arts activities by: Developing, producing, presenting, exhibiting or performing a diverse range of traditional and contemporary Indigenous art forms which could include dance, theatre, film, literature, music and traditional Indigenous arts and crafts. Promoting and celebrating Indigenous art forms and providing access to arts activities that enable community to enjoy, connect and take pride in their cultures.
AustraliaResolution payments under the Youpla Support Program
This grant opportunity is part of the Youpla Support Program, which was announced by the Australian Government on 8 February 2024 as its enduring resolution for people impacted by the collapse of the funeral insurance provider, the Youpla Group. The Youpla Group (formerly the Aboriginal Community Benefits Fund) was a funeral expenses insurer that primarily marketed its products to First Nations people. The Youpla Group entered liquidation in March 2022, leaving many people without cover, inflicting significant cultural, emotional and financial harm on many First Nations people and communities. The Youpla Support Program will provide a Resolution Payment to Eligible Persons to help them recover from this harm. Subject to the exclusions set out in the Youpla Support Program Guidelines an Eligible Person will be offered as a Funeral Bond (delivered as a procurement) as the default option with the right to opt out and receive a Cash Payment (delivered as a grant). The Funeral Bond will be procured by NIAA on behalf of the Eligible Person. The Cash Payment will be made to the Eligible Person as a grant under the Youpla Support Guidelines.
AustraliaPrescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC) Capacity Building Grant Opportunity
Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC) Capacity Building Grant Funding is available to support PBCs to maximise the economic and social potential of native title through the effective and sustainable management of their land. The objectives of the PBC Capacity Building Grant are to: 1. Increase the capacity of PBCs to take advantage of economic opportunities 2. Build long-term organisational capacity within PBCs through training and obtaining professional expertise 3. Support effective native title agreement-making The outcomes of the PBC Capacity Building Grant are to: · Build capacity of PBCs to maximise the social, cultural and economic aspirations of their native title holding group Build capacity of PBCs to meet corporate compliance and native title obligations, and promote greater efficiency in land use decision-making
AustraliaIndigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program, Closed Non-Competitive Grant Round 2025-26
Funding will be provided to organisations for activities that best contribute to delivery of the following Program outcomes: a professional, viable and ethical Indigenous visual arts industry that features strong participation by, and provides economic opportunities for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the continued production, exhibition, critique, purchase and collection of Indigenous visual art.
AustraliaPerformance of representative body functions
The Native Title Act 1993 (the Act) provides for the Australian Government, through the National Indigenous Australians Agency, to fund entities to perform the ‘representative body’ functions listed in section 203B of the Act. These functions include assisting native title claimants and holders to progress native title claims, negotiate native title agreements and resolve native title disputes. This grant opportunity will continue the delivery of these services by funding selected entities to perform these functions.
AustraliaGrants to the United Nations and related peacebuilding and peacekeeping organisations
The purpose of the grant is to provide funding to the United Nations and related peacebuilding and peacekeeping organisations to support peacebuilding and peacekeeping activities outside Australia. The objective of the grant is to provide funding to be used by the UN and related peacebuilding and peacekeeping organisations to support: • education, training and capacity building activities for civil or military personnel on peace related activities; • the provision of equipment or services to support foreign countries’ participation in peace operations; • research and policy development on peace related issues; • the engagement of civil or military personnel in peace operations and institutions; and • improvement of infrastructure used in peace operations.
AustraliaLocal Environmental Projects
The Local Environmental Projects program will run from 2025–26 to 2027–28 as part of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's Outcome 2, supporting nature-positive conservation and sustainable management of Australia’s natural resources. Announced during the 2025 federal election, the program funds locally informed, place-based projects that protect and restore threatened species and habitats, enhance coasts and waterways, and improve community access to nature, especially in urban green and blue spaces. Projects must show long-term environmental and social benefits through sustainable management and local engagement, aligning with national goals under the EPBC Act and Australia’s Strategy for Nature 2024–2030. The program also supports Australia’s international commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity. Participation by First Nations groups is encouraged, including sharing ecological knowledge. Projects promoting women’s workforce participation are also supported.
AustraliaLocal Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program - Phase 4
Funding under Phase 4 of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program is available from 1 July 2023 to support Eligible Funding Recipients to deliver priority local road and community infrastructure projects across Australia. LRCI Phase 4 continues the objective of the program to provide temporary, targeted support for creating and maintaining local jobs through road infrastructure and construction activities in communities across Australia. The intended outcomes of the program are to: deliver benefits to communities, such as improved road safety, accessibility and visual amenity; and create local short-term employment opportunities through funding construction projects
AustraliaCommunity Development Grants (CDG) Programme
The Australian Government established the CDG Programme in 2013. The program will be delivered under Outcome 3: Strengthening the sustainability, capacity and diversity of our cities and regional economies including through facilitating local partnerships between all levels of government and local communities; through reforms that stimulate economic growth; and providing grants and financial assistance. The objective of the CDG Programme (program) is: to support needed infrastructure that promotes stable, secure and viable local and regional economies. The intended outcomes of the program are: to construct and/or upgrade facilities to provide long term improvements in social and economic viability of local communities to create jobs in the delivery of projects and ongoing use of the infrastructure to improve social amenity, increased health and wellbeing and social cohesion by utilisation of the infrastructure by community groups This program delivers the government’s election commitments and other identified projects for community and regional infrastructure. Only projects identified by the Australian Government will be considered for funding under the CDG Programme, including the Government Election Commitments since 2013 and other government initiated projects. The CDG Programme is a non-competitive grants program. If a project has been identified to receive grant funding the relevant person/organisation will be contacted by the Australian Government. The Programme is administered in accordance with the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines (CGRGs).
AustraliaAged Care Services - Specialist Dementia Care Program
The Specialist Dementia Care Program (SDCP) is an Australian Government initiative that provides care for people exhibiting very severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, who are unable to be appropriately cared for by mainstream aged care services. The program offers specialised, transitional residential support, focussing on reducing or stabilising symptoms over time, with the aim of enabling people to move to less intensive care settings. Under the SDCP, the intention is that there will be 35 SDCP units established, with a unit in each of the 31 Primary Health Network (PHN) regions. To date 10 SDCP units have been established nationally across 9 PHN regions as part of the Phase One Grant Opportunities. The purpose of the Phase Two SDCP Grant opportunity is to identify aged care providers with capacity to establish the remaining SDCP units through the use of targeted competitive and non-competitive approaches commencing from December 2021. Eligibility Targeted Competitive grant opportunity For the targeted - competitive grant opportunity, all eligible organisations located within the designated PHN region may apply. A Department of Health, Disability and Ageing - Your Aged Care Newsletter article will be used to advise organisations of the Grant Opportunity through GrantConnect. Closed non-competitive grant opportunity For the closed non-competitive grant opportunity, only the organisation invited by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing will be eligible to apply for the Grant Opportunity through GrantConnect. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "GO Documents" button on the left hand side of GrantConnect.
AustraliaIndigenous Australians' Health Programme Northern Territory Pathways to Community Control
This grant opportunity enables the awarding of grants under the Pathways to Community Control (P2CC) program. The purpose of this grant opportunity is to support an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCHO) to transition health service delivery to Aboriginal community control under the P2CC Program and specifically targets ACCHOs in the Northern Territory. The grant supports the planning and implementation of the transition, which can include: development of corporate and clinical governance models and systems; development of a health plan for the region; community engagement and stakeholder consultation; Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs); required changes to the legal entity of the organisation and related governance structures; capacity building activities; and agreement of an evaluation strategy. The objectives of this grant opportunity are: to support the organisation to build its capacity and capabilities to deliver culturally safe, sustainable and high quality comprehensive primary health care services; no or limited impact on service delivery during the transfer period with all planned programs, staff, and services transferring on the agreed date; and the completion of a successful transition, resulting in the transfer of Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme primary health care funding for the ongoing operation of health services from the Northern Territory Government to the organisation. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red Grant Opportunity Documents button on the left-hand side. Note: Total Funding for this grant is $13.75m since originally published in 2021. Earlier funding from previous financial years has been expended.
AustraliaIndigenous Advancement Strategy: Support for Community Sector Organisations Grant Opportunity Guidelines
As a part of the October 2022-23 Budget, the NIAA has been allocated $190 million over four years (2022-23 to 2025-26), to support Community Sector Organisations (CSOs) already receiving an Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) grant for an eligible activity. The purpose of this funding is to support these organisations at need of funding supplementation due to additional staff wages pressures and high inflations rates. Funding amounts and the length of grant agreements available to each eligible CSO will be based on: § the duration of existing IAS funding agreements for eligible grant activities § a percentage of the current IAS funding granted to each eligible CSO for each eligible grant activity § the location of service delivery for each eligible grant activity, noting that eligible grant activities delivered in remote and very remote areas may receive a higher percentage of supplementation funding The NIAA expects to conduct annual grant rounds under this grant opportunity to allow the NIAA to refresh its list of eligible organisations and eligible grant activities, and to reflect emerging economic circumstances in its funding calculations. The NIAA may conduct additional, smaller-scale rounds if these are required.
AustraliaLocal Investments Funding Grant Opportunity
The Local Investments Funding Grant Opportunity enables strategic and rapid response to address local issues to benefit First Nations people and facilitate improved community and government engagement. The objective of a Local Investments Funding grant is to deliver outcomes, aligned to community needs government priorities and Closing the Gap targets by providing funding of no more than $125,000 (GST exclusive) for: • generally small scale, short-term, one-off proposals to address immediate local need and which have community support; • a variety of activities, ranging from small scale infrastructure and cultural activities, through to a co-contribution to larger projects; and • activities that leverage other government funding and may include co-contributions for larger projects with other governments, local councils or organisations. To be eligible, applicants just be invited by the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) to apply for funding.
Australia2026 NHMRC-Swiss National Science Foundation
The 2026 NHMRC-Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) grant opportunity supports Australian participation in an international collaboration with Switzerland through the Australian - Swiss Joint Research Programme Call for Proposals 2026. NHMRC is working with SNSF to support Joint Research Projects to promote collaborative projects with clearly defined goals, involving at least one partner based in Switzerland and one based in Australia. The research field for this collaboration is: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare for populations of diverse sex, gender or sexual orientations or other underrepresented population groups. Applicants are required to justify how their target population is considered underrepresented in the context of this funding opportunity. Possible topics include but are not limited to: • AI for medical decision support for diagnosis and treatment planning, with a focus of underrepresented population groups • Addressing bias in medical training data • Enhancing trust and trustworthiness in AI-based decision support • Interpretability of AI applications in gender medicine The following topics are excluded: • Theoretical AI approaches that do not tackle any relevant problem of gender medicine or for underrepresented population groups • AI not including any underrepresented population groups or data bias • Studies focusing on underrepresented population groups that are only relevant in Australia or Switzerland. Further information about the SNSF is available from the SNSF website.
AustraliaMRFF – Traumatic Brain Injury Mission – 2026 Traumatic Brain Injury Grant Opportunity
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Mission aims to enable or support research designed to improve the lives of all Australians who experience a TBI. The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 1 (Priority area 2.1, Targeted Call for Research): test the efficacy and complete a process evaluation of novel treatments, clinical indicators and/or interventions for moderate to severe TBI in reducing time spent in acute care and/or improving long-term patient outcomes. Stream 2 (Priority area 2.3, Targeted Call for Research): conduct research to support effective national adoption and best practice use of clinical guidelines and protocols for mild TBI, including integration of prognostic and predictive approaches, and assessing and addressing barriers to implementation and inequalities including in all of: - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - People affected by family, domestic and sexual violence - Older people - Rural, regional and remote populations in geographically diverse areas - Culturally and linguistically diverse populations The intended outcome of the research is to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians by: Stream 1: improving acute care and/or long term outcomes for moderate to severe TBI. Stream 2: improving uptake of and access to best practice care for people with mild TBI. Applicants to this grant opportunity must propose research that addresses one of the two Streams of research. This grant opportunity is being administered by NHMRC on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Further information on the Medical Research Future Fund is available from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's website. A list of Eligible Organisations can be found on the NHMRC List of MRFF Eligible Organisations webpage.
AustraliaMarket Adjustment Program
The Market Adjustment Program grant opportunity builds on the Government’s existing Market Adjustment Program which supports residential aged care providers (providers) that are facing financial viability concerns by expanding that support to Support at Home providers. The program provides funding (including ‘critical failure’ funding) to avoid premature aged care provider closures and, in appropriate situations, to support orderly exits and service or provider consolidation. In addition, the program may also fund initiatives aimed at improving business capability (to reduce likelihood of deteriorating performance). The overarching program intent is to reduce the risk to the safety of care recipients from disorderly closures or financial failure. The Market Adjustment Program Grant Opportunity is to safeguard continuity of care for care recipients through support for providers that are in most need of funding assistance, are strategically important (including those in thin markets) and require support to improve business capability and operations. The MAP grant opportunity will provide grant funding through three streams: Stream 1: Improvement of Business Operations Stream 2: Sale or Closure Stream 3: Critical Failure Grant amounts and the funding stream will be determined by the Department of Health and Aged Care (the department) on a case-by-case basis based on the department’s assessment of the provider’s risk profile and value for money. An applicant can only apply for the Stream the department issues an Invitation to Apply for. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
AustraliaBuilding Early Education Fund – Small-Scale Grant Opportunity
The purpose of the Small-Scale Grant Round is to provide capital grants to high-quality not-for-profit small providers to undertake construction for the delivery of new or expanded Centre-Based Day Care (CBDC) services. Funding is also available to not-for-profit providers to modify buildings to facilitate the provision of in-venue Family Day Care (FDC) by a high-quality provider in areas where no ECEC is available.
AustraliaRural Financial Counselling Service Program 2027 to 2032
The Australian Government is inviting applications through an open process to apply to deliver services under 1.12 Rural Programs, Rural Financial Counselling Services from 2027 to 2032. This initiative provides free and independent financial counselling to eligible farmers, fishers, foresters and small-related enterprises who are experiencing, or at risk, of financial hardship. This program is ongoing and is subject to regular and open approaches to market. Funding rounds and approaches have been continually reviewed and adjusted over the years to improve the performance of the program and drive efficiencies to support structural adjustment in the agricultural sector in times of financial hardship. The objective of the program is to support structural adjustment through transitioning clients out of immediate financial crisis or concerns, assessing business viability to make informed decisions about the future of the business and improving financial wellbeing and resilience through building clients’ financial knowledge and skills, and by referring clients to other professional services. The ultimate outcome is financially capable agricultural, fishing and forestry businesses that are profitable, financially self-reliant and resilient. Grantees drive these changes through case management and effective and efficient client engagement. A key performance indicator for the program is that a minimum of 80% of clients receiving services are case-managed and on exiting the service have come to a better understanding of their financial position and have met their goals to make an informed decision outlined in the program outcomes and objectives listed in the program logic.
AustraliaTCR: Serving and Ex-Serving Australian Defence Force Members Mental Health and Wellbeing 2026
In response to the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, the Australian Government has committed $10 million through the NHMRC to support high-quality research into the health and wellbeing of serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) members. This TCR aims to generate high-quality evidence and develop practical, implementable actions to improve mental and physical health and promote wellbeing among serving and ex-serving ADF members, with consideration given to the impact on their support networks, including family, dependants and carers. The objectives of this TCR are to facilitate research that: • Focuses on translation and implementation, with actions and methods that can be adopted by mainstream community health services. • Targets prevention and early intervention strategies that improve long-term health outcomes and builds the evidence base for scalable and implementable programs and/or strategies that aim to improve holistic and functional outcomes throughout the patient journey. • Promotes collaborative and multidisciplinary research approaches that recognise the complex and intersecting physical and mental health needs of serving and ex-serving ADF members, and ways to improve these through prevention and early intervention. The expected outcomes of this TCR are to: • Support the development and implementation of programs, policies and activities that prevent suicidality, suicidal distress and acute mental health crises among serving and ex-serving ADF members, while optimising treatment, and improving equitable access to care services. • Address the intersection of complex mental and physical health conditions and the needs of serving and ex-serving ADF members through collaborative and multidisciplinary approaches to care.
AustraliaAustralia-Korea Foundation (AKF) 2026-27 Grant Round
The Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) offers annual grant funding to support projects that promote the AKF objectives: increase public awareness of Australia in Korea, and of Korea in Australia, and the importance of the bilateral relationship; develop partnerships, collaborations and people-to-people links (including with diaspora) in areas of shared interest in the bilateral, regional and global context, and increase Australians’ ability to effectively engage with Korea and Koreans’ ability to effectively engage with Australia.
AustraliaCooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) - Round 19
This grant supports short-term (up to 3 years), industry-led research collaborations. Projects must: develop a product, service or process that will solve problems for industry and deliver real outcomes benefit small to medium enterprises (SMEs). You can use the funding to cover costs directly related to your project including: new research proof of concept activities pre-commercialisation of research outcomes industry-focused education and training activities conferences, workshops, symposia related to the joint research information sharing and communications related to the research. This is not a complete list and other costs may also be eligible. There is no specific amount of funding allocated to each CRC-P round. The number of CRC Projects we fund in each selection round depends on the applications received and available Program funding. Applicants must at least match the amount of grant funding sought through cash and/or in-kind contributions.
AustraliaIdeas Grants 2026
The objective of the Ideas Grant scheme is to support innovative research projects addressing specific question(s). The expected outcomes are: • innovative and creative research • funding of researchers at all career stages • funding any area of health and medical research from discovery to implementation. It is expected that the CIA will have the capability to lead the team in achieving the project aims. Only applications that address the intended objective and outcomes will be competitive for funding. The Ideas Grant scheme is not intended to support research where a clinical trial or cohort study is the primary objective, and applications meeting that description should be submitted to the Clinical Trial and Cohort Studies Grant scheme. Where applications have elements consistent with both the Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant scheme and the Ideas Grant scheme, applicants should decide where the project is predominantly suited, based on the objectives and intended outcomes of the respective schemes and where the application would receive the most appropriate peer review. Applicants should also anticipate a high level of interest in this grant opportunity, and it is expected to be highly competitive. Applications, including the budgets, should be carefully scrutinised within the Administering Institution prior to submission to NHMRC to ensure that the application will have the best chance to be considered favourable during NHMRC peer review.
AustraliaCarbon Capture Technologies Program – Round 2
The Carbon Capture Technologies Program aims to accelerate the research, development and demonstration of novel and emerging carbon management technologies to address Australia’s hard-to-abate emissions and residual emissions. Grants will be offered to pilot and demonstration projects that capture, utilise and remove CO2 and have the potential to create new, low-emissions or net-zero industries. Examples of eligible technologies, include but are not limited to: novel or emerging carbon capture and/or utilisation for hard-to-abate sectors novel or emerging carbon removal technologies such as direct air capture enhanced rock weathering biomass carbon removal and storage, including durable sequestration of carbon in biochar mineral carbonation technology, such as capturing carbon in building and other materials. Conventional and land-based approaches that leverage natural biological systems, without technological intervention, are not eligible. This includes: afforestation/reforestation, peatland or wetland restoration agroforestry are excluded from this program. The objectives of the program are to: accelerate the development of emerging priority CO2 capture, utilisation, and removal technologies support research, development and demonstration to advance technological and commercial readiness of novel or emerging carbon capture, utilisation and removal technologies in hard-to-abate industries such as cement, chemicals and steel demonstrate verifiable permanence of CO2 sequestered via a range of utilisation applications support capability development in novel or emerging carbon removal technologies.
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