Available Grants

The Business Events Bid Fund Program is managed by the Business Events Australia unit of Tourism Australia. It is a subvention fund aimed at increasing new international business events for Australia. The program provides financial support at the critical bidding stage, helping Australia outcompete other international destinations for the right to host these events.

The ACT Government's Energy Innovation Fund is driving the ACT's transition to a net-zero energy economy by supporting innovative energy technologies and solutions. $19 million has been allocated to the EIF following the fifth round of the ACT renewables auction, which helps maintain the ACT's 100% renewable electricity target. The EIF is administered by the ACT Government's Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, with guidance from an independent Industry Advisory Board.

The Victorian Aboriginal Business Growth Program is offering grants to Aboriginal businesses and organisations in Victoria to support investments that enable their growth and development. This program aligns with the Aboriginal community's focus on strengthening connections to community, land, and culture, and the Victorian Government's commitment to self-determination and promoting business growth and economic inclusion for Aboriginal people.

The Country Football and Netball Program is a government initiative working in partnership with the AFL, AFL Victoria, and Netball Victoria. It provides funding to support grassroots football and netball clubs, associations, and umpiring organisations in rural, regional, and outer metropolitan areas of Victoria. By improving facilities, the program aims to ensure the long-term sustainability of these clubs and associations.

The fund’s objective is to enhance SMEs' business capability and capacity to supply to export markets, Western Australian or Local Government agencies, the Australian Government and the private business sector.

The Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation has released the Local Capability Fund, which provides grants to help small and medium enterprises to enhance their competitiveness and secure work on large-scale projects in Australia and overseas. The Supplying Key Projects Round is designed to support Western Australian SMEs in enhancing their business capabilities and capacity to supply to major projects undertaken by the Federal, Western Australian and local governments, along with the private sector. The priority sectors for this funding round include energy, mining, civil construction, defence and marine.

The objective of the Local Capability Fund is to provide SMEs in Western Australia with financial support to enhance their capacity, capability and competitiveness in supplying major projects and markets, both in Australia and overseas.

The Aboriginal Business Round provides funding support to Aboriginal Western Australian small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enhance their business capability and capacity to supply to major Western Australian State or Local Government agencies, the Australian Government and the private sector. Now in its eighth round, the program continues to support Aboriginal businesses in building capacity and unlocking new supply opportunities.

The Digital Transformation Round is specifically designed to encourage eligible businesses to adopt transformational digital and data technologies that will improve their productivity, competitiveness, resilience, safety and/or sustainability. This is the third Digital Transformation Round and it introduces a second stream of funding, designed to encourage businesses to invest in larger-scale digital transformation projects.