Grants available for your community project
Queensland Volunteering Awards
Closes 14 April
The Awards celebrate all Queensland volunteers and the immense impact they make on individuals, communities and the state. Nominations are open to both individuals and organisations.
Arts Qld Grants
Various closing dates
Arts Queensland’s funding initiatives work to drive creative employment, and grow new creative work and events that will activate Queensland communities and showcase uniquely Queensland stories.
Disaster Ready Fund (QLD)
Closes 16 April
This fund profides support to establish a comprehensive set of disaster resilience and mitigation projects across Australia, in partnership with Australian state, territory and local governments.
Grant writing: whittling your mission, goals, history and outcomes into a 250 character paragraph.
STEAM Education Innovation Grants
Closes 24 April
Up to $75,000 is available to develop and test new project ideas that balance creativity with achieving measurable progress in STEAM education.
DGR Status required.
First Nations Community Wi-Fi Grants Program
Closes 24 April
Open to businesses, this grant opportunity that will fund projects to provide free community Wi-Fi solutions in eligible remote and very remote First Nations communities.
Hamer Sprout Fund
Apply anytime
- Promote innovation in environmental education
- Facilitate engagement in environmental action
- Advocate for environmental sustainability
- Foster collaboration between young people engaged in environmental leadership
Up to $5,000 is available.
"Grant me the confidence and perseverance of a typo that's made it trough 45 rounds of edits." Dea Poirier
National Science Week School Grants
Closes 26 April
National Science Week grants of up to $500 are available to schools to support teachers and schools deliver engaging STEM events and activities that align with the National Science Week vision.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred & North Queensland Floods Recovery Grant
Closes 28 April
The recovery grant gives community groups, charities, sporting clubs and First Nations Councils the opportunity to rebuild after Tropical Cyclone Alfred & North Queensland floods.
Around $25,000 is available to non-profits and unincorporated organisations.
Wiri Yuwiburra Community Benefits Trust Grants
Apply anytime
This Trust aims to develop, support and promote programs and activities for the benefit of people from the identified communities.
We support:
– Education & Training
– Representative sports
– Cultural heritage and wellbeing
– Business development and research
that encourage individuals to maximise their skills, abilities and potential. We aim to assist social, emotional or economic advancement of our people.
Cooperative Research Centres Grants
Closes 29 April
These grants provide funding to businesses, universities, TAFEs and non-profits for medium to long-term, industry-led research collaborations.
Les Young Scholarship
Closes 30 April
The Les Young Scholarship provides young people within the thoroughbred breeding industry the opportunity to further develop their skills and knowledge via an international course at The National Stud, United Kingdom.
Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund
Closes 4 May
This fund offers between $100,000 and $1mil to open up a world of science and technology enterprise for Australian researchers and innovators.
Creative Arts Fellowship
Closes 5 May
This Fellowship offers $35,000 to support practising writers to develop new creative work using or inspired by the National Library’s collections.
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall
Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowships Program
Closes 14 May
This program provides unique opportunities to access the expertise, facilities and collections of the Smithsonian Institution. The program funds fellows from Queensland’s research, education and cultural sectors to visit the United States and/or Panama and complete a collaborative project with a Smithsonian Institution facility.
Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Product Grant
Closes 15 May + 15 August
This quarterly grant program supports the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation. Scientists may apply for a product grant to advance the study of bats, birds, amphibians, and other terrestrial wildlife—or a new travel grant to help them attend a conference with their peers.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award
Closes 1 June
Up to $20,000 is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PhD students and early- and mid-career scientists with their research and/or the expansion and growth of their research networks.
Gambling Community Benefit Fund Grant
Closes 30 June
The fund allocates grants to not-for-profit community groups, to enhance their capacity to provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.
The Feb round makes $35,000 available
The June round makes $100,000 available
The Ian Potter Foundation
Ongoing rounds
Environmental Grants and Support
Apply anytime
Norman Wettenhall Small Environmental Grant
Apply anytime
Our Country Our Future
Apply anytime
Screen Australia Funding
Various closing dates