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Journalism Assistance Fund
The Journalism Assistance Fund Program, running over 3 years from 2025-26, was announced as part of the News Media Assistance Program (News MAP). News MAP aims to support public interest journalism and media diversity in Australia - recognising these are critical to a healthy democracy, social cohesion and informed citizens. Organisations producing core news content will be eligible for funding. The funding will provide a proportion of the wages for journalists producing core news content that is distributed digitally. The program aims to: support the sustainability of Australian news publishers in the face of significant disruption to the media sector support the creation of digitally distributed news content, encourage continued employment of journalists who primarily produce news that is in the Australian public interest build and maintain social cohesion in Australia
AustraliaAustralian Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2027
The Australian Laureate Fellowships grant opportunity encourages applications from the highest-quality researchers by providing eligible Australian Laureate Fellows with project funding in addition to a salary and salary-related (on-cost) support. We may name two successful Australian Laureate Fellows as the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow and the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow. The Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship may be available to a highly ranked female participant from the humanities, arts and social science disciplines. The Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship may be available to a highly ranked female participant from the science and technology disciplines. Recipients will be provided with additional funding to undertake an ambassadorial role to promote women in research. The Australian Laureate Fellowships objectives are to: attract and retain outstanding researchers and research leaders of international reputation, with exceptional ability to lead, collaborate, mentor and supervise, and enhance their capacity to create an enduring legacy; build focus and scale in research by forging new links among researchers, the international research community and/or industry and other research end-users; support a program of innovative and ground-breaking research that addresses a significant problem or gap in knowledge; create a cohesive research program and implementation plan that represents value for money; provide an excellent research training environment and exemplary opportunity to nurture early or mid-career researchers; produce new or advanced knowledge resulting from the outcomes of the research with economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia, and to enhance research in Australian Government priority areas.
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AustraliaCooperative Research Centres Round 27
CRC Grants are part of the CRC Program. The CRC Program supports industry, research and the community in 2 ways: CRC Grants – support medium to long term industry-led collaborative research of between 3 and 10 years. CRC Projects (CRC-P) grants – support short term, industry-led collaborative research, for up to 3 years. CRC Grants provide funding for collaborations to solve industry identified problems. CRCs must: be a medium to long-term industry-led collaborative research program aim to solve industry identified problems and improve the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian industries include an industry-focused education and training program, including a PhD program that builds capability and capacity increase research and development (R&D) capacity in small to medium enterprises (SMEs) encourage industry take up of research There is no specified limit to funding for each CRC. However, the number of CRC Grants we fund in each selection round depends on the applications received and available funding. Applicants must at least match the amount of grant funding sought through cash and/or in-kind contributions.
AustraliaDiscovery Projects for funding commencing in 2027
The Discovery Projects scheme provides grant funding to support research projects that may be undertaken by individual researchers or research teams. The Discovery Projects scheme objectives are to: support excellent pure basic, strategic basic and applied research, and research training, across all disciplines excluding clinical and other medical research, that addresses a significant problem or gap in knowledge and represents value for money; expand research capacity in Australia by supporting excellent researchers and teams; foster national and international research collaboration; create new knowledge with economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia; and enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas.
AustraliaArts and Screen Employment Pathways Pilot Program
The grant opportunity is seeking applications from eligible service providers to deliver temporary employment placements through the Arts and Screen Employment Pathways Pilot Program (the Program). The Program will match early to mid-career d/Deaf and disabled artists and arts workers with arts, cultural, screen and digital games organisations for temporary paid job placements of up to 12 months, for any art form and any position level across Australia. The successful service provider/s will be responsible for recruiting, selecting and matching host organisations and participants, and providing oversight of the placements.
AustraliaAustralian Government International Exhibitions Insurance (AGIEI) program 2026
The Australian Government International Exhibitions Insurance (AGIEI) program is a funding program designed to offset insurance costs for touring major exhibitions of cultural material. Generally, these exhibitions include works from international collections. The program aims to assist cultural institutions to provide access to significant cultural material the Australian public would not otherwise have an opportunity to access. By providing assistance with insurance costs, the Australian Government is able to encourage and support the staging of major exhibitions drawn from some of the world’s most historically significant and culturally rich collections.
AustraliaBuilding Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Program 2026–27
The Australian Government is inviting organisations via a demand driven process to apply to deliver services under the Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Program. The BEST Program 2026–27 will run over a 3-year period, commencing in the financial year 2026–27, ending in financial year 2028–29. The BEST Program forms part of the Australian Government’s commitment to supporting the role of ex-service organisation (ESO) compensation and wellbeing advocates, who provide advice and assistance to the veteran and defence communities. The BEST Program has been updated and simplified in response to the recommendations from the Senate Standing Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee Inquiry into issues relating to advocacy services for veterans accessing compensation and income support, and recommendation 99 of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide final report. The objectives of the BEST Program are to assist ESOs to: provide free advocacy services to veterans and families of veterans improve the quality of claims received by DVA at the primary determining level promote the provision of wellbeing services to the veteran and defence communities. The intended outcomes of the BEST Program are to ensure: the veteran and defence communities have access to free compensation and wellbeing advocacy services the veteran and defence communities benefit from ESO advocates who can lodge claims with DVA that are of a high standard and contain all required information to enable timely and quality decisions at no cost to the veteran ESO advocates can assist in improving claims assessment efficiency.
AustraliaKokoda Track Memorial Walkway 2026-2030
The Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway (KTMW) grant opportunity will run over 4 years from 2026-27 to 2029-30. The program was announced as an election commitment under Labour's Cost Plan to Build Australia's Future. The KTMW grant forms part of DVA's Program 3.2 - Commemorative Activities. The purpose of the grant is to support KTMW in commemorating the service of Second World War service personnel, by providing a financial contribution to its operation and maintenance costs and activities towards sustainability for a limited term. Funding will support the volunteers and staff to deliver education programs, the free school visitation program, commemorative services, and to develop a more financially sustainable operating model. The objectives of the program are: to provide a financial contribution towards KTMW’s operation and maintenance costs, that does not duplicate the funding provided by other state or federal government sources; and to enable KTMW to develop strategies, explore and implement a financially sustainable operating model by 30 June 2030. The intended outcomes of the program are: The Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway continues to be a significant place of remembrance for those Australian service personnel who fought in the Second World War and is utilised as an educational resource. KTMW’s operational and fundraising model is enhanced allowing for greater financial and operational sustainability by June 2030. This grant is for a non-ongoing program, and the grant will terminate at the end of the grant period. No further funding will be available.
AustraliaRed Centre Tourism Development Fund
Program objective The objective of the Program is to develop new and innovative tourism offerings or upgrade existing products and experiences in the Red Centre (Alice Springs, MacDonnell, Barkly and Lasseter tourism regions). Projects must support a bookable product or experience. Intended program outcomes renewed tourism interest and activity in the Red Centre development of tourism offerings in the Red Centre region to diversify/compliment gaps in the market increased visitation and spend in the Red Centre improved local employment opportunities increased positive reputation of the Red Centre as a destination Grant amounts The Australian Government has announced a total of $2.5 million program funding for the Red Centre Tourism Development Fund. The minimum grant amount is $10,000. The maximum grant amount is $250,000. You will be required to contribute an amount of cash towards the grant activities. This amount will be between 25% to 50% of the total cost of the project. The program will run over the 2025-26 and 2026-27 financial years.
AustraliaLGBTIQA+ Health Program – Round 1
These guidelines contain information for grants available through the LGBTIQA+ Health Program (LHP) which is administered by LGBTIQ+ Health Australia on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. The LHP contributes to delivery of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025–2035, in line with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024. Organisations with specialist expertise in LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing are invited to apply for one-off competitive grants to support new and existing initiatives at the local, regional and national level that will foster access to appropriate, culturally sound and inclusive health care. The LHP will contain multiple funding rounds, and the design of future rounds may be refined based on the outcomes and feedback of previous rounds. The Australian Government has allocated a total of $11.939 million until the 2027-2028 financial year (inclusive) for the LHP. Not all allocated funding is expected to be awarded in Round 1. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
Australia2025-26 Australian Safeguards Support Program – Grant Program
This Grant provides the opportunity for the International Atomic Energy Agency to request extra-budgetary funding for its Development and Implementation Support (D&IS) Programme tasks for safeguards-related development, Implementation and training projects through the Australian Safeguards Support Program in the financial year 2025-2026.
AustraliaNational Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program 2026
The objectives of the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program are to: increase overall levels of touring by National Collecting Institutions with particular emphasis on multiple venue tours; promote broad access to Australian cultural material through touring works from the collections of the National Collecting Institutions, with particular emphasis on providing access for audiences in regional areas; promote international awareness of Australia’s cultural heritage through touring Australian cultural material from National Collecting Institutions overseas; expand Australian appreciation of international cultural material through enabling National Collecting Institutions to bring works from international collections for exhibition or touring within Australia; and encourage partnerships and collaboration between the National Collecting Institutions and with other institutions (archives, galleries, libraries, and museums) across the collections sector, particularly in regional areas. Funding is delivered through two streams: projects involving either development of tours or delivery of tours, supporting costs such as research, design, production, transport, installation, and personnel. The Program delivers one funding round each year, usually opening in February/March and closing in late March/ early April. The Minister for the Arts (or their delegate) approves funding under the Program Guidelines.
AustraliaLinkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities for funding commencing in 2027
The Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme provides funding for research infrastructure, equipment and facilities to Eligible Organisations. It enables researchers to participate in cooperative initiatives so that expensive research infrastructure, equipment and facilities can be shared between higher education organisations and also with industry. The scheme also fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of international or national research facilities. LIEF grant applications are accepted once a year. The minimum level of funding provided by the ARC is $150,000 per year. The LIEF scheme objectives are to: support excellent pure basic, strategic basic and applied research and research training, across all disciplines excluding clinical and other medical research, through the acquisition (purchase, upgrade, construction, transportation, installation, and/or maintenance) of research equipment and infrastructure and access to national and international research facilities; encourage Eligible Organisations to develop collaborative arrangements with other Eligible Organisations and/or Partner Organisations for the acquisition and use of research equipment and infrastructure or access to national and international facilities; enhance the scale and focus of research in areas of existing and/or emerging research strength; and expand the availability of research infrastructure for the broader research community.
AustraliaSponsorship Grants for Student Science Engagement and International Competitions 2026
This grant opportunity provides funding to eligible entities to facilitate student participation in a project involving in-person or virtual STEM events, activities, or competitions hosted in Australia or overseas. The intended outcomes of the opportunity are to: support Australian students to develop STEM skills increase the number of students applying to participate in domestic and international STEM competitions and events increase the number of students participating in STEM education and going on to a career in STEM increase engagement and participation in groups underrepresented in STEM. This grant opportunity aims to increase STEM participation among students from schools with lower Index of Community Socio-educational Advantage (ICSEA) values. Up to $1.6 million is available for this grant opportunity for the 2025-26 financial year. Stream 1: At least $1 million in funding is available for applications on behalf of Australian student(s) enrolled in a school with an ICSEA value of 1000 or below. Funding under this stream does not cover participation in international competitions held overseas. Stream 2: Up to $600,000 in funding is available for applications on behalf of Australian student(s) enrolled in schools with any ICSEA value. Funding under this stream is intended for participation in in-person or virtual international STEM competitions held overseas. Multiple applications can be made from a single applicant for different STEM events, activities or competitions. However, when totalled, the funding requested across all applications cannot exceed $15,000 for Stream 1 and $25,000 for Stream 2. The maximum funding that may be requested across both streams is $40,000. For more information about the minimum and maximum amounts of funding available per applicant and per student by each stream, please refer to section 3.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines.
AustraliaSoutheast Asia Investment Deal Teams Project Development Support Grants
The grant program will support targeted activities that accelerate the development of Australian-led investment-ready projects in Southeast Asia. It will help remove barriers and transaction costs for Australian investors, building the capability and confidence of investors and companies to invest in Southeast Asia.
AustraliaREEF: Tourism Operator Support Grants
The REEF: Tourism Operator Support Grants program is offering $480,000 to eligible tourism businesses operating on the Great Barrier Reef. The grants will help them get ready for a $6 million ‘Kids for the Reef’ school excursion rebate program coming later this year. Both programs are part of the Australian Government’s $10 million Reef Educational Experience Fund (REEF). The $10 million fund will also: deliver $520,000 through the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators to train tourism operators in working with school groups back a $3 million international marketing and education campaign. Program objective The objective of program is to cover up to 50% of the cost of necessary upgrades, checks or clearances for local reef tourism operators to accommodate school groups. Program outcomes The intended outcomes of the REEF: Tourism Operator Support Grants program are to: increase student visitor numbers to the Great Barrier Reef increase capability and capacity for operators to support and engage with student groups improve school groups’ satisfaction levels increase direct links between the Australian Curriculum and reef tourism operator activities and make it easy for teachers to identify suitable tours and experiences increase the number of Australian Curriculum linked activities offered by operators. Grant amounts Up to $480,000 is available over the 2025–26 and 2026–27 financial years. Applicants may apply for individual grants of between $1,000 and $15,000 (ex GST). The applicant must match the amount of grant funding requested (e.g. for a grant request of $2,000 the applicant must also contribute $2,000 giving a total project value of $4,000). The total value of each individual grant offered to an applicant will be determined by the total number of eligible applicants that are approved for funding and the total amount of funding each applicant applies for.
AustraliaCancer Genomics Clinical Trials Fund: SCCT Program
The Cancer Genomics Clinical Trials Fund (the Fund) is a one-off grant opportunity that will run over three years, FY2025-26 through to FY2027-28. The Fund will direct additional investment to Australia's Multi-site Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Groups (CTGs) under the Support for Cancer Clinical Trials (SCCT) program to build capacity and develop approached of methods to set the foundation for, and accelerate the incorporation of genomics into the design of cancer clinical trial concepts and protocols to benefit all CTGs. For further information please refer to the Cancer Genomics Clinical Trials Fund Grant Opportunity Guidelines.
AustraliaRemote Jobs and Economic Development Program
The RJED Program seeks to fund 3,000 new jobs over 3 years to support job seekers currently participating in or that are eligible for Remote Australia Employment Services (RAES), to move into employment. There are two streams of funding available, Job Creation – to fund the cost of wages and related entitlements, and the Community Jobs and Business Fund (CJBF) – to provide funding for equipment, operational costs and infrastructure to directly support bringing jobs created under the Job Creation stream into existence. For the purposes of the RJED program, a new job is: •a job which does not already exist within an organisation and does not displace an existing employee, or •a job created in a RAES Community Project. As job allocations are based on NIAA regions, you will need submit a separate application for each NIAA region where you intend to deliver a job. For example: If you apply for jobs located in more than one RAES region, but all those jobs are in the same NIAA region, you will only need to submit one application for those jobs. If you apply for jobs located in more than one RAES region, and those jobs are in different NIAA regions, you will need to submit a separate application for the jobs in each NIAA region. Further guidance on the linkages between RAES regions and NIAA regions are in the RJED Grant Opportunity Guidelines (RJED GOGs) at Appendix A. For information about how the Agency manages personal information in the administration of its grants, please see the Grants and Funding page of the NIAA website - https://www.niaa.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/grants-and-funding. General information about the Agency’s privacy policies is also included below.
AustraliaBuilding the GP Workforce - Primary Care Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs)
The purpose of this grant opportunity is to allocate new commencing medical Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) and associated medical education and training activities which foster a positive primary care culture and influence the uptake of primary care among graduates to bolster the GP workforce, particularly in rural and underserved metropolitan areas. This grant opportunity will be implemented through two streams: Stream A and Stream B. Eligible applicants can apply for one or both streams. Streams A and B will have different application opening and closing dates. The government has announced its intention to ensure all First Nations students will receive a medical CSP when they are accepted into eligible medical schools from 2026. Implementation of this measure is subject to the passage of legislation and will be taken into account in implementation of Stream A and B of this grant opportunity. Please note: Stream B of the Grant Opportunity will close for applications at 2:00pm AEST, 7 April 2026. NOTE: Please refer to the most recent version of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines and Addendum (Version 4) published on 10 March 2026. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
AustraliaSafe Kids are eSmart Kids program
Under the Funding Boost for Online Safety Learning election commitment the government will provide $6 million over three years from 2026-27 to the Alannah and Madeline Foundation (AMF) for the continuation, enhancement and growth of free online safety, digital and media information literacy education tools for young Australians. The AMF eSmart program teaches young Australians to have safe, inclusive and positive online experiences, in a structured and age-appropriate way that aligns with the school curriculum and eSafety’s Best Practice Framework for Online Safety Education. The funding will enable continued free access to these tools for all Australian schools and enable AMF to expand delivery into alternative settings where children and young people live, learn and play - including youth justice and early years environments, and community settings such as sporting clubs and interest-based groups, expanding access and improving the quality of free online safety and digital and media information literacy education tools. This will complement the introduction of the legislative frameworks such as the social media minimum age by educating young people to engage safely online. It will also contribute to intended outcomes of the National Media Literacy Strategy, announced in December 2024. Grant program objectives and outcomes The objectives and intended outcomes of the program are to: strengthen, expand and sustain free, curriculum aligned online safety, digital and media information literacy education for all Australian schools, and extend delivery across diverse learning and community settings support children and young people to build the knowledge and skills they need to navigate digital environments positively and safely equip educators, families and communities with the confidence and capability to champion children’s digital rights and actively support positive digital experiences.
AustraliaAustralian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) delivery of a Western Australia Freight Rail Feasibility Study
This grant opportunity will provide Australian Government grant funding of up to $2.5 million to support the Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited (ARTC) ABN 75 081 455 754 to work with the Western Australian (WA) Government to undertake due diligence and a feasibility study for bringing the WA freight rail network back into public ownership. The study will consider how WA’s freight rail network can be integrated with the ARTC’s interstate network, including the potential for the Commonwealth to take direct control of the east-west rail line from Kalgoorlie to Fremantle.
Australia2026 Synergy Grants
The objective of the Synergy Grant scheme is to: • support outstanding multidisciplinary teams of investigators to work together to answer questions that cannot be answered by a single investigator. The intended outcomes of the Synergy Grant scheme are: • multidisciplinary research that addresses major problems in all areas of human health and medical research, from discovery to translation. • highly collaborative teams of diverse researchers including by gender, career stage and cultural background, working together to address major problems in human health.
Australia2026 NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program funding commencing 2027
The NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program supports Australian participation and collaboration in leading international research through the e-ASIA Joint Research Program (e-ASIA JRP). The e-ASIA JRP supports international joint research projects in the East Asia region. The e-ASIA JRP selects research projects through an open call for proposals. Fields of cooperation are decided among the e-ASIA participating member organisations and funding is for up to three years. The 2026 NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program grant opportunity will support Australian participation and partnership in international collaborative research through the e-ASIA JRP 15th call for proposals in Health Research stream under the following topics: • Infectious disease and immunology • Advanced medical research and enabling technologies Further information on the e-ASIA JRP 15th Health Research call is available from the e-ASIA website
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