Grants in NSW

The $30 million Future Industries Investment Program is a competitive grant program that provides uncapped funding for projects with matched investments of at least 50 per cent or eligible businesses that can create at least 20 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs in NSW.

The Critical Producer Grant aims to help primary producers and primary production enterprises in NSW disaster-declared areas with projects that rebuild and recover in the medium to the longer term to enable future production, future resilience and support job security.

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.

Circular Plastics Program supports businesses to overcome market barriers, reduce the use of virgin and hard-to-recycle plastics and enable greater plastics circularity in NSW.

An open, non-competitive grants program where applicants can contact DRNSW to apply for funding. Applications will be assessed individually, without reference to the comparative merits of other applications. Stream 2 aims to provide increased flexibility to secure investments that are time sensitive and strategically significant for a priority industry or location.

The $110 million Regional Investment Activation Fund aims to activate the economic potential of key industries and locations in alignment with the Vision and other NSW Government strategies and priorities.

Up to 50% of incurred costs will be funded in a single payment following the installation of the submeters and submission of the required milestone documentation. Submetering will only be funded for projects at sites that spend over $200,000 per annum on energy bills.

The program is part of an NSW Government initiative to drive mining investment in NSW. It is intended to support the long-term sustainability of the NSW resources sector by encouraging mineral exploration and discovery.