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Grants
Please note that there are different selection processes available. More information is available on the Selection Processes page.
The outcome of all grants awarded and funding rounds, including direct rounds, are published on GrantConnect no later than 21 working days after the grant agreement takes effect, in accordance with the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024.
GrantConnect is the Australian Government’s centralised grants information system. It is the authoritative source for grants information.
Open Grants
Community Legal Services Program 2025-2030
Grant Category
Legal Services
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Closed non-competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Attorney-General's Department
The program aims to achieve a national legal assistance sector that is integrated, efficient, and effective, and appropriate legal assistance services that are focused on improving outcomes and keeping the justice system within reach for vulnerable people facing disadvantage.
Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Program 2025–26
Grant Category
Veterans
Closing Date & Time
AEST
Selection Process
Demand-driven
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Veterans' Affairs
The Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) program supports the role of ex-service organisation (ESO) wellbeing and compensation advocates, who provide advice and assistance to the veteran and defence communities.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
The CEWH Environmental Activities grant provides funding for environmental activities projects that aim to restore or improve the health of rivers, floodplains and wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin. Environmental activities projects are funded by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.
Natural Heritage Trust’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program – Capacity Building Grants Round 2
Grant Category
Farming
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Open competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
The Capacity Building grants will support farmers to have better access to knowledge and skills relating to best practice climate-smart sustainable agriculture approaches. Round 2 will provide up to $16.58 million (GST exclusive) for grants of up to three years from 2025-26 to 2027-28.
This grant supports the establishment of new long rotation softwood and hardwood plantation forests and assists the sector to respond to the projected growth in demand for domestically sourced timber resources, contributing to Australia’s carbon emissions reduction commitments.
Inclusion and Accessibility Fund: Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS): Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA)
Grant Category
Services for People with Disabilities
The Inclusion and Accessibility Fund aims to support grass roots efforts to create safe and inclusive communities by improving understanding and shifting mindsets in relation to disability, and barriers to inclusion of people with disability.
Inclusion and Accessibility Fund: Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS): First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN)
Grant Category
Services for People with Disabilities
The Inclusion and Accessibility Fund aims to support grass roots efforts to create safe and inclusive communities by improving understanding and shifting mindsets in relation to disability, and barriers to inclusion of people with disability.
Stronger Places, Stronger People is a place-based, collective impact initiative being stewarded by the Australian Government in partnership with state and territory governments and 10 communities across Australia.
Community-led Solutions Economic Development Tranche 3
Grant Category
Community Development
The Community-led Solutions Economic Development Tranche 3 (CSED T3) grant opportunity seeks to create self-sustaining and ongoing local job opportunities, through community-led capital infrastructure projects in the Northern Territory and Doomadgee, Queensland.
Justice Reinvestment in Central Australia Program - Round 3
Grant Category
Indigenous Communities
Successful initiatives under this opportunity will prevent and reduce Central Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ contact with the criminal justice system through place-based, community led measures to prevent crime, treat drug and alcohol misuse or address illegal drug use.
The WorkFoundations grant opportunity aims to fund social enterprises and businesses who can provide tailored, paid employment placements for job seekers facing challenging barriers to employment.
