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The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science are Australia’s most prestigious awards for achievements in:

• scientific research and research-based innovation
• the practice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems
• excellence in science teaching.

The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science expects to award approximately $1.4 million each year (2027, 2028 and 2029), noting the total funding awarded in any year may vary if more than one recipient is awarded a prize, for achievements across 3 prize categories:

• the Science Prizes
• the Science Teaching Prizes
• the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems Prize.

They particularly encourage the nomination of candidates from diverse backgrounds and of all gender identities.

There are 5 science prizes for science and innovation:

• Prime Minister’s Prize for Science ($250,000)
• Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation ($250,000)
• Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year ($50,000)
• Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year ($50,000)
• Prize for New Innovators ($50,000)

Each prize recipient receives a medallion, lapel pin, prize money as described above and an award certificate. Where the prize is awarded to a team, each member will receive a medallion, lapel pin, award certificate and an equal portion of the prize money. The Minister may approve more than one recipient for each Science Prize, subject to the availability of grant funds. They may recognise highly ranked nominees through the awarding of highly commended certificates.

To be eligible for a Science Prize, nominees must:

• be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia (nominees currently living or studying overseas are not precluded from being nominated)
• not be self-nominated
• not be nominated for more than one prize per year across the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science. Where a nominee is nominated in more than one prize, they will ask the nominee to select a single nomination to pursue at Stage 1
• meet the specific eligibility criteria for the nominated prize.

Nominees do not need to be a member of a professional association or have received any prior award to be eligible.

Previous nominees are eligible for renomination. A new nomination must be submitted by a nominator via the online nomination form.

The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science are Australia’s most prestigious awards for achievements in:

• scientific research and research-based innovation
• the practice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems
• excellence in science teaching.

The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science expects to award approximately $1.4 million each year (2027, 2028 and 2029), noting the total funding awarded in any year may vary if more than one recipient is awarded a prize, for achievements across 3 prize categories:

• the Science Prizes
• the Science Teaching Prizes
• the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems Prize.

The Knowledge Systems Prize celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led projects that benefit Australian Indigenous peoples, communities or place, and contribute to solving a significant challenge through the practice and preservation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems.

Information on the other prizes can be found on the Science page and Science Teaching page.

They particularly encourage the nomination of candidates from diverse backgrounds and of all gender identities.

There are 3 nomination types available for this prize: Individual; Team; and Community Groups.

The prize recipient receives a medallion, lapel pin, award certificate and prize money. Where they award the prize to a team, each member will receive a medallion, lapel pin, award certificate and an equal portion of the prize money. Where they award the prize to a community group (up to 4 representatives), the group will receive a medallion, lapel pin, award certificate and the prize money will be awarded to the community group.

The Minister may approve more than one recipient for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems Prize, subject to the availability of grant funds. They may recognise highly ranked nominees through the awarding of highly commended certificates.

To be eligible for a Knowledge Systems Prize, nominees must:

• be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
• be an individual, a member of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander-led team (including family groups), or a representative of a community group (see glossary in the grant opportunity guidelines)
• be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• not be self-nominated
• not be nominated for more than one prize per year across the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science. Where a nominee is nominated in more than one prize, they will ask the nominee to select a single nomination to pursue at Stage 1
• practice knowledge systems as part of a project with a demonstrable benefit to Australian Indigenous peoples, communities and/or place and to Australia more broadly.

Where a nomination is for a team or a community group, up to 4 nominees may be named per nomination. All nominees must be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. For nominations of community groups, the selected nominees will be representatives for the whole community group.

Previous nominees are eligible for renomination. A new nomination must be submitted by a nominator via the online nomination form.

The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science are Australia’s most prestigious awards for achievements in:

• scientific research and research-based innovation
• the practice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems
• excellence in science teaching.

The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science expects to award approximately $1.4 million each year (2027, 2028 and 2029), noting the total funding awarded in any year may vary if more than one recipient is awarded a prize, for achievements across 3 prize categories: categories:

• the Science Prizes
• the Science Teaching Prizes
• the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems Prize.

Information on the other prizes can be found on the Science and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems pages.

They particularly encourage the nomination of candidates from diverse backgrounds and of all gender identities.

There are 2 science teaching prizes:

• Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools ($250,000)
• Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools ($250,000)

Each prize recipient receives a medallion, lapel pin, prize money as described above and an award certificate. The Minister may approve more than one recipient for each Science Teaching Prize, subject to the availability of grant funds. They may recognise highly ranked nominees through the awarding of highly commended certificates.

To be eligible for a Science Teaching Prize, nominees must:

• be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have undertaken their teaching achievement for which they are nominated in Australia
• not be self-nominated
• not be nominated in more than one prize category for more than one prize per year across the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science. Where a nominee is nominated in more than one prize, they will ask the nominee to select a single nomination to pursue at Stage 1
• be a full-time or part-time registered teacher at a primary or secondary school listed on the Australian Schools List
• be active in teaching science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) in the classroom at the time of their nomination. Teachers on parental leave at the time of nomination, who intend to return to teaching, are eligible.
• have the support of Principal or Head of School at the current school of achievement. If the nominee is at the level of Principal, they must have the support of a member of the school leadership team (such as a Deputy Principal) or counterparts in a Department of Education or non-government school authority (such as a head of learning from the education administration area to which the school belongs)
• have at least 10 years’ experience as a classroom teacher in Australia.

Nominees do not need to be a member of a professional association or have received any prior award to be eligible.

Previous nominees are eligible for renomination. A new nomination must be submitted by a nominator via the online nomination form.

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.

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.

The Insignia Community Foundation welcomes grant applications during the months of July and December each year.

To be eligible for grant funding from the Foundation, charitable organisations must have an Australian Taxation Office Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) endorsement of DGR1 / Item 1.

Assessment criteria will be based on the following:

• One Impact Area must be chosen and entered onto the Expression of Interest Form.

  • Financial wellbeing
    Improving skills, confidence and know-how of people so they can achieve greater financial wellbeing now and into the future. Programs being supported may include those that help people understand their finances better, training that leads to employment or initiatives that keep students in school.

  • Basic needs
    Initiatives that provide vital and basic items to people so they can go about their daily life, such as items to make people feel more included, healthier, happier, or enable people to be more financially secure.

  • Reconciliation
    Aligning with Insignia Financial’s Reconciliation Action Plan, aiming to further the endeavours of First Nations people through employment, business ownership, education and financial training.

  • Diversity and inclusion
    Support inclusion, diversity and wellbeing in the community through programs that enable social participation for all.

  • Mental health
    Aim to address mental health challenges for people of all ages with access to quality care, support and resources.

• Be clear on your organisations purpose and why the program exists.
• Programs may be preventive and are being delivered as an early intervention initiative, or programs may be addressing or relieving an existing need for its participants.
• The Program Description must provide clear details on why the program exists, the problem or gap the program is addressing and how the program will be delivered.
• Program outcomes must be explained, including how people will be connected, improved and impacted through the program.
• Evidence of good corporate governance.
• Sustainability of the program beyond our support.
• Considered use of technology to achieve scale, realise greater efficiencies, see environmental benefits and/or improve the experiences of people during program delivery.

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. 

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 Multicultural Alcohol and other Drugs (AOD) Program Grant was established to provide specialist treatment and support services for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.

The objective of the Multicultural AOD Program Grant is to improve the health, wellbeing, and social outcomes for people with cultural and linguistic diversity who are experiencing alcohol and other drug-related issues. 

Funded services will deliver an integrated Program that demonstrates strong community partnerships and a commitment to equitable access for people from all cultural backgrounds. 

Services should adopt an evidence-based and culturally responsive model of care that enhances engagement, retention, and treatment outcomes for CALD clients. 

Service delivery should be flexible and accessible, including face-to-face, outreach, and telehealth modalities where appropriate.

The successful organisation or consortium will be expected to deliver four core activities.

Applicants will be assessed on their demonstrated capability, experience and approach to delivering each of these activities through the application process. 

The Key activities to be delivered by the successful organisation or consortium include: 

• Individual psychosocial counselling and support services for people and significant others with cultural and linguistic diversity who are experiencing AOD related issues. 

• AOD case management and care coordination for CALD individuals connected to the criminal justice system. 

• Culturally responsive prevention, education and community development initiatives that build awareness, strengthen community capacity, and reduce AOD related harm within CALD communities.   

• Sector representation, collaboration and advice to support policy development and service planning. 

The Women Leaders in Sport (WLIS) program aims to reduce gender inequality and help more women advance into leadership roles within the sport ecosystem.

The WLIS Individual Grants Program, provides women throughout Australia the opportunity to advance in their leadership journey via a range of development programs and training.  In previous years courses undertaken by recipients have included these topics:

•  Leadership Skills and Management
•  Sports Administration
•  Communications and Media
• Coaching and officiating
• Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
• People and Culture
• Integrity
• Finance
• Sport science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine (STEMM)

The Local Para Champions (LPC) program provides financial assistance for participants who are attending championships that are specifically for athletes with a disability, and who also meet the following age guidelines.

• Participants turning 13-24 attending state championships
• Participants turning 14-24 attending state or national championships
• Participants turning 15-24 attending state, national, or international championships

In addition to athletes with disability, the LPC program supports coaches, officials and other distinct support roles, such as guides and assistants who enable the sportsperson to participate. These applicants must be aged between 13 – 24 years of age.

If successful, applicants will receive $750-$1000 towards the cost of attending their championships

• Base Grant: $750
• Applicants travelling 800km - 1999km to their nominated championships: + $100
• Applicants travelling internationally or greater than 2000km to their nominated championships: + $200
• Applicants residing in a rural electorate: + $50

Seeding Strength Grants provide funding to young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and First Nations-led organisations, campaigns, movements and projects fighting injustice and building Blak power across the country.

Applications for Rapid Response grants are open all year round and the application process is streamlined. Submit an application via the Seeding Strength application form and they’ll make initial contact within a week, but allow a month for the turn around of funds if successful. They will aim to get them to you as soon as possible.

Funding is available across two types of grants:

• Rapid response: First Nations young people (aged 16-35 years) can apply for rapid response grants of $2,000 to $10,000 for urgent campaigns / movements / initiatives relating to social change in response to systematic oppression & specific injustices of First Nations young people.
• Campaign, movement or project based: First Nations young people (aged 16-35 years) can apply for grants (from $2,000 to $50,000) to support core funding for existing or new campaigns, movements and projects in our five impact areas:
  • Truthtelling and storytelling
  • Decolonising, dismantling and re-Indigenising
  • Building and strengthening movements, campaigns
  • Global solidarity
  • Blak future planning