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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

The Australian Government acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the Elders past and present.

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Grants

Grants

Open grants

Australian Government grants and funding opportunities for First Nations Australians. 

Arts and media

Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program

Indigenous visual arts organisations are invited to apply for the IVAIS program’s annual open competitive grant opportunity.

Find out more on: GrantConnect

Grant closes: 11:59pm 17 November 2024
Grant opened: 14 October 2024
 

Indigenous Languages and Arts (ILA) program

The ILA program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to express, preserve and maintain their cultures through Indigenous languages and arts activities.

Find out more on GrantConnect

Grant closes: 11:30pm 25 November 2024
Grant opened: 9:00am 29 October 2024

Country and environment

Our Country Our Future

Our Country Our Future is the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation’s principal funding program where we work with Indigenous groups across Australia to own and manage land and water interests.

Find out more: Our Country Our Future - ILSC

Ongoing
 

Economic development

Export Market Development Grants (EMDG)

Austrade’s Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) program helps Australian small and medium businesses and representative bodies market and promote their goods and services globally.

Find out more: Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) | Austrade

Grant opens: 6 November 2024
Grant close date - There is no set closing date. Applications close once the available funding is allocated to eligible applicants in each tier.

Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC) Capacity Building Grant Opportunity

This funding assists Native title-holding corporations (prescribed bodies corporate) to increase their organisational capacity and generate economic benefits from their land​.

Find out more: Capacity building for native title corporations | NIAA

Grant closes: 30 June 2025
Grant opened: 4 November 2021

Performance of representative body functions

Funding for entities to perform the ‘representative body’ functions listed in the Native Title Act 1993. Applicants must be invited by the NIAA to apply for funding.

Find out more on GrantConnect

There is no set closing date. This funding is ongoing.

First Nations International Fellowships and Partnerships Grants Program

Grants of $20,000 to $80,000 ​are available to enhance the number of First Nations Australians participating in international meetings (Fellowships), and to enhance capacity of First Nations Australians to build sustainable partnerships across the Indo-Pacific (Partnerships).

Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7220: GrantConnect

Grants close​: 22 November 2024​
Grant opened: 8 October 2024

Education

Skills for Education and Employment First Nations – Delivery Grants

Funding to co-design and deliver English language, literacy, numeracy and digital (LLND) skills training to First Nations people through place-based whole of community projects.

Find out more on GrantConnect

Grant closes: 28 February 2025
Granted opened: 18 November 2025

Skills for Education and Employment First Nations – Scoping Grants

Funding for community engagement, relationship and capacity building, and to establish if there is a need for English LLND training and to develop a Delivery Grant application.

Find out more on GrantConnect

This funding is ongoing.
 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples | Your Career

Programs and support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school leavers who are setting out on their journey after school.

Find out more: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples | Your Career

This funding is ongoing.

Australian Apprenticeship Support for First Nations people - Support for priority cohorts | Australian Apprenticeships

If you are an apprentice or trainee and you identify as a First Nations Australian, you can apply for the ABSTUDY support payment through Services Australia.

Find out more: Support for priority cohorts | Australian Apprenticeships

This funding is ongoing.

 

Employment

Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) Homelands Project

A one-off investment in homelands selected by the Northern Territory land councils for support. Funding is available for a range of infrastructure and assets, including essential services, homeland access and improvements to homeland amenity. You must be invited to apply for this opportunity.

Find out more: GrantConnect

Grant closes: 31 December 2024

Building Women’s Careers (BWC) Program Grant Opportunity

The BWC Program will fund partnership projects to improve women’s access to flexible, safe and inclusive training and work opportunities. Indigenous organisations/corporations may be eligible to apply.

Link for more information: Building Women's Careers Program - Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Australian Government

Grant closes: 2 December 2024
Digital applications open: 14 November 2024

Grant Opportunity Guidelines released: 25 October 2024

Indigenous Advancement Strategy: Support for Community Sector Organisations Grant Opportunity Guidelines

Support for Community Sector Organisations (CSOs) already receiving an eligible Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) grant to provide for additional staff wages pressures and high inflations rates.​

Find out more on GrantConnect

Grant closes: 30 May 2026
Grant opened: 12 May 2023
 

Health and Wellbeing

Resolution payments under the Youpla Support Program

Provides a provide a Resolution Payment to eligible persons to help them recover from the harm caused by the collapse of the funeral insurance provider, the Youpla Group.

Find out more: Youpla Support Program | NIAA

Grant closes: 30 June 2026
Grant opened 1 June 2024
 

Safety and Justice

Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program

Grant funding is available for projects that address technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Includes a priority funding pool for projects that support First Nations communities.

Find out more: eSafety grants | eSafety Commissioner

Grant closes: 16 December 2024
Grant opened 14 November 2024

All areas

Local Investments Funding Grant Opportunity

Provides up to $100,000 to support for urgent, small-scale, local, one-off community needs to remove barrier to local employment. Applicants must be invited by the NIAA to apply for funding and should contact their local NIAA office or email LocalInvestments@niaa.gov.au​ for more information.

View the Local Investments Funding Grant Opportunity on GrantConnect.

Grant: Ongoing

Agency Collaborates grants

Agency Collaborates grants are available only to organisations directly approached by the NIAA. They are used to support an identified need for First Nations peoples.

Details are available on Grants Connect:

Closes: 30 December 2025