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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

A RAAF Iroquois helicopter, A2-649, from No 9 Squadron re-supplies troops of the First Australian

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program

A RAAF Iroquois helicopter, A2-649, from No 9 Squadron re-supplies troops of the First Australian

Grant Category

Commemorative

Closing Date & Time

AEDT

Selection Process

Open competitive

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Veterans’ Affairs
The Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program aims to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel who served in wars, conflicts and peace operations, including National Service personnel, and their families.
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Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Program 2025–26

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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.
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Australian Government. Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.

CEWH Environmental Activities

Australian Government. Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.

Grant Category

Water Resources

Closing Date & Time

AEDT

Selection Process

Open non-competitive

Delivered on behalf of

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.
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Forestry Industry - Support Plantation Establishment Round 3 - Batches 1, 2 and 3

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Grant Category

Agriculture

Closing Date & Time

AEDT

Selection Process

Demand-driven

Delivered on behalf of

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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.
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Closed Grants

Men as Role Models for Preventing Violence against Women and their Children

Grant Category

Family and Domestic Violence

This grant will support specialist organisations to design and deliver primary prevention programs across Australia that engage and encourage men to be positive role models in their communities and to take a lead role in preventing violence against women and children.

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Legal advisory service for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

Grant Category

Legal Services

The grant opportunity will establish a national legal advisory service to provide legal advice and information to members of the public engaging with the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

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Accredited Training for Sexual Violence Responses

Grant Category

Community Safety Family and Domestic Violence

The Department is seeking to engage a consortium partnership to develop and deliver free accredited training for sexual violence responses. The objective of this grant opportunity is to build capability and capacity of the service system by training frontline workers to better recognise and respond to all people who experience sexual violence.

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Lawyer-assisted Family Law Property Mediation: Legal Aid Commission Trials

Grant Category

Legal Services

This grant will deliver the Lawyer-assisted Family Law Property Mediation: Legal Aid Commission Trials, which aim to fund Legal Aid Commissions (LACs) in each state and territory to conduct a two year trial of lawyer-assisted mediation for family law property matters.

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Saluting Their Service Commemorations Program

Grant Category

Commemorative

The Saluting Their Service Commemorations Program aims to preserve Australia’s wartime heritage and to involve people throughout the nation in a wide range of projects and activities that highlight the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel in wars, conflicts and peace operations.

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Family Law Services: Children’s Contact Service – Melbourne Inner

Grant Category

Family and Domestic Violence

This grant will deliver a Children’s Contact Service (CCS) in Melbourne Inner Statistical Area Level 4, to provide a child‑centred model of intervention that assists children of separated parents to establish and maintain a relationship with their other parent and family members, and to help achieve sustained and workable long term arrangements.

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