Grants in ACT

The program focuses on investing and supporting the commercialisation and development of early-stage biomedical discoveries.

The Australian Government's Energy Efficiency Grants offer small and medium-sized enterprises up to $25,000 to upgrade existing equipment to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs.

The Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program provides support for industry-led collaborations that are between researchers, industry and the community and serve to link researchers with industry in order to focus on research and development towards commercialisation.

The $50 million Critical Minerals Development Program provides support for projects that aim to reinforce Australia’s sovereign capabilities in critical minerals.

The program provides a total of $110 million over 4 years for projects which aim to make better use of existing timber supplies, add value to existing products, create new products, and/or reduce the industry’s carbon footprint.

The $32.6 million Emerging Aviation Technology Partnership Program, implemented by the Australian Government, will support strategic partnerships with industry, using emerging aviation technology to address community needs, particularly in regional Australia.

The $10 million Caravan Park Grant Program will provide support for caravan park infrastructure upgrades — this includes upgrades to current infrastructure or creating new infrastructure that includes improvements to accessibility and adapting new practices for environmental sustainability.

Screen Australia will provide grants of up to $150,000 per successful application for production of a digital game with a budget up to $500,000. The initiative will run for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 financial years. Higher budget games are likely to be able to receive Australian Government support through the announced Digital Games Tax Offset.

The Digital Games Tax Offset (DGTO) offers a 30% refundable tax offset for qualifying Australian development expenditure (QADE) from 1 July 2022 for eligible game developers. The offset is available for the completion, ongoing development, or porting of digital games, subject to eligibility criteria, including certification by the Arts Minister and at least $500,000 of qualifying expenditure. The offset is capped at $20 million per company (or group of connected or affiliated companies) per income year. Applicants must have an an ABN and be either an Australian resident company or a foreign resident company with a permanent establishment in Australia.