Grants in QLD

The Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects program, an Advance Queensland initiative, aims to fast-track economic diversification in regional areas. It supports the roadmap's key priority of fostering a well-connected, inclusive, and thriving innovation ecosystem in Queensland.

Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grants facilitate short-term research collaborations led by industry, effectively bridging the gap between researchers and industry. The initiative focuses on driving research and development efforts towards viable commercial applications.

The Powering the Regions Fund's Safeguard Transformation Stream Round 1 grant offers up to $50 million to trade-exposed facilities, enabling them to decrease emissions and support Australia's emissions reduction goals.

The programme aims to improve the quality of life in regional Australia, revitalise regions, and bring about both economic and community advantages through investing in community-focused infrastructure.

The Ignite Ideas Fund offers funding for commercialising highly innovative products or services, at or beyond the minimum viable product stage. This fund serves as a companion program to the Advance Queensland Ignite Spark Program, which supports projects in advancing highly innovative products or services from prototype development through testing and validation to market readiness.

Ignite Spark Program supports Queensland's innovative enterprises to advance the development of pioneering products or services toward market readiness. This program targets small to medium-sized enterprises in Queensland with significant growth potential, aiding them in moving highly innovative products or services closer to the minimum viable product stage.

The Accelerating Female Founders Program offers funding to organisations to deliver business support initiatives targeting the growth of Queensland's innovation-driven enterprises (IDEs) founded and led by women. These initiatives aim to assist female founders in advancing their IDEs, forging valuable connections, and accessing opportunities that will leave a lasting impact on both the founders and their businesses beyond the program duration.

The Female Founders Co-Investment Fund (the Fund) is geared towards boosting both the quantity and quality of investments directed towards female-founded businesses in Queensland, particularly those with a strong focus on innovation, also known as innovation-driven enterprises (IDE). Eligible businesses will receive assistance to access funding and attract new early-stage investments aimed at enhancing their operational capacity. The Fund's objectives include: - supporting female founders in Queensland to successfully close early-stage investment rounds with Government support - assisting female founders in Queensland to expand their innovative ventures across various industries - increasing the participation of female founders in the Queensland innovation ecosystem - contributing to the development of an investment pipeline specifically tailored for businesses founded by women.

The Live Music Australia program offers a competitive grants opportunity for live music venues, festivals, and organisations dedicated to supporting quality original Australian live music. Live Music Australia is committed to enhancing the live music scene in Australian communities and will fund applications that support high quality original Australian live music that is professionally staged. The Australian Government's National Cultural Policy Revive acknowledges the significance of the live music sector and is committed to providing support for the music industry. Music Australia has been established within Creative Australia to provide support and promote the Australian contemporary music industry to enhance discoverability and cultivate markets and expand audiences. Through strategic investment, the aim to stimulate a vibrant and sustainable music industry ecosystem in which artists can thrive.