Defense grants in Australia
Explore Defense grants for companies in Australia. This list brings together funding for dual-use technology, defense research and security challenges from Australian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in Australia, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Defense in Australia come first.
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Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII)
🇦🇺DISR · Australia
Funds Australian startups and SMEs to solve government-nominated challenges with new tech.
Export Market Development Grant (EMDG)
🇦🇺Austrade · Australia
Reimburses Australian businesses for a share of their eligible marketing and promotion spend when they sell or plan to sell products overseas.
Export Market Development Grants (EMDG)
🇦🇺Austrade · Australia
Pays Australian exporters and their representative bodies between $20,000 and $80,000 a year in matched funding to market and promote their goods and services in international markets, with the maximum set by their export-readiness tier.
Australia R&D Tax Incentive
🇦🇺ATO · Australia
Funds Australian companies through tax incentives that reward innovation investment and reduce financial risk.
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
🇦🇺ARC · Australia
Funds three-year fellowships for early-career researchers across all disciplines except medical research with salary and project support.
ARC Discovery Projects
🇦🇺ARC · Australia
Funds Australian university teams developing long-term, university-led research through a two-stage concept pathway.
ARC Future Fellowships
🇦🇺ARC · Australia
Supports four-year fellowships for mid-career researchers in non-medical disciplines aligned with national science priorities.
ARC Linkage Projects
🇦🇺ARC · Australia
Funds Australian universities and industry in co-funded projects with shared research contributions and partnership.
Innovation Booster Grant 2026
🇦🇺DEED · Australia
Funds WA early-stage founders and startups up to $50,000 to commercialise an innovation.
CSIRO On Accelerate
🇦🇺CSIRO · Australia
Supports Australian science-based startups with six-month acceleration, mentorship, and early-stage equity from CSIRO pathways.
US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Broad Agency Announcement
AMC · United States
Funds Army research proposals across soldier feeding, protection, biomechanics and training technology on a rolling basis.
Defence Rapid Impact
UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.
Navigators Incubator — Cohort 1: Securing Transformative AI
Coefficient · United States
Runs a selective AI security fellowship for small teams tackling critical risk problems.
Lockheed Martin Ventures
Lockheed Martin Corp · United States
Invests in hardware, aerospace, and defense innovation founders through a corporate venture platform tied to Lockheed Martin.
Open Call for Innovation
UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.
Deep Tech Startup Pitch Competition
Deep Tech Atelier · Latvia
Lets early-stage deep tech founders worldwide pitch investors live for partner prizes in Riga.
National Security Hackathon (by Army xTech)
Army · United States
Awards $50,000 in cash prizes to top teams at a national-security hackathon backed by the US Army.
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)/27 Cohort
Creative Destruction Lab · Canada
Offers Creative Destruction Lab cohorts with mentorship, customer discovery, and venture readiness to help startups scale.
AI Governance RFP
Coefficient · United States
Funds research and organizational support across technical governance, policy, and strategic analysis.
Assignment to Help Cool Battlefield Radios
HMGCC · United Kingdom
Funds up to $65,000 for a 12-week project to stop battlefield radios overheating.
Assignment to Help Find Hidden Objects in Walls
HMGCC · United Kingdom
Funds up to $65,000 for a 12-week demonstrator that images hidden objects in walls.
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness RFP
Coefficient · United States
Funds interdisciplinary defense-health teams addressing engineered biological threats and resilience planning.
BlindFlight Resilience Challenge
EDGE · United Arab Emirates
Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.
Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox
DND Canada · Canada
Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.