Grants and Funding Opportunities

While RDA Northern Inland are unable to directly administer grant programs and cannot directly provide grants to project proponents, there are many grants, awards and other funding opportunities available to organisations and individuals in the Northern Inland.

 

Our grants library is updated weekly to provide up to date information on the grants that are available for the Northern Inand. Use the links below to discover funding opportunities for your project.

 

Receive monthly updates on the available grants and funding opportunities available through our free newsletter service by subscribing through the form on the left of the page.

 

A range of data for our region that can be used to support your application is also available on our website here: www.rdani.org.au/our-region/regional-data.php

 

If you have any questions regarding funding opportunities please contact our office on (02) 6771 0700

 


Grant Listings

Select a category below for listings with information on available grants and funding opportunities for:

 

 


Drought Assistance for Farmers

The Australian and NSW Governments have a range of funding opportunities and support programs to help farmers through these tough times.


Australian Government Assistance:

  • The Regional Investment Corporation
  • The Managing Farm Risk Program
  • Farm Household Allowance
  • Pest and Weed Management
  • Free financial counselling through the Rural Financial Counselling Service.
  • Tax Measures

 

NSW State Government Assistance:

  • The online DroughtHub
  • Farm Innovation Fund
  • Drought Assistance Fund,
  • Funding for additional co-ordinators for the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health and the National Association for Loss and Grief.
  • Farm Business Skills Professional Development Program
  • The installation of three new Doppler radar weather stations in Western NSW

 

Assistance for Mental and Physical Health and a Positive Future
The stress of ongoing drought is not just financial, it takes a significant mental and physical toll as well. Support is available through a wide variety of organisations, allowing the right help to be found. The NSW Government provides assistance through the Rural Resilience Program and the NSW Department of Primary Industries has an index of other support in their Wellbeing section of the DroughtHub.


Further details on the support available is provided on drought assistance page here.


Grants and Assistance Finder

In addition to the grants and funding opportunities listed here, you can also use the Grants and Assistance Finder on business.gov.au. This tool provides a listing of Australian, state and territory grants and assistance.

 

The grants and assistance finder can be accessed at: www.business.gov.au/GrantFinder/GrantFinder.aspx


Community Grants Hub

The Community Grants Hub is maintained by the Australian Department of Social Services and is a searchable index of community based grants offered by the Australian Govenment.

 

Go to: https://www.communitygrants.gov.au/


Tenders

Tendering is becoming a vital part of how many businesses in the Northern Inland operate on a day to day basis.


Both state and federal governments often have projects open for tender. For more information on NSW State Government Tenders please go to https://tenders.nsw.gov.au for further information on Federal Government Tenders please go to www.tenders.gov.au


Commercial tenders are also becoming more popular. For more information on the commercial tendering process please go to www.tenderlink.com or www.tenders.com.au


The Industry Capability Network (ICN) creates opportunity for New South Wales and Australian industry. If you are developing a supply chain and need a competitive local source of supply, ICN can help.


ICN bridges the information gap between buyers and sellers by advising on:

  • supply chain development
  • import replacement
  • local industry capability and capacity

For more information please go to http://www.icn.org.au


Grant Connect

The Current Grant Opportunity List contains all current Grant Opportunities with the Australian Government that are open for application. 

 

To access a searchable index go to: https://www.grants.gov.au/?event=public.GO.list





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