Grants in TAS

The Reviving International Tourism Grant Program (RITG) is designed to help internationally ready Australian tourism businesses, such as travel wholesalers (outbound tour operator/travel wholesaler) and tourism exporters

The EATP initiative promotes the employment of emerging aviation technologies such as new propulsion systems, drones, and electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft to address the needs of communities around Australia, particularly in remote locations.

The Accelerating Trade Grant Program supports Tasmanian businesses in expanding their global presence, fostering collaboration, and introducing Tasmanian products and services to international markets. The program offers grant assistance of up to $10,000 to cover up to 50% of the expenses related to specific off-island activities aimed at promoting market growth and diversification for Tasmanian businesses.

Additionally, MAST allocates $350,000 per annum for smaller projects and safety and navigation initiatives, encouraging applications from the public and facility owners under the Small Boating Fund (SBF), which may include navigation aids, fendering, small walkways or pontoons, ramp overlays, re-decking of walkways, and ramp solar lighting.

This program seeks to offer incentives to organisers of motor vehicle, motorcycle, and cycle tours that come to tour around Tasmania.

This program seeks to provide businesses with the necessary funds to support their export transactions when their bank is unable to help and satisfy their cashflow needs.

The CSIRO Kick-Start program helps Australian start-ups and small SMEs access funding to undertake development, testing, or research with CSIRO. It's a targeted program, which forms part of CSIRO’s strategic commitment to strengthen its direct support for Australian technology start-ups and SMEs in areas of national growth priorities.

The Tasmanian Government offers the $60 million Business Growth Loan Scheme to assist Tasmanian private sector businesses to develop or expand, or take on new projects, that benefit economic growth of Tasmania.

This program seeks to reduce the incidence of stock crossing on public roads, and assist farming operations to improve road and farm safety for the public, stock and farm workers.