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The purpose of this grant is to fund innovative projects that empower military families and their communities to develop strong coping mechanisms, foster a supportive environment, and promote overall well-being.

Any incorporated not-for-profit organisation can apply for a FSFP grant. Grants support the delivery of programs and services to help current serving ADF families to navigate the challenges and opportunities of military life such as mobility and absence, foster a sense of community and develop resilience.

To be eligible, applicants must be one of the following Australian not-for-profit organisations whose volunteers’ work supports Defence families and/or communities in Australia and are legal entities and have been operating for 12 months or longer. 

A not-for-profit (NFP) organisation whose NFP status must be demonstrated through one of the following: 

• current Registration with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
• state or territory incorporated association status
• constitutional documents and/or Articles of Association that demonstrate the not-for-profit character of your organisation

The Industrial Transformation Stream (ITS) is open for applications supporting a range of industrial decarbonisation solutions, including but not limited, to electrification, energy efficiency, low emissions processing and fuel switching. Enabling technologies such as energy storage, demand management and critical infrastructure supporting onsite decarbonisation may also be considered. Funding is guided by the Program Focus Areas.

About the program

The objectives of the ITS Program are to:

• Support industrial facilities in regional Australia to reduce emissions in line with Australia’s 2030 emissions reduction goals and transition to net zero by 2050.
• Improve technology readiness and commercial readiness of renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency technologies and electrification technologies that will result in a significant reduction in scope 1 and/or scope 2 emissions or improve the energy efficiency of an industrial process or processes.
• Encourage technology demonstration, collaboration and knowledge sharing across industry and/or regions.
• Support upskilling of existing industrial workforce in new decarbonisation activities.

ITS is now open to applications for Round 3 on an open, ongoing basis. 

Funding will be available until funding is exhausted.

Focus areas - Round 3

Opened in September 2025, ARENA has allocated the remaining $180 million of ITS funding towards Round 3. This is an open, ongoing round where ARENA will remain open to new applications until ITS grant funding is exhausted.

Round 3’s Focus Areas are:

• innovation in industrial decarbonisation; and
• advancing commercial deployment.

The Program can support projects ranging from feasibility studies and front-end engineering and design (FEED) to trials, demonstrations and deployment. Two-stage projects combining a study and subsequent deployment will also be considered.

The Indigenous Centre of Vocational Excellence (ICOVE) is an initiative of the Commonwealth Government to develop a First Nations-led VET model that supports better skills, employment and economic outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as committed to under the National Skills Agreement and National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

The ICOVE will be a national, evidence-informed best practice VET hub and will also function as an alternative to a First Nations skills peak.

The ICOVE will be built on 4 pillars aligned with the 4 Closing the Gap Priority Reforms:

• innovation
• capacity building
• policy and advocacy
• research and data.

The ICOVE will be led by an ACC or FNO RTO (or consortia) to foster a community governance model based on the principles of self-determination.

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

• Company
• Cooperative
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation.

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

Heat Pump Feasibility Grant helps eligible NSW businesses to assess whether a heat pump is a feasible option for their site. You can apply for up to $30,000 to cover 75% of the project costs.

To drive the uptake of heat pumps, the Grant aims to: 

• enable NSW businesses to make informed decisions on heat pump implementation
• increase business productivity with high-efficiency heating, reduced exposure to rising fuel costs and lowered emissions
• support the growth of industry capability
• accelerate the uptake of the NSW Energy Security Safeguard.

To be eligible for this Grant, you must meet all of the following criteria:  

• have a current Australian Business Number (ABN) and be registered for goods and services tax (GST).
• deliver your heat pump project at a NSW business site address.
• use between 5,000 and 100,000 gigajoules (GJ) of gas (liquified natural gas, liquified petroleum gas, natural gas) per year at your business site, excluding fuel for transport. 
• have identified a specialist consultant(s) to complete the Grant milestones.

This grant opportunity supports action to grow the mental health and suicide prevention peer workforce by supporting 500 training placements for lived experience (peer) worker students.

The current Australian Qualifications Framework qualification available to peer workers is the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, which must be delivered and assessed through Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) such as TAFEs. To achieve this qualification, students must complete at least 80 hours of work, typically undertaken through a placement.

Multiple challenges have been identified for students to complete these placements, including a shortage of quality placement opportunities and adequately trained staff to supervise. This grant opportunity seeks to address this issue by supporting mental health and suicide prevention services to provide placements and appropriate supervision to students.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• facilitate better access to training placements across a range of mental health and suicide prevention service settings for students undertaking the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work 
• support supervision costs and build organisational readiness to host student placements in the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work
• build capacity and diversity of the mental health and suicide prevention peer workforce.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to:

• provide increased and improved placement opportunities for peer work students in a range of locations and service settings, including increased access to placements for priority populations and/or areas of greatest need
• increase the number of students completing the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work.

To be eligible you must 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 
• Corporate State or Territory Entity  
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity  
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority 
• Cooperative 
• Incorporated Association 
• Statutory Entity  
• Partnership 

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

Applications from consortia are acceptable, providing there is a lead organisation that is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above. Only the lead organisation can submit the application form and enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth. 

The 2025 Partnerships for culturally safe cancer care grant program supports innovative, community-informed approaches to accelerate the delivery of culturally safe, accessible, and responsive cancer care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The aim of the program is to improve cancer outcomes and experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through enhancing the delivery of culturally safe care in mainstream cancer services.

The program funds partnerships between mainstream cancer services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations to enhance culturally safe and responsive care in cancer services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Applications are open to mainstream cancer services (public or private) working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations.

Eligibility:

To apply for the grant, applicants must demonstrate a partnership between a mainstream cancer service (lead organisation) and at least one Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisation (partnering organisation).

Eligible organisations include:

Lead organisation

• Mainstream cancer service (public or private) that support the screening, diagnosis, management, and treatment of people with cancer, their families, and communities.

Partnering organisation/s

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations that provide primary and supportive care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.
• Not-for-profit organisations that support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by cancer.

The lead organisation must fill out the application form.

The Community Languages Schools Grants Program - Extension Round forms part of Program 2.5 Multicultural and Citizenship, within Outcome 2 of the Department of Home Affairs Portfolio Budget Statement. A total of $2.42 million (GST exclusive) is available for the grant opportunity, which will run over 4 years from 2025–26 to 2028–29. It will help contribute to the Australian Government’s strengths-based approach to building on Australia’s multicultural success.

• Outcome 2: Support a united and prosperous Australia through effective coordination and delivery of immigration and citizenship policy and programs underpinned by robust integrity and assurance.
• Program 2.5: Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship: To support a prosperous and inclusive society through the promotion, delivery and effective management of the Australian multicultural and citizenship programs.

This grant opportunity is an extension of the previous Community Language Schools Grants Program which commenced in 2023–24. It is open to community language schools (CLS) which have not received funding under the previous program. CLS funded through the previous program are not eligible for this grant opportunity.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• strengthen the social inclusion and prosperity of Australia’s successful multicultural society by supporting more young Australians to acquire a second language
• connect young Australians to the languages of their parents, grandparents and broader communities
• enable the participation of young Australians in a broader range of jobs in an economy closely integrated into a global market of diverse trading partners.

The grant opportunity consists of 3 tiers and a supplementary payment option eligible CLS can apply for. The maximum grant amount is expected to be $34,342 (GST exclusive), depending on the number of successful applicants, and approved funding tiers and supplementary payments.

Eligibility:

To be eligible you must be a CLS operating in Australia.

You must be one of the following legal entity types to apply for the program:

• Company
• Cooperative
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation
• Statutory Entity.

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

There are multiple grants available to people in the process of buying a new home who meet the eligibility criteria.

Grant amounts include:

• Up to $2,500 for legal and administrative costs.
• Up to $10,000 to  match the house deposit you've saved. 
• Up to $20,000 in co-contribution for eligible long-term AHO residents. 

To be eligible for a Home Ownership grant, you must be an Aboriginal person who:

• has saved at least $1,000 toward a deposit
• has a maximum individual or combined annual income of up to $200,000
• currently lives in NSW and is purchasing a property in NSW
• does not currently own residential property (unless it's land you intend to build on)
• has not qualified for Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) Remote Indigenous Home Loan package.

This grant is designed for people who are most in need and meet the eligibility criteria.

This grant opportunity provides flexible funding to support service delivery for Support at Home providers operating in thin markets. Specifically, those Support at Home providers that are currently delivering:

a) services to older people in rural and remote areas of Australia, classified as Modified Monash (MM) areas 3 to 7; and/or

b) specialist services to older people in the cohorts included in the Specialisation Verification for Aged Care Framework. 

The intended objective is to:

• provide flexible funding to meet appropriate business expenses, to enable providers in thin markets with high costs to set reasonable prices for Support at Home services. 

The intended outcomes are:

• to support older people in thin markets to access Support at Home services at a reasonable price within their quarterly budget 
• to support older people in thin markets to access high quality Support at Home services, consistent with the Statement of Rights and Statement of Principles in the Aged Care Act 2024, regardless of location, background or life experiences, and
• for providers, to improve the financial viability of delivering high quality Support at Home services in thin markets to support service availability.

For the purposes of this grant program, a thin market is a market where there is a gap between the aged care needs of older people and services available. This can occur in specific locations or for specific services or cohorts of people.  

Eligibility:

This program is for aged care providers that deliver Support at Home services.

You must meet at least one of the following criteria:

a) Geographic eligibility

As a provider, you deliver Support at Home services to older people in Modified Monash (MM) areas 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 at the time of application.

If you are applying based on geographic location, you do not need Specialisation Verification for people who live in rural, remote or very remote areas. Your location will be used to determine eligibility.

b) Specialised service delivery eligibility

You provide specialised Support at Home services to older people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, in any geographic location, at the time of application. You can demonstrate this by meeting at least one of the following criteria:

i) Participant Composition

At least 25% of your organisation’s total Support at Home participants are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

If you are applying based on participant composition, you do not need Specialisation Verification in delivering services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.

ii) Specialisation Verification

You operate service outlets with a Specialisation Verification for aged care services. For this grant opportunity, this includes:

o A current approved Specialisation Verification at the date of grant application; and/or

o A new application for Specialisation Verification that has been submitted, prior to or as at the date of your grant application and is pending an outcome decision.  

Refer to section 4 of the published Grant Opportunity Guidelines for full eligibility criteria details for this grant opportunity. 

The Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship program supports investment in gender equity initiatives that aim for lasting systemic change by eliminating barriers for women’s participation in STEM education and careers, and entrepreneurship.

The program objectives are to:

• increase awareness and participation of girls and women in STEM education and careers
• increase awareness and participation of girls and women in other parts of the innovation ecosystem including innovative businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurial activities and careers
• increase the number of women in senior leadership and decision making positions in government, research organisations, industry and businesses.

The grant opportunity provides funding to deliver co-designed projects that:

• reduce and/or mitigate systemic and cultural barriers to participation in STEM education, careers, innovation and entrepreneurship by girls and women
• reduce the multiplier effect of intersectional barriers to participation, development and leadership of girls and women in STEM education, careers, innovation and entrepreneurship
• address inequality or discrimination against girls and women in STEM education, careers, innovation and/or entrepreneurship, by either:
  • increasing awareness and understanding of the barriers to participation of girls and women in STEM education, careers, innovation and/or entrepreneurship
  • increasing participation, development and leadership of girls and women in STEM education, careers, innovation and entrepreneurship, including senior leadership and decision-making positions in government, research organisations, industry and businesses
  • broadening and strengthening networks and support for girls and women in STEM education, careers, innovation and entrepreneurship.

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• are one of the following entities:
  • an entity, incorporated in Australia
  • a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO) or publicly funded research agency (PFRA) as defined in section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines
  • a government or non-government vocational education and training (VET) provider as defined in section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines, or technical and further education (TAFE) institution
  • an incorporated not for profit organisation.
• meet the additional eligibility requirements specified in the grant opportunity guidelines (section 4.2).

The Australian Government recognises the current bottlenecks in the psychology training pipeline and the impacts this has on workforce availability and service delivery. Strategies are needed to reduce attrition between the number of students commencing undergraduate psychology studies and those going on to practice. The grant program will support provisional psychologists to practice by increasing the availability of internships.

This grant opportunity was announced as part of the Australian Government’s election commitment to provide funding for an additional 1,500 one-year internships for provisional psychologists in the ‘5+1 training pathway’ – a pathway to general registration which involves a five-year sequence of accredited study (e.g. Master of Professional Psychology) followed by a one-year internship. This pathway is hindered by a lack of supervised internships available and the cost of these internships to interns, supervisors, and practices. Funding will be available in 2026-27 and is anticipated to support approximately 500 internships each year until 2028-29.

To be eligible you must 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
• Sole Trader 
• Statutory Entity 
• Partnership
• Person, or
• Unincorporated Association.

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

Applications from consortia are acceptable, providing there is a lead organisation that is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above. Only the lead organisation can submit the application form and enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth. Eligible organisations can form a consortium with ineligible organisations, with the exception of those organisations deemed ineligible because they are included on the National Redress Scheme’s website on the list of ‘Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme’.

The Australian Government is inviting applications through a Targeted Competitive process to apply for funding under the VWG Program.

To be eligible to apply your organisation must be either:

• an Ex-Service Organisation (ESO) applying in its own right, or as the lead member of a consortium
• a non-ESO applying as the lead member of a consortium with at least one ESO and
• be one of the legal entity types as outlined in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

The Australian Government has announced a total of up to $3.827 million (GST exclusive) for the VWG Program for the 2025–26 financial year. Applications will be considered under 2 grant streams: Stream A Small Grants (up to a maximum of $50,000 per grant) and Stream B Large Grants (from $50,001 to a maximum of $200,000 per grant). There is no set proportion of the funding allocated per stream.

The objectives of the VWG Program are to:

• maintain and improve the independence and quality of life of members of the veteran community, by providing funding for activities and projects that sustain or enhance health and social wellbeing
• deliver activities and projects not already provided by Australian, state, territory or local government funding to the veteran community to build future community capacity
• expand on existing activities and projects offered to the veteran community in new regions within Australia or in the development of new activities and projects that will be offered in more than one location
• raise awareness of the important issues faced by the veteran community.

To be eligible to apply the organisation must be either:

• an ESO applying in its own right, or as the lead member of a consortium
• a non-ESO applying as the lead member of a consortium with at least one ESO, and
• one of the following legal entity types:
  • Company
  • Cooperative
  • Incorporated Association
  • Indigenous Corporation
  • Statutory Entity.

This grant opportunity will provide funding to organisations involved in, or supporting, language education to develop initiatives that will help more students, regardless of their background, become fluent in Asian languages through to years 11 and 12.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• support Australian secondary students (Years 7 to 12) to build fluency in an Asian language
• enhance Asian cultural and language literacy to take advantage of economic opportunities in Australia’s region
• enable the participation of young Australians in a broader range of jobs in an economy closely integrated into a global market of diverse trading partners.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to:

• increase the number of Australian students learning an Asian language through community language school education
• increase the number of Australian students maintaining their Asian language learning during secondary schooling years (years 7 to 12) to build fluency in the Asian language
• build the capability and capacity of community language schools by strengthening their operational structures, so they can support Australian students study an Asian language through to year 12.

Eligible Asian languages and priority Asian languages for this grant opportunity are outlined in Appendix A of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Projects must benefit the wider community language school community or sector.

The Aboriginal Affairs NSW Cultural Grants Program supports Aboriginal community organisations and groups across NSW to celebrate Aboriginal cultures and hold key cultural events and activities.

The AANSW Cultural Grants Program:

• Supports Aboriginal communities to strengthen, protect and maintain traditional and contemporary expressions of Aboriginal culture
• Supports Aboriginal cultural events and activities
• Contributes to Aboriginal community wellbeing and healing through Aboriginal culture and community connection
• Supports sharing of Aboriginal cultural knowledge and skills between generations.

To be eligible for funding, applicants must be one of the following:

1. A not-for-profit organisation, and one of the following:
   • An Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO)
   • An Aboriginal not-for-profit organisation
2. An unincorporated Aboriginal community group with an eligible Auspice
3. An Aboriginal Sole Trader or Business whose primary business activity relates to cultural expression or revitalisation

Applicants or their Auspice must also:

1. Be a legal entity located in NSW or in a bordering community that delivers services to Aboriginal communities in NSW
2. Propose a project to be delivered in NSW
3. Have public liability of at least $10 million per claim (or be willing to purchase as part of the application to support the project)
4. Have no outstanding requirements relating to previous funding from AANSW

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.

To be eligible, organisations must be a:

• NSW Public Service Agency;
• NSW Local Government Authority (NSW LGA) operating under the Local Government Act 1993; or
• NSW Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) who meet the eligibility requirements set out under Eligibility for ACCOs in the EDAEG Guidelines.