Grants in Australia
Explore grants for companies in Australia. This directory includes national and regional funding 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 Australia come first.
Showing 49-72 of 652 grants
Victorian Land Systems Fund SCUP
🇦🇺Vic Gov · Australia
Supports Australian manufacturing supply-chain development by helping small businesses access defense procurement opportunities.
Australia R&D Tax Incentive
🇦🇺ATO · Australia
Funds Australian companies through tax incentives that reward innovation investment and reduce financial risk.
Industry Growth Program Advisory Service
🇦🇺DISR · Australia
Provides Australia innovators with hands-on guidance for commercialization strategy and growth planning and commercialization planning.
CRC Grants Round 27 — Stage 2
DISR · Australia
Supports Australian industry-led consortia by aligning multiple firms and researchers into funded collaborative development projects.
Advance Queensland Private Sector Pathways Program
🇦🇺QLD Government · Australia
Funds Queensland small and medium enterprises running co-funded innovation trials with corporate partners.
AEA Ignite — Next (seed)
🇦🇺Dept of Education AU · Australia
Supports Australian university researchers in early commercialisation by advancing proof-of-concept work toward market application.
AEA Ignite Round 3
🇦🇺Dept of Education AU · Australia
Provides research teams and institutions for AEA Ignite in artificial intelligence, agriculture innovation, and materials science.
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.
ASCA EDT Decision Advantage
🇦🇺Defence AU · Australia
Funds Australian companies and universities developing AI and data-fusion technologies for Defence decision-making capability.
ASCA EDT Explore: Information Warfare and Quantum Technologies
🇦🇺Defence AU · Australia
Funds Australian companies and universities conducting long-term R&D in information warfare countermeasures and quantum technologies for Defence.
ASCA EDT P2ISR — Persistent and Pervasive Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
🇦🇺Defence AU · Australia
Funds Australian companies and universities developing sensing, edge processing, and ISR technologies for persistent Defence situational awareness.
BioMedTech Incubator
🇦🇺DoHDA · Australia
Supports incubator organisations enabling early-stage translation and commercialisation of biomedical innovations.
Building Better Futures for Health (BBFH) Challenge
🇦🇺IDE Group & MTAA · Australia
Awards up to $40,000 in MedTech commercialisation services to Australian healthcare startups.
Building Better Futures for Health 2027 Challenge
🇦🇺IDE · Australia
Awards up to $40,000 in IDE Group MedTech design and commercialisation services to Australian health-tech innovators.
Critical Technologies Challenge Program (CTCP)
🇦🇺DISR · Australia
Funds consortia solving national challenges with quantum-technology solutions.
CSIRO Graphite Research and Development Grant
🇦🇺CSIRO · Australia
Funds Australian small business graphite development through supported research rapid prototyping and international commercialization planning.
DeepStart
🇦🇺Trailblazer · Australia
Gives Australian deep tech teams a $5,000 grant plus access to a $500,000 funding pool.
Grid Enhancing Technologies Grants
🇦🇺DCCEEW · Australia
Runs research teams and institutions for Grid Enhancing Technologies Grants in energy systems and climate technology.
Hydrogen Headstart — Round 2
🇦🇺ARENA · Australia
Funds large renewable hydrogen production initiatives through national clean energy programs.
Innovate to Grow: Agrifood and Agtech (WA)
🇦🇺CSIRO · Australia
Supports Western Australian small and medium-sized companies in agrifood and agtech through eight-week online training.
Innovation Booster Grant 2026
🇦🇺DEED · Australia
Funds WA early-stage founders and startups up to $50,000 to commercialise an innovation.