Grants in TAS

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.

The program seeks to provide grants to small businesses for the delivery of projects that align with Tasmanian Government's Small Business Growth Strategy 2026.

The program seeks to choose up to 4 organisations to provide personalised support to small businesses in the four district regions of Tasmania, to develop leading work practices that support them to retain and attract a workforce by working towards being an employer of choice.

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.