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Rural Aid offers pre-paid Visas to farmers who have been negatively impacted by a declared natural disaster or other exceptional industry-specific occurrence, to assist with recovery.

(NB applications will remain open for each recognised disaster for four months from the date of the disaster or until funding is exhausted)

Established in 2015, Rural Aid’s vision is to safeguard farming and rural communities before, during and after natural disasters. Rural Aid is also dedicated to supporting a stable future for our farmers to ensure they can keep providing food and fibre for all Australians.

They do this through various innovative programs which increase the resilience and sustainability of farmers, families and rural communities.

The Graphite Research and Development (R&D) Grant provides Australian small to medium enterprises (SMEs) with funding and access to CSIRO experts on collaborative R&D projects.

These projects will focus on developing innovative technologies and processes essential for natural graphite production, particularly for battery applications.

This initiative will support development of a sustainable graphite industry in Australia, which is essential to meeting the growing global demand for battery anode materials. Australia is positioned to become a key supplier to the USA and other global markets by capitalising on its natural graphite deposits. This program supports R&D in areas like alternative feedstocks, efficient recycling methods, and purification techniques, contributing to a cleaner, more sustainable graphite production process.

Eligible SMEs can combine this grant with the CSIRO Kick-Start Program to unlock up to an additional $50,000 to conduct a collaborative research project with CSIRO.

To be eligible for this grant opportunity, you must:

• Be incorporated in Australia and have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and Australian Company Number (ACN)
• Be registered for GST
• Employ fewer than 200 people

Kids Under Cover’s strategy of complementing the provision of stable and secure accommodation with educational support has proven to be a simple yet effective approach to the long-term prevention of youth homelessness.

As more families feel the strain of soaring education costs, rising house prices and an increased cost of living, many young people may be forced to leave school or education early.

These scholarships give young people the support they need to stay in school. This is not just by helping financially with educational expenses, such as travel costs, textbooks, and equipment, but also by preventing the social exclusion that can haunt young people who miss out on camps, excursions or other school social activities due to lack of funds. A scholarship may also provide a young person with the freedom to choose the subjects they are passionate about, rather than just those they can afford, thus keeping them engaged with their studies.

The Kids Under Cover Scholarship helps young people who have the passion and motivation to continue education but don’t have the resources. These scholarships are helping young people aged 12-25 years old undertaking secondary schooling, TAFE, university and job training. We provide the Kids Under Cover Scholarships for secondary and post-secondary study to young people who have a Kids Under Cover Studio on their property.

Kids Under Cover Scholarships can help with the costs associated with education or training, such as: textbooks, uniforms, laptop, printer, excursions, and so on.

You can receive a Kids Under Cover Scholarship if you:

• Are aged 12-25 years as of 30 June 2025;
• Are undertaking secondary schooling, TAFE, university and job training;
• Live on the same premises as a Kids Under Cover studio; AND
• Household has completed the acquittal process for previously awarded scholarship/s.

Previous scholarship recipients are still eligible to receive a scholarship in 2025.

The Ethnic Business Awards (EBA’s) recognise the outstanding accomplishments of Migrant and Indigenous entrepreneurs. They highlight the contribution made to Australia by these people. As Australia’s longest running business awards, these awards are the most prestigious of their kind.

Indigenous Award
The first of it’s kind. Launched in 2010 the EBA recognises excellence in business endeavours by Indigenous entrepreneurs. The award is open to businesses of all sizes and in the last decade has brought much attention to the growing number of creative, diverse and inspiring Indigenous business men and women.

Migrant Awards
The Migrant awards are open anyone born outside of Australia. There are two categories for the Migrant awards.

• Medium to Large Migrant Business Category (turnover greater than $10 million per annum)

• Small Migrant Business Category (turnover less than $10 million per annum)

The Tertiary Access Payment (TAP) is a one off payment of up to $5,000. It’s to help eligible students with the cost of moving to study. This is for study after you’ve finished year 12 or equivalent.

To get this payment you must meet all of the following things:

• be an Australian resident meeting residence rules
• come from an inner regional, outer regional or remote area
• move to study at a tertiary education provider that’s at least 90 minutes away from your family home location by public transport
• have completed year 12 or equivalent
• studying a tertiary course at certificate IV or above
• be 22 or younger on the day you start your tertiary course
• have parents or guardians whose income is under the current combined parental income limit of $250,000 if you are a dependant.

You can claim this payment in your first year of tertiary study only.

To get the payment, you must be studying one of the following:

• university course
• Vocational Educational and Training (VET) course
• other higher education course.

You meet the rules for qualifying study if you do all of the following:

• study a certificate IV or above at an accredited Australian tertiary education provider
• study at least 75% of a full-time study load
• study a course with a minimum duration of one academic year.

You may still be eligible if you can’t study full time. This needs to be for a special reason and you’ll need to provide proof.

There are also rules you need to meet for the delivery of your study program. It must be one of the following:

• face-to-face
• a combination of face-to-face and online study
• at a Regional University Study Hub or Suburban University Study Hub.

These Copland Foundation Grants fund projects throughout Australia that fall under the umbrella of Alex Copland’s interests, namely:

The study, management, conservation, acquisition, and interpretation of collections;

1. The study, management, conservation, acquisition and interpretation of relevant historic architecture,
2. The provision of education programs, whether for staff of such museums, institutions, societies, organisations or for the general public,
3. The purchase of art works and/or other artefacts, to be identified on public display by the purchaser as a gift from the Copland Foundation.

The Copland Foundation grants are divided into three categories:

1. Acquisitions
2. Conservation
3. Interpretation

To be eligible for assistance a museum/institution must:

1. Be recognised as a recipient institution under the Commonwealth Government’s Cultural Gifts Program or as an endorsed Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR)
2. Be open to the public
3. Be seeking assistance to:
   • acquire, conserve or interpret an object or collection of objects
   • or, conserve or restore features of an historic building used for cultural purposes, its garden and/or surrounds. 

The Start Strong for Community Preschools program provides funding to deliver affordable quality preschool education for 3-to- 5 -year-old children enrolled in eligible community and mobile preschools in NSW. 

The program’s operational funding (Program Payment) supports the operating costs of eligible early childhood education services and enrolment of at least 600 hours per year or 15 hours per week. Evidence shows that this level of participation in a quality early childhood education program in the 2 years before school is associated with better outcomes for children.

The program’s fee relief funding (Fee Relief Payment) provides community and mobile preschools with sustainable long-term funding to deliver at least 600 hours of low, or no cost preschool to eligible children.

Start Strong promotes universal access and priority of access by providing:

• higher program funding rates for preschools which operate within the lower range of Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) score of relative socio-economic disadvantage
• additional funding for children 3 years old and above from low-income families, children with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, and children with disability or additional needs
• loadings for preschools that operate in outer regional, remote and very remote areas
• further loadings and subsidies as outlined in Appendix 1: Calculation and payment of funding
• up to $4,347 per year in fee relief for 3- to 5-year-old children enrolled in community and mobile preschools reducing the cost of early childhood education for families.

Screen Australia is now accepting applications for events, conferences and activities which exhibit unique benefits to the Australian screen industry.

These events must demonstrate an understanding of changes in audience engagement and how content is financed, made and delivered. Applications must demonstrate how they will have an impact on their audience/participants, or within their particular area of focus.

The aims of the program are to: 

• create opportunities through new, original and inclusive approaches to the industry that will expand networks and grow the Australian screen industry
• support impactful events which are also evolving to be relevant to future audiences and the screen industry
• provide opportunities for professional development/business growth.

Screen Australia is interested in receiving applications from organisers of industry events which are innovative and forward-focused, with plans to engage practitioners in the rapidly changing screen sector.

The objective of the grant opportunity is to provide co-funding for dealerships and repairers to install EV chargers.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to:

• increase in the number of EV charging stations throughout the country including remote and regional areas
• increase the number of EVs on the roads.

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• are an entity, incorporated in Australia.

You must also be one of the following:

• a licenced motor dealer/trader
• a service centre associated with a licenced motor dealer/trader
• an automotive repair business, compliant with Australian Standards 5732:202 2 (EV operations – maintenance and repair) and which has at least one current member of staff suitable qualified to undertake work on EVs.

To be eligible for a rebate, you must have purchased and installed at least one eligible smart EV charger(s) at an eligible site (listed in section 4.2 of the grant opportunity Guidelines) on or after 26 March 2024.

Eligible smart EV chargers include:

• AC plugs with 7 kW charging speed (single phase)
• AC plugs with 11-22 kW charging speed
• DC plugs with 50 kW or less charging speed.

Participation Grants provide up to $20,000 to enable residential or small business consumer advocacy by participation in current or forthcoming government, regulatory, or industry decision-making processes.

Examples of activities that may be funded include engaging a consultant to provide technical or specialist expertise for a submission; undertaking research; hosting workshops; and funding for reasonable travel costs (flights, accommodation, transfers) to engage in government, regulatory and industry forums relating to that process.

Successful applications will demonstrate a clear outcome and can describe the positive impact you are aiming to achieve by engaging in this policy/ regulatory process.

93.5% of Australian registered nonprofits say they need assistance with digital marketing strategies and more than 50% still cannot accept donations online. These numbers are highly alarming considering the rapid change in donor demographics, the phasing out of Cheques by 2030 and the use of cash declining by 50% from 2019 - 2022.

Considering these statistics, The Little Phil Foundation has decided to assist Australian charities with two types of grants to aid with the transition to digital giving and increase supporter engagement. 

Grant Option 1 - Digital Marketing and Fundraising Boost (Valued at up to $30,000)
For organisations who are wishing to invest in building their digital supporters and preparing their organisation for the future of digital fundraising.

Grant Option 2 - Digital Giving & Marketing DIY (Valued at up to $2,380)
For organisations who are looking to adopt digital tools and technology that will assist their team and volunteers with implementing digital fundraising and marketing initiatives.

You can access a range of energy savings for your business by upgrading existing appliances and equipment or purchasing new ones.

Upgrading your equipment, appliances and system processes will help your business become more energy efficient, cut electricity and gas use and lower the cost of your bills. 

This will also support us in our goal to improve the affordability, reliability, accessibility and sustainability of our energy system in NSW.  

Available upgrades:

• Add a battery to your solar
• Compressed air systems
• Furnaces
• HVAC systems
• Hot water and steam systems
• Lighting
• Motors, pumps and fans
• NABERS rating improvements
• Power systems
• Process change and control system upgrade
• Refrigeration
• Bundled upgrades

The purpose of this grant is to provide Australian Government funding to support a wage increase for all eligible ECEC workers from December 2024.

Eligible ECEC workers include:

• workers covered by the Children’s Services Award 2010 and working in a Child Care Subsidy (CCS) approved Centre-Based Day Care (CBDC) or Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) service;
• workers covered by the Educational Services (Teachers) Award 2020 and working in a CCS approved CBDC or OSHC service; and
• workers who are undertaking duties covered by the Children’s Services Award 2010 or Educational Services (Teachers) Award 2020 and working in a CCS approved CBDC or OSHC service but are not covered by these awards (including workers covered by a state industrial instrument, or working in a setting covered by a different award), and these duties constitute the majority of that workers role. 

Trainees who are undertaking a registered traineeship and whose pay and conditions are not covered by the Children’s Services Award 2010 or the Educational Services (Teachers) Award 2020 are not included as eligible ECEC workers. 

To be eligible you must be a legal entity that provides CBDC or OSHC services (a Provider). One Provider may apply in relation to one or multiple service locations (Services) that the Provider owns and operates.

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.

Deafness Foundation Grants applications open July 1 and close on October 31 each year.

The Deafness Foundation Education Encouragement Grants recognise the challenges experienced by students who are deaf or hard of hearing in their effort to access and complete education and training. It is envisaged that these grants will significantly facilitate the students’ ability to complete future study. 

Applicants must:

• be deaf or have a permanent hearing loss in both ears.
  • A current audiogram performed by a qualified audiologist must be included with the completed application.
  • If the student has a cochlear implant, a statement from a Cochlear Implant Clinic, a Teacher of the Deaf, or a Disability Liaison Officer (or equivalent) in a tertiary institution that a cochlear implant is used must be provided in lieu of an audiogram.
• be a student in a school in a State or Territory of Australia.
• be nominated by a person who can provide supporting evidence for the nomination [e.g., Teachers, Aides, Interpreters, Tutors, Course Coordinators, Families / Caregivers].
• be a Permanent Resident of Australia.
• not be a previous recipient of a Deafness Foundation Education Encouragement Grant or Grant. Prior unsuccessful applicants may reapply.