Biosecurity Business Grants program

Grant Category Indigenous Employment and Business

Grant Status Closed

Delivered on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

Selection process Open

State/Territory National

Closing Date/Time 10:00am 16 March 2021 3:00pm 13 April 2021 AEDT

The Australian Government is inviting applications from Indigenous businesses, Indigenous organisations or other organisations supporting Indigenous business, in an open process, to apply for a grant under the Biosecurity Business Grants program. The Biosecurity Business Grants program (the program) will run over 3 years from 2020-21 to 2022-23 and will be delivered through the Indigenous Rangers Biosecurity Program. $880,000 (GST inclusive) is available per funding round (i.e. for each year).

Grants will be available to existing or new Indigenous businesses (or other organisations working closely with Indigenous communities) to develop business, feasibility or marketing plans and/or to fund innovative business opportunities that capitalise on biosecurity.

The purpose of the program is to provide funding which supports Indigenous businesses and not-for-profits to develop business opportunities relating to biosecurity in northern Australia and the Torres Strait.

The objective of the program is to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in northern Australia to view biosecurity as a business opportunity through the development of innovative business ideas.

The intended outcomes of the program are to:

increase biosecurity capability including awareness, surveillance and response in northern Australia
increase economic opportunities for Indigenous communities.

More information

More information about the Biosecurity Business Grants, as well as requirements for applicants, can be found in the following grant opportunity documents:

Grant Opportunity Guidelines
Questions and Answers
Risk Management Plan template
Project Plan template
Indicative Budget template

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