Business Grants

Quick Response Fashion Grants support business development and industry engagement, with dedicated funding for First Nations, Western Sydney and regional NSW applicants.  The Program will enable emerging designers to purchase essential fashion and textile equipment or pursue professional development opportunities. 

Grants of up to $10,000 are available for:

1. professional development opportunities; or
2. purchase of equipment

A total of $500,000 (ex GST) is available for the 2026-2027 financial year, with $250,000 allocated to First Nations, Western Sydney, and regional NSW emerging designers and businesses.

The Program supports emerging fashion and textile design practitioners and businesses to grow, helping sustain NSW’s fashion industry.  

The Program aims to provide opportunities for applicants to:   

• undertake professional development for their career progression 
• produce new works  
• show works in new ways  
• gain access to equipment to further their work.  

The intended outcomes of the Program are: 

• skill and experience development  
• expanded professional networks across NSW  
• increased industry recognition (e.g. media, trade shows, publications) 
• strengthened career development and/or business capability.

The Screen NSW Production Fund invests in NSW production companies, NSW screen projects and NSW creatives to produce or post produce in NSW – feature films, longform adult and children’s drama series; factual and documentary television or online, animation and interactive online screen entertainment. 

Screen NSW supports a diverse slate of culturally relevant, distinctive, high quality, original screen storytelling that resonates with local and global audiences and delivers exceptional cultural impact.

The purpose of funding is to maximise cultural and economic benefits to the state by supporting NSW screen practitioners to create new intellectual property that assists them to realise commercially sustainable businesses and grow the NSW screen sector.

The objectives of the Program are to fund exceptional quality, diverse and engaging fiction and non-fiction screen content that will:

• Generate employment and economic activity for NSW
• Make a contribution to Australian culture and storytelling, nationally and internationally
• Grow the number and size of NSW production companies and provide increased opportunities for NSW key creatives
• Meet the objectives of Screen NSW‘s diversity commitment.

The Made in NSW – Local Fund includes two streams: the Made in NSW – Local Fund and the Regional Filming Fund (Program).

The Made in NSW - Local Fund supports high-end feature film and television drama productions by Australian production companies that are genuinely footloose and able to complete the majority of principal photography in New South Wales. Supported projects must have strong international potential and the capacity to reach new audiences, while also delivering significant employment opportunities for NSW-based screen practitioners.

The Regional Filming Fund offsets costs associated with shooting in regional areas of NSW to ensure regional communities share in the economic benefits of the screen sector. Regional NSW is defined as all areas in NSW outside the Greater Sydney region.

To be eligible, projects must have a total Production Budget between AUD $5 million and $18 million. If applying for the Regional Filming Fund, projects must meet the narrative minimum Qualifying Regional Production Expenditure in Regional NSW (QRPE) of $750,000 for narrative projects and shoot a minimum of 10 days in a regional NSW Local Government Area (LGA).

The Support at Home Thin Markets 2026-27 (Round 3) Grant Opportunity provides flexible funding to eligible Support at Home providers that deliver aged care services in thin markets.

This grant opportunity is the third funding round under the Support at Home Thin Markets Grant program. Providers that received funding in Round 1 and/or Round 2 may also apply in Round 3.

Providers that deliver rural and remote services in Modified Monash areas 3 to 7, or that deliver specialised services in any region, may be eligible to apply.

This grant opportunity has two streams:  

• Stream One: Rural, remote and specialised services
• Stream Two: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services. 

Providers may apply for either Stream One OR Stream Two. 

Eligibility:

To apply under either stream, eligible providers must meet ALL the following criteria:

• Be currently delivering Support at Home services to Support at Home participants at the time of application.
• Be registered under the Aged Care Act 2024 to deliver aged care services in Registration Category 4, including delivery of care management. 
• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) that matches the entity’s registration under the Aged Care Act 2024 with the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. 
• Be registered for GST purposes and hold an account with an Australian financial institution.
• Be one of the following entity types:
  • Indigenous Corporation (registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006) 
  • Company 
  • Corporate Commonwealth Entity 
  • Non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority 
  • Corporate State or Territory Entity 
  • Non-corporate State or Territory Entity 
  • Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority 
  • Local Government 
  • Cooperative 
  • Incorporated Association 
  • Statutory Entity 
  • Unincorporated Association
  • Partnership
  • Sole Trader. 

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.

You must also meet the additional eligibility requirements for the relevant Stream you are applying for, as outlined in Section 4.1.1 Stream One – Rural, Remote and Specialised Services or Section 4.1.2 Stream Two – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services. 

Funding will be provided to organisations for activities that best contribute to delivery of the following Program outcomes:   

1. a professional, viable and ethical Indigenous visual arts industry that features strong participation by, and provides economic opportunities for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
2. the continued production, exhibition, critique, purchase and collection of Indigenous visual art.

To be eligible for an IVAIS grant, your organisation must be one of the following entity types:

• an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
• an entity established through specific Commonwealth or State or Territory legislation
• a company incorporated in Australia
• a company limited by guarantee
• an incorporated association
• a publicly funded research organisation
• state, territory or local government body

and

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be registered for the Goods and Services Tax, if required by the Australian Taxation Office
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• have no overdue acquittals or serious breaches relating to Australian Government funding. A serious breach is one that has resulted in, or warrants, the termination of a grant agreement.

The NSW Wine Recovery Program provides funding to increase demand for NSW wine, strengthen the capability, resilience of regional winegrape and wine businesses through the Building Local Demand Program and Regional Grape and Wine Capability Program.

The objectives of the NSW Wine Recovery Program are:

• to support demand for NSW wine

• build industry skills and capability

• strengthen business resilience

• develop emerging industry leaders

• help the industry respond to financial and mental health challenges.

The outcomes sought for the NSW Wine Recovery Program are:

• domestic uptake in demand for NSW wines supported

• industry capability and resilience strengthened

• mental health and financial challenges supported.

The NSW Wine Recovery Program is targeting NSW winegrape growing and wine regions.

The scope and types of initiatives which the grant opportunity is targeting are:

1. Building Local Demand Program

• Consumer-focused campaigns and activities to promote NSW wine regions.

• Facilitating and supporting domestic trade and media familiarisations to NSW wine regions.

• Supporting winegrape or wine industry organisation presence at domestic trade shows and events to promote NSW wine regions.                         

 2.  Regional Grape and Wine Capability Program

• Supporting the delivery of capability building programs in the areas of mental health, and financial and business resilience to eligible grantees and their members.

• Supporting the delivery of emerging leader capability building programs to eligible grantees and their members.

• Supporting the delivery of Sustainable Winegrowing Australia training to eligible grantees and their members.

The People and Capability Program offers grants for industry and providers to design and deliver tailored programs that address the challenges and opportunities identified in the Workforce Strategy, supporting AgriFutures Industries.

Program objectives:

• Provide a longer-term, strategic approach to capability investment across levied and emerging industries and cross-sector priorities.
• Understand and respond to current and future workforce needs.
• Attract and retain skilled industry participants by identifying and enabling key drivers of attraction and retention.
• Support capability development by equipping stakeholders with the skills and confidence to lead effectively.
• Respond to workforce and leadership needs unique to levied and emerging industries.
• Build transferable knowledge, skills, leadership and organisational capability that can be applied across multiple industries or the broader agricultural sector.
• Embed measurement and evaluation frameworks to demonstrate workforce impact.

Scope of grants

Industry Workforce Program Grants (up to $25,000)

Designed as a clear and transparent mechanism for distributing an annual allocation of funds to support Levied and Emerging Industries workforce needs.

Providers will be required to:

• Develop, design, and/or deliver an industry-specific program tailored to a levied or emerging industry (new or existing).
• Demonstrate alignment with AgriFutures’ priorities and industry needs.
• Engage stakeholders to co-design relevant activities, ensuring programs are practical, scalable, and industry led.
• Incorporate innovative approaches to workforce attraction, retention, and skills development, including technology and leadership pathways.
• Provide evaluation and reporting to AgriFutures’ impact framework.

Capacity Building Grants (up to $10,000)

Designed for industry associations to nominate individuals or groups for funding that benefits their industry.

Applications should:

• Showcase knowledge-sharing for levied and emerging industries.
• Demonstrate motivation and skills to lead industries into the future.

Cross-Sector People & Capability Program Grants (up to $40,000)

Designed for organisations to develop and design a projects that builds the capability of people and organisations across agriculture to understand, respond to and lead through significant challenges and opportunities affecting the sector.

Providers will be required to:

• Develop, design and/or deliver a program that builds capability to address one or more identified cross-sector challenges.
• Include a practical extension plan and outputs.
• Demonstrate relevance and potential benefit across multiple industries.
• Build participants’ knowledge, skills, leadership or sector-wide capability.
• Engage relevant stakeholders in the design and/or delivery of the initiative to ensure it is practical and scalable.
• Demonstrate how the capability developed can be applied beyond the immediate program or participants.
• Demonstrate alignment with AgriFutures’ strategic priorities.

The Elsa Dixon Aboriginal Employment Grant (EDAEG) adopts a number of strategies to develop and support Aboriginal people through the creation of training and employment opportunities. Promoting diversity, innovation and service responsiveness in the NSW workforce, the Elsa Dixon Aboriginal Employment Grant subsidises the salary, development and support costs of Aboriginal employees in public service agencies, local government authorities and Aboriginal community controlled organisations.

Key changes for the 2026/27 grant

• Increased funding for the school-based apprenticeship or traineeship, and post-school employment elements.
• Removal of the permanent, ongoing employment element.
• Part qualification element is now only eligible to Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs).
• Grant applications will be assessed and a decision will be made once the application round closes.

Grant Elements Overivew

• School-based apprenticeships and traineeships – $12,000 one off payment to support school-based apprenticeships and traineeships.
• Post-school employment – up to $40,000 (Part-time or Full-time Employment Status) to support the continuation of employment for a learner who successfully completed a High School Certificate (Record of School Achievement (RoSA), Year 10) or equivalent requirements from 2022 to the present day.
• Aboriginal adult apprenticeships and traineeships (AAAT) – up to $40,000 to support the creation of employment of an apprenticeship or traineeship. Learners must be a minimum 18 years of age to be eligible.
• Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (only) part qualification reimbursement – up to $5,000 per ACCO staff member. ACCOs may apply for reimbursement of training costs through the EDAEG. The reimbursement supports ACCOs to upskill identified Aboriginal staff members by covering the cost of accredited training or qualifications. ACCOs may seek reimbursement for up to 3 identified Aboriginal staff members, up to a total of $15,000. The training or qualification must be able to be completed within the 2026/2027 financial year – 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027.
• EDAEG bursary (only for SBAT and post-school elements) – up to $3,000 one off payment to support an approved organisation achieve their program outcomes for either the SBAT or Post School element.

Kick-start funding offers businesses financial incentives from a $5 million allocation to help purchase up to 15 electric vehicles (EVs) and smart charging ports. 

Kick-start funding is suitable for businesses that are interested in trialling a few EVs or for smaller fleets. It is open to any ABN holder that operates an existing fleet in NSW, provided the business meets one of the following requirements: 

• operates an existing fleet of at least 3 vehicles (electric or non-electric) in NSW
• Has licensed taxi drivers with at least 1 taxi in NSW
• Is an individual truck operator, with at least 1 truck in NSW. 

The Net Zero Planning Grant round 2 is a unique opportunity for eligible NSW businesses to receive up to $25,000 in funding, to cover up to 50% of the cost to strategically plan for and progress their path to net zero. Advance your net zero planning, identify cost-saving opportunities, improve resilience, and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving market with expert guidance and support.

The grant is provided in 2 stages:

Milestone 1: up to $2,000, covering up to 50% of the costs, to identify the key actions needed to advance your net zero journey. The action categories include: 

• Strategy (including climate-related risk and opportunity assessment)
• Governance
• People and capability
• Data
• Targets
• Net zero action planning
• Finance
• Stakeholder engagement
• Reporting. 

Milestone 2: up to $23,000, covering up to 50% of costs, to: 

• support detailed work in one or more of the action categories to address any gaps within your NSW operations. This may include developing a greenhouse gas inventory, a net zero action plan, climate risk and opportunity assessment, or other eligible net zero planning activities. This work must follow the key actions of the Net Zero Business Guide and align with nationally and/or internationally recognised frameworks. 
• use the net zero planning tool to reassess your organisation’s net zero progress at the end of Milestone 2, focusing on activities delivered under this milestone.

The Music Australia Export Development Fund is a bold partnership between the Australian Government and the Australian music industry – a matched funding initiative, designed to provide financial support to a diverse range of Australian artists.   

The program supports emerging, breakthrough and established acts and is available for Australian citizens or permanent residents who are practising contemporary music artists. This includes solo artists, instrumentalists, bands, ensembles, electronic artists, producers, songwriters and composers. 

The International Professional and Artistic Development fund (Category 2) supports international professional development activity with matched funding of $3,000 to $15,000. 

The Music Australia Export Development Fund is a bold partnership between the Australian Government and the Australian music industry – a matched funding initiative, designed to provide financial support to a diverse range of Australian artists.   

The program supports emerging, breakthrough and established acts and is available for Australian citizens or permanent residents who are practising contemporary music artists. This includes solo artists, instrumentalists, bands, ensembles, electronic artists, producers, songwriters and composers. 

The International Performance and Touring fund (Category 1) supports international touring and showcase activity, with matched funding of $5,000 to $75,000. 

The Music Australia Export Development Fund is a bold partnership between the Australian Government and the Australian music industry – a matched funding initiative, designed to provide financial support to a diverse range of Australian artists.   

The program supports emerging, breakthrough and established acts and is available for Australian citizens or permanent residents who are practising contemporary music artists. This includes solo artists, instrumentalists, bands, ensembles, electronic artists, producers, songwriters and composers. 

The International Market and Audience Development fund (Category 3) is designed to support activity that includes international promotional and content creation activities with matched funding of $2,000 to $10,000. 

Through a program of impactful and innovative projects, the Centre for Australia-India Relations intends to achieve the following outcomes:

• stronger Australian business awareness of, and capability to engage with, economic opportunities in India
• deeper public understanding of India and a wider pool of experts offering policy solutions relevant to the Australia-India relationship
• greater recognition of the contribution of diverse Indian-Australian communities to our national story
• stronger arts, cultural and sporting connections between Australia and India

The Centre is seeking to fund projects that will:

• drive new areas of business engagement between Australia and India in sectors outlined in A New Roadmap for Australia's Economic Engagement with India, including the four superhighways of growth and other key priorities:
  • clean energy technology
  • initiatives that promote education and skills
  • maximising agribusiness opportunities under the Australian-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA)
  • initiatives that will promote tourism from India to Australia and major events tourism
  • projects that bolster the capacity to increase two-way investment
  • identify and provide education and opportunities for businesses without mature existing channels for market access, including SMEs and First Nations businesses
  • activities that support sports collaboration to generate economic engagement and align with the India-Australia Roadmap for Sports Collaboration
• deliver high impact cultural, and people to people projects, activities and exchanges that may:
  • build India capability at major Australian cultural institutions
  • leverage the Audiovisual Co-production agreement
  • deepen public understanding of India and offer strategic policy options for the Australia-India bilateral relationship
  • harness diaspora influence to promote the Australian Indian relationship.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be registered for the purposes of GST
• be a permanent resident or citizen of Australia
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• be located in Australia

and be one of the following entity types:

• a company incorporated in Australia
• a company incorporated by guarantee
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
• an incorporated association
• a partnership
• a joint (consortia) application with a lead organisation
• a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation
• a publicly funded research organisation
• an individual
• an Australian local government body
• an Australian state or territory government body
• a Corporate Commonwealth Entity
• be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

The Australian Government is inviting organisations via a Demand Driven (eligibility based) process to deliver services under the Forestry Industry - Support Plantation Establishment Program.

Round 4 of the program will contribute to the Forestry Growth Fund, helping to grow Australia’s forestry industry by supporting regional jobs and rural communities, innovation, sustainable fibre supply, and domestic capacity to product high-value wood products for housing and construction.

The objectives of the program are to:

• increase future plantation forest resources available for processing, as well as for plantation forest management, harvesting and haulage employment
• support private industry, First Nations businesses, farm foresters and state and territory forestry bodies to expand the Australian plantation forest estate
• contribute to meeting Australia’s carbon emission reduction targets, including under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention.

At the time of submitting your application, you must not have planted the trees as part of your project activities.

You also can not include any activities that have or will be undertaken prior to the earliest activity start date for the relevant batch you are applying to as part of your grant funded or co-contribution activities.

The earliest activity start dates for each batch are: 

• Batch 1: May 2027
• Batch 2: November 2027.

Assessment and notification of outcomes will be divided into 2 batches. The table below identifies the cut-off dates for the 2 batches:

Batch 1 - closes 4:00 pm AEDT on 16 December 2026

Batch 2 - closes 4:00 pm AEST on 30 June 2027

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must be one of the following entity types:

• Company
• Cooperative
• Corporate State or Territory Entity
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation
• Partnership
• Sole Trader.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.

Public Lending Right (PLR) and Educational Lending Right (ELR) are Australian Government programs that compensate Australian creators and publishers in recognition of income lost through free multiple use of their books in public and educational lending libraries. These programs support the enrichment of Australian culture by encouraging the growth and development of Australian writing.

A creator or a publisher must register and submit title claims within five years from the year of publication. Books are surveyed in a sample of either public lending libraries (PLR) or school, TAFE and university libraries (ELR).

Eligible creators are:

• authors, editors, illustrators, translators and compilers
• Australian citizens, wherever they reside, or non-citizens who normally reside in Australia (eligibility ceases if residency in Australia ceases)
• those who receive on-going royalties from the sale of their book.

Eligible publishers are:

• companies whose business consists wholly or substantially of the publication of books and who regularly publish in Australia—'regularly publish' is defined as at least once in the preceding three year period
• non-profit organisations that publish to further their aims or objectives
• self-publishing creators.

This funding program is designed to support established artists and acts to tour internationally.

Funding can support travel and accommodation costs for established artists and acts who identify a career-defining international touring opportunity. 

Costs to support the artist and acts will be prioritised but costs relating to support roles will also be considered.  

Applicants must match the funding request with their own cash contribution.  

Applications will close 12pm (midday) Friday 31 July, Friday 30 October, Friday 29 January and Friday 30 April. Applications submitted after 12pm (midday) will not be accepted.

Applicants will be notified of the decision within 4 weeks of the closing date.  

Please see the frequently asked questions for additional details.  

This funding aims to:       

• support established NSW artists and acts to tour internationally  
• champion NSW music 
• grow international music audiences for NSW artists.  

This program does not support domestic touring or professional development opportunities. Please see the Domestic Touring and Professional Development program.

For this second round of the Powering the Regions Fund - Safeguard Transformation Stream approximately $321 million is available from 2025-26 to 2032-33.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• support trade-exposed facilities covered by the Safeguard Mechanism to reduce their emissions and contribute to meeting Australia’s 2030, 2035 and 2050 emissions reduction targets
• reduce the risk of carbon leakage, which occurs when a business responds to emissions reduction policies by moving emissions-intensive production to a country with less stringent policies
• provide skills development to existing industrial workforce in new equipment or processes that contribute to the reduction of scope 1 emissions.

The intended outcome of this grant opportunity is a reduction of emissions at trade exposed Safeguard facilities consistent with their obligations under the Safeguard Mechanism.

You can apply if you:

• are an owner or operator of a trade-exposed safeguard mechanism facility that is not a new or expanded gas or coal facility
• have an Australian business number (ABN)

And are one of the following entities:

• an entity incorporated in Australia
• company limited by guarantee
• incorporated association.

The objective of the Program is to incentivise voluntary uptake of ADS-B equipment in Australian-registered aircraft operating under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) to improve safety and efficiency for Australian airspace users.

The program will provide:

• better situational awareness for pilots through improved electronic visibility of nearby airborne VFR and IFR aircraft
• enhanced search and rescue capabilities through improved air traffic information
• air traffic controllers with additional and accurate automated aircraft position information of VFR aircraft.

The Program funds two classes of eligible ADS-B equipment:

• installed ADS-B equipment that air traffic controllers can use for aircraft separation purposes (referred to as ADS-B)
• portable ADS-B equipment for local electronic traffic information purposes (referred to as ADS-B EC).

To apply you must:

• be the registered owner of a crewed aircraft operating under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) or Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and shown in an approved registration database including:
• the CASA Australian aircraft register for VH aircraft (e.g. fixed wing, helicopter, balloon, glider) registration database managed by CASA
• an approved Australian Sport Aviation organisation:
  • Recreational Aviation Australia (RAAus)
  • Australian Sport Rotorcraft Association (ASRA)
  • Sports Aviation Federation of Australia (SAFA).
• purchase and/or install in your registered aircraft:
  • a device which provides ADS-B-OUT functionality or an ADS-B EC device but not both, after 20 December 2021, or
  • a device which provides ADS-B-IN functionality or a device which provides ADS-B-IN and OUT functionality, after 31 May 2024.

If a grant was paid in respect of your aircraft under ADS-B Round 1 you are eligible to apply under the following conditions:

• the equipment adds ADS-B IN functionality that was not previously available, or
• you are upgrading from an EC device to installed equipment.

The Contemporary Music Touring Program (CMTP) supports national touring activity undertaken by Australian musicians performing original Australian contemporary music.

The tour must comprise of performances in at least three venues or locations outside of the performer’s hometown. Tours that include regional and remote destinations, or which assist performers residing in regional and remote areas to tour, are a priority for funding.

Grants are available from $5,000 to $50,000, depending on the number of tour venues or locations in regional or remote areas.

Who can apply

You may submit a maximum of two applications to each round of CMTP.

You may apply as an individual, on behalf of a group, or as an organisation, to tour live music performances within Australia.

Touring musicians must be performing original Australian contemporary music. Funding can be provided to performers, managers, agents, and music networks on behalf of professionals working in the Australian music industry. Applications must contain one tour only.