FEDERAL GRANTS
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTS & CULTURE | |||
| Digital Games Tax Offset (DGTO) | Australian game developers, with an ABN. | Refundable tax offset for games development. $30% refundable tax offset, capped at $20M annually. |
Ongoing |
| DEFENCE | |||
| Defence Industry Development Grants Program – Skilling Stream | SME or DIA, minimum $10K project expenditure. | Training and upskilling aligned with Defence. $5K–$250K matched funding. |
July 31st, 2025 (ongoing assessment) |
| Defence Industry Development Grants – Export Stream | SMEs in defence industry, min $30K project expenditure | Capex to overcome export challenges. $15K–$250K matched funding |
July 31st, 2025 (ongoing assessment) |
| Defence Industry Development Grants Program – Security Stream . [IMMEDIATE PRIORITY] | SMEs with $20K minimum project expenditure | Security upgrades for defence industry facilities. $10K–$100K matched funding |
June 30th, 2025 (ongoing assessment) |
| Defence Industry Development Grants – Sovereign Stream | SMEs supporting sovereign defence capability | Defence tech & manufacturing capability building. $50K–$1M matched funding |
August 31st, 2025 |
| EXPORT | |||
| Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) | Australian SME manufacturers & exporters | Up to 50% reimbursement of international marketing costs. Max $770K over 8 years. |
Ongoing |
| Export Finance Australia Small Business Export Loan | SMEs exporting goods/services | $20K–$350K loans for export contract costs | Ongoing |
| MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION | |||
| Urban Precincts and Partnerships Program | Local gov, universities, NFPs | Urban infrastructure development. $500K–$50M depending on stream |
Ongoing (until fully allocated) |
| Regional Precincts and Partnerships Program | Regional gov, universities, NFPs, $5M min spend | Regional precinct infrastructure. $500K–$50M depending on stream |
Ongoing (until fully allocated) |
| MANUFACTURING | |||
| Industry Growth Program | SMEs in National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) priority sectors. | Matched $50K-$250K grants for early-stage commercialisation projects. | Ongoing |
| Industry Growth Program- Early-Stage Commercialisation | SMEs in National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) priority sectors. | Matched $50K-$250K for feasibility study, proof-of-concept and prototyping stages. | Ongoing |
| Industry Growth Program – Commercialisation and Growth | https://avantgroup.com.au/grants/igp-commercialisation-and-growth/ | Matched $100K-$5M funding to take projects from prototyping to market-readiness stage. | Ongoing |
| MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICALS & HEALTHCARE | |||
| MRFF 2022 Frontier Health and Medical Research Grant | Researchers developing products benefitting patients, physicians and the healthcare system. | Costs of project expenditure such as equipment, personnel recruitment and direct research expenses. Up to $25M available. | March 31st, 2026 |
| OTHER | |||
| Venture Capital Limited Partnerships (VCLP) | Fund managers to attract pool capitals, to raise venture capital funds for investment in innovative Australian enterprises. | Tax benefits, benefiting both fund manager and eligible foreign investors. | Ongoing |
| RENEWABLES & SUSTAINABILITY | |||
| Powering the Regions – Industrial Transformation Stream | Australian entities, Australian state or territory owned corporations and/or Australian local government or council OR organisation purposed with representing a council. | Funding to accelerate emissions reduction in regional industrial facilities through innovation in industrial decarbonisation. Average grant funding request is $500K. Matched funding required. | Ongoing |
| Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund | Eligibility guidelines are yet to be released, but the program details are expected to be available by mid-2025. | Grants will fund innovation across Green Metals ($750M), Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing ($500M)and Low Carbon Liquid Fuels ($250M). | TBC |
| RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT | |||
| R&D Tax incentive | Businesses that are creating novel and new technology. P/L only, trusts ineligible. | All project-related expenses – labour, rent, capital utilisation, consultants, software use, etc. Funding amount dependent on business size and turnover. | Ongoing |
| CSIRO Kick-Start Program | SMEs and start-ups | Assistance accessing R&D expertise, facilitating growth. $10K-$50K matched funding | Ongoing |
| TOURISM & HOSPITALITY | |||
| Business Events Australia Bid Fund Program | Businesses in priority trade and investment sectors. | Costs of putting on international business events, up to $50K. | June 30th, 2026 |
VICTORIA GRANTS
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTS & CULTURE | |||
| Victorian Production Fund (VPF) – Games | Victorian digital game development companies and creators, with projects poised to advance to Pre-Production, Production or Post-Production stage. Min. 50% co-contribution required. | Costs of putting on international business events, up to $50K. | Ongoing |
| AGRICULTURE & VITICULTURE | |||
| VIC Distillery Support – Hazardous Areas and Dangerous Goods Rebate | Victorian distillers of alcoholic beverages to enhancing safety within their distilleries by facilitating investments in essential equipment and infrastructure. | Rebate of up to 70% or 80% of eligible expenditure, capped at $50K, for safety-enhancing equipment and infrastructure in distilleries | June 30th, 2025 |
| VIC AgTech Grant Program | Early-stage AgTech startups throughout Victoria. | Up to $50K in funding for eligible expenses such as operating costs and gaining access to company development services | June 30th, 2025 (or until funding is fully allocated). |
| DEFENCE | |||
| Victorian Land Systems Fund – Supply Chain Uplift Program (SCUP) | Victorian defence industry businesses in collaboration with Hanwha Defence Australia | Grants from $2K-$100K for equipment fits out & facility upgrades, R&D, compliance and accreditations, tenders, trade mission participation | Ongoing |
| FORESTRY | |||
| VIC Timber Innovation Grants Program – Round 3 | Victorian native timber businesses that have been impacted by the end of commercial native timber harvesting. | Up to $1M to help affected businesses explore, invest in, and implement new commercial prospects | Open until June 30th 2025 (or until funds are fully allocated). |
| FILM & TELEVISION | |||
| VicScreen Development on Demand | Victorian writers and producers in developing documentary projects, narrative fiction and VR content. | Grants up to $50K for a variety of production expenses, dependent on project type and level of market interest. | Ongoing |
| VIC Regional Location Assistance und (RLAF) | Film and TV production studios with a minimum qualifying expenditure of $100K in regional Victoria | Grant is calculated as a percentage of the Qualifying Regional Victorian Expenditure for the project. | Ongoing |
| MANUFACTURING | |||
| VIC Industry Development Fund | Eligibility TBC, however aims to support Victorian businesses across five priority sectors advanced manufacturing & defence, health & medical research, circular economy, digital technology & agribusiness. | $20M funding pool, exact grant amount TBC but likely to be $50K-$250K on a 2:1 funding basis. | Applications will open mid-2025 |
| NOT-FOR-PROFIT | |||
| VFA Recreational Fishing Grants Program | Community groups, committees of management and incorporated angling clubs and associations. | $5-$50K to finance projects aimed at enhancing Victorian public recreational fishing continuously | Ongoing |
| TOURISM & HOSPITALITY | |||
| VIC Business Events Grant Program | Any valid business or organisation in either Australia or overseas. | Funding for new international incentive events such as trade exhibitions, seminars and conferences that incorporate overnight stays in regional Victoria. Up to $22,350 ($150 per delegate, up to 149 delegates) | June 30th, 2025 |
NEW SOUTH WALES GRANTS
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTS & CULTURE | |||
| NSW Digital Games Rebate | Digital game development studios with operations in NSW. | Up to a 10% rebate with a min $500K expenditure in NSW. Aiming to stimulate growth, investment, and employment in the state’s games sector | June 30th, 2025 |
| NSW Seafood Innovation Fund | Commercial fishermen and aquaculture growers | Up to $500K low-interest loans to identify and mitigating business risks, enhancing permanent assets and infrastructure, ensuring long-term production, and promote sustainable use of marine, estuarine, and terrestrial environments | Ongoing (or until funds are exhausted). |
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
| MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION | |||
| NSW Boating Infrastructure Emergency Repair Pool | Local councils, community groups & private sector entities managing public boating facilities and infrastructure. | Grants from $5K-$30K to repair, replace or enhance public boating infrastructure impacted by natural disasters or severe weather events. | June 30th, 2028 or until all funds are allocated. |
| MINING | |||
| NSW Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Exploration | Australian businesses with potential projects based in NSW. | Grants from $50K-$250K for NSW projects that undertake drilling, geophysics and geochemistry. 50% co-contribution required. | June 30th, 2025 |
| RENEWABLES & SUSTAINABILITY | |||
| NSW Electric Vehicle Fleets Incentive | Range of organisations including private business, local councils, car rental and rideshare companies. | $1.2K-$10K depending on type of vehicle to support the purchase of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and smart chargers. | June 30th, 2025 (or until funds are exhausted) |
| NSW Net Zero Industry and Innovation – High emitting industries | High-emissions industries and mining facilities. | Funding pool of $305M to support the decarbonisation ecosystem. | December 31st, 2026. |
QUEENSLAND GRANTS
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRICULTURE & VITICULTURE | |||
| QLD Drought Preparedness Grants | Primary producers, co-contribution required. | up to $50K to support the implementation of new permanent infrastructure projects aimed at enhancing the drought preparedness of their property | Ongoing |
| FEMALE FOUNDERS | |||
| QLD Female Founders Co-Investment Fund | Businesses founded by women in Queensland | Grants ranging from $50K to $200K, matched at a 1:3 ratio, for securing new early-stage investments as part of a capital raise | June 30th 2027 (or until all funds are allocated) |
| TOURISM & HOSPITALITY | |||
| Queensland Destination Events Program (QDEP) | Businesses operating major events in Queensland | Grants from $15K-$100K depending on stream for QLD-based events. | July 3rd, 2025 |
TASMANIA GRANTS
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRICULTURE & VITICULTURE | |||
| Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme | Tasmanian businesses involved in sea freight. | Financial aid for sea freight expenses for non-bulk good. Exact amount dependent on the variance between the freight expenses incurred for sea transportation and the hypothetical costs for moving the goods by road over an equivalent distance. | Ongoing |
| DEFENCE | |||
| TAS Defence Industry Tender Support Program | Tasmanian advanced manufacturers and technology enterprises. 50% co-contribution required. | Up to $30K to secure specialist bid and tender writing consultants for defence traders. | Ongoing until all funding is allocated |
| EXPORT | |||
| TAS Accelerating Trade Grant Program | Tasmanian businesses with an annual sales turnover over >$150K. 50% co-contribution required. | Up to $10K for specific off-island activities to support market growth and diversification opportunities e.g. promotional activities, market research, buyer visits. | June 30th, 2025 |
| MANUFACTURING | |||
| TAS Advanced Manufacturing Productivity Grant | Tasmanian advanced manufacturing businesses, 50% co-contribution required. | Grants range from $1.5K-$20K to support productivity initiatives. Applicants may also apply for a second grant within the financial year, with a total annual cap of $40K | June 30th, 2025 or until funds are fully allocated |
| MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE & CONSTRUCTION | |||
| Marine and Safety Tasmanian Small Boating Fund | Organisations, individuals, registered clubs, statutory body and/or councils. | Total funding pool up to $350K annually to support smaller projects and safety and navigation initiatives, for projects such as navigation aids, fendering, small walkways or pontoons, ramp overlays, re-decking walkways, and ramp solar lighting | Ongoing |
| TOURISM & HOSPITALITY | |||
| Event Attraction Fund 2025 | Australian businesses with events to be held in Tasmania. | Grants up to $750K to fund events that will attract interstate visitors during Tasmania’s shoulder season, i.e. from March-November. 60% co-contribution required. | May 31st, 2027 |
| TAS One-off Assistance Grants | Event organisers planning and hosting an event in regional Tasmania. To qualify you must collaborate with Events Tasmania to enhance or develop your event. | Ongoing |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA GRANTS
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT | |||
| SA Research & Innovation Fund (RIF) Seed-Start Program | Innovative early-stage South Australian firms, matched funding required. | $50K-$500K dependent on funding level to commercialise distinctive products or services with long-term competitive advantage in domestic and international markets. | Ongoing |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANTS
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANY | |||
| WA Regional Economic Development (RED) Grants | Projects that contribute to job creation, industry expansion or attracting investment to the region. | Grants up to $250K for projects that drive economic growth in regional WA. | Expected to open late 2025. |
| ARTS & CULTURE | |||
| WA Heritage Grants Program | Funding available to support conservation and activation of stage-registered heritage places. | Grants from $10K-$30K depending on stream and heritage project. | August 4th, 2025 |
| AGRICULTURE & VITICULTURE | |||
| WA Value Add Investment Grant – Feasibility Stream | Agriculture, food & beverage businesses in WA. | Grants from $15K-$100K to support qualifying capital investment and expansion projects. Matched funding required. | June 30th, 2025 |
| WA Enterprise Support Program – Food Innovation Precinct | WA agribusinesses. | Up to $600K matched funding for initiatives such as business innovation, diversification, export capability, product development, and commercialisation | Ongoing |
| MANUFACTURING | |||
| WA Wind Energy Manufacturing Co-Investment Program | Local businesses in the wind energy industry. | $20K-$1M depending on stream, funding aims to support innovation, job creation and new technology development. | Ongoing until funding is fully exhausted |
| OTHER | |||
| WA Collie Futures Small Grants Program | SMEs undertaking projects in the Collie region of WA. | Grants available of up to $100K for projects aimed at generating employment and business opportunities in the Collie region of WA | June 30th, 2025 |
| RENEWABLES & SUSTAINABILITY | |||
| WA Investment Attraction Fund – New Energies Industries | Various industries and businesses that can meet the funding objectives. | Funding to support a diversified economy, expected to target critical minerals, green iron and steel, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage projects. | Expected to open late 2025. |
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY GRANTS
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| RENEWABLES & SUSTAINABILITY | |||
| ACT Energy Innovation Fund | Early-stage innovation projects. | Grants from $30K-$1M depending on stream, to support early-stage energy innovation projects that attract investment, create jobs, and position the ACT as a leader in clean energy technology | Grant applications are assessed quarterly, with closing dates varying by stream |
NORTHERN TERRITORY GRANTS
| NAME OF GRANT / PROGRAM | ELIGIBILITY | WHAT IT COVERS & FUNDING AMOUNT | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANUFACTURING | |||
| NT Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem Fund | NT manufacturers. 50% co-contribution required. | Grants from $25K-$500K to enhance manufacturing capabilities and create job opportunities. | June 30th, 2026 |
| OTHER | |||
| NT Priority Sector Collaborative Grants | NT business groups, 50% co-contribution required. | $100K-$1M depending on stage, funding for shared infrastructure, services or data. | June 30th, 2025 |
| TOURISM & HOSPITALITY | |||
| NT Aboriginal Tourism Development Support Grant | Aboriginal-owned businesses and organisations located in the NT. | Grants from $10K-$30K for feasibility and business planning for Aboriginal-owned businesses and organisations. | March 6th, 2026 or until funds are fully allocated |