The Right Livelihood Award - recognition and support for courageous people solving global problems. Closes 3 March 2021.
Investment Support Grants: Packaging - to $50K for SMEs, NFP and social enterprises to reduce packaging waste disposed of in landfill. Closes 5 March 2021.
Building Better Regions Fund: Infrastructure Stream - $20K to $10m for investment ready projects that provide economic and social benefits to regional and remote areas. Closes 5 March 2021.
Building Better Regions Fund: Community Investment Stream - $5K to $1m for new or expanded local events, strategic regional plans or leadership and capability strengthening activities that provide economic and social benefits to regional and remote areas. Closes 5 March 2021.
Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science
• PM’s Prize for Science ($250K)
• PM’s Prize for Innovation ($250K)
• Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year ($50K)
• Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year ($50K)
• Prize for New Innovators ($50K
Closes 9 March 2021.
Social Partnership Grants - $20K to $60K for projects and programs that provide equitable opportunities that enable, empower and build the capacity of our diverse community. Closes 9 March 2021.
Community Legal Grants - to $20K for projects that improve community understanding of civil legal issues. Closes 15 March 2021.
Victorian Legal Society Community Grants - to 20K to improve community understanding of Victoria’s justice system and civil legal issues. Closes 15 March 2021.
Coles Nurture Fund - to $500K to help SMEs develop new market-leading products, technologies and processes. Closes 19 March 2021.
Snowflake Startup Challenge - to $250K plus marketing exposure and more for early-stage start-ups to build applications and products in the Snowflake Data Cloud. Closes 30 March 2021.
Business Events Grant Opportunities - $10K to $250K to attend and participate at exhibitions, conferences and conventions. Closes 30 March 2021.
Australian 5G Innovation Initiative: Round 1 - to $2m for companies that can demonstrate the value of 5G technology to businesses in Australia. Closes 31 March 2021.
Lendlease Foundation Grants - to $10K for projects and activities that offer clear public benefit for the community, contributing to its development in building social capital, community welfare, environmental, health, education or cultural areas. Closes 1 April 2021.
Global Innovation Linkages Program: Round 3 - $500K to $1m to help Australian businesses and researchers collaborate with global partners. Closes 7 April 2021.
2021 Australian Business Awards - recognising Australia’s business, technology and innovation leaders. Various categories. Closes 29 April 2021.
The RISE - $75K to $2M to help arts and entertainment organisations restart, reimage or create new activities across all art forms. Closes 31 May 2021.
Victorian Legal Society Small Grants - to $5K to improve community understanding of Victoria’s justice system, including Law Week events. Closes 30 June 2021. https://victorialawfoundation.org.au/grants/our-grant-
Ongoing Grants
Aboriginal Business Development Program - $1K to $30K for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory to start or grow their business.
Accelerating Trade Grant Program - to $10K for Tasmanian-based businesses to support activities that will lead to new trade opportunities.
Advanced Manufacturing Early Stage Research Fund - $100K to $400K for SMEs to pilot projects in advance manufacturing.
ARENA - funding for renewable energy projects to bridge the gap between bright ideas and commercialisation.
Business Development Fund - $125K to $2.5m for Qld businesses who are commercialising cutting-edge research or innovative ideas, products or services.
Business Innovation Support Initiatives: Voucher Scheme - $25K voucher for NT businesses to conduct R&D on innovative products or services in science, engineering, technology and design.
Biomedical Translation Fund (BTF) - support for early stage companies that are, or will be, developing and commercialising biomedical discoveries.
Capability Improvement Grants - $2.5K to $150K to help businesses implement recommendations made by the CDIC as part of an advisory service.
The Catalyst Fund - $2.5K to $15K for early-stage, innovative and unconventional ideas that address urgent challenges.
Community Grants - for NFP organisations working for the relief of poverty, sickness, distress, the advancement of education and other purposes of benefit to the community.
CSIRO – Kick-Start Vouchers for start-ups and SMEs. To $50K (matched funding) for various activities to be conducted by CSIRO e.g. product development, research, testing.
Defence Industry & Innovation Programs:
• Defence Innovation Portal for ideas that comply with the priority innovation needs.
• Next Generation Technologies Fund for R&D projects in future technologies.
Defence Global Competitive Grant - $24K to $240K for projects that build defence export capability.
E-commerce and New Marketplace Transition
• To $50K to support Victorian farmers and producers maintain operations, build resilience and manage the economic impacts of the pandemic.
• To $100,000K for eligible organisations to support Victorian farmers and producers manage the freight and logistics costs associated with online sales. Until funds are exhausted.
English Foundation - $50K to $100K for social enterprise changemakers who are tackling pressing community issues and want to scale to be impact-investment ready. DGR or TCC status required.
Entrepreneurs’ Programme - three streams.
• Accelerating Commercialisation Grant - to $1 million for eligible projects.
• Business management - to $20K for business capability improvements.
• Innovation connections - to $50K for a business innovation project
Export Accelerator - to $30K for SA businesses to access new global markets.
Export: New Market Entry - to $15K per new international market for SA companies.
Export Market Development Grants - reimburses up to 50% of eligible export promotion expenses over $5K if total expenses are at least $15K.
Games Release Fund - to $30K to support small Victorian games studios with business development, marketing etc.
Global Innovation Fund - $50K to $15m for the development, rigorous testing, and scaling of innovations that improve the lives of the world’s poorest people.
Google Ad Grants for NFP with charity status - to US$10K per month in kind for google ads.
The IMCRC (Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre) provides access to R&D expertise for manufacturing companies and matched funding to $3m per company for multi-year research undertaken by universities and/or CSIRO.
Innovation Connections - assists businesses to understand their research needs, connect with the research sector and fund collaborative research projects.
• Stage 1 - a Service Report that helps you understand your business’s research needs and opportunities
• Stage 2 - grants from $30K to $50K to undertake a research project based on the report
The Microsoft Global Social Entrepreneurship Program - USD120K in Azure credits plus tech support and more.
Minimum Viability Product - NSW to $25K for NSW tech SMEs to create B2B solutions.
New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) - Up to 39 weeks income support, business training and mentoring for job seekers with new business ideas.
Pearcey State Entrepreneur Awards – recognising innovative talent in the ICT profession. Awarded to an individual who has "taken a risk, made a difference and is an inspiration" within the ICT industry within each Australian State.
Research Commercialisation and Start up Fund (SA) - Funding for SA-based companies to support collaboration between enterprises, researchers and universities to commercialise new products and services.
• Stream 1 - Strategic Research Initiatives ($50K to $2m
• Stream 2 - Startup & Early Stage Company Incentive ($20K to $1m)
• Stream 3 - Entrepreneurship & Innovation Ecosystem Initiatives ($20K - $500K)
Small Business Export Loan - $20K to $350K unsecured loans to help finance a single export contract when your bank is unable to help. On-line application.
Sovereign Industry Capabilities Priority Grant (SICP) - $70K to $1.4m to help SMEs invest in projects that build capabilities aligned with Defence's stated Sovereign Industrial Capability Priorities.
The Enterprise Solution Centre matched funding of $2.5K to $100K to help find commercialisation solutions for novel product, process or service. Must be a food, beverage or agribusiness producer, or a supplier to the agribusiness chain.
Universal Charitable Fund (UCF) - $2K grants for NFPs with DGR status who are helping people in need in the community or overseas.
VESKI - The Victoria-Israel Science Innovation and Technology Scheme (VISITS) for Victorian and Israeli organisations to collaborate on projects of mutual benefit. To $250K for R&D projects.
Victorian Law Foundation: Small Business Grant - to $5K to support projects that improve community understanding of the justice system where there is evidence of legal need as well as Law Week events.
