Grants

Support for businesses in Australia
Information, grants, services and support from across government to help your business succeed. Review our top six grants for July below and visit business.gov.au to discover all available grants. Use the business.gov.au ‘Finder Tool‘ to locate specific grants for your industry or location.

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Funding for medium to long-term, industry-led research collaborations

Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Grants provide funding for medium to long-term, industry-led research collaborations. Find out about CRC grants and how to help improve the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian industries.

What do you get?

Up to 50% of eligible grant project costs for an industry-led research collaboration.

Who is this for?

A collaboration between at least one Australian industry organisation and one Australian research organisation.

CRC Grants are part of the CRC Program. The CRC Program supports industry, research and the community in 2 ways:

  • CRC Grants – support medium to long term industry-led collaborative research, for up to 10 years.
  • CRC Projects (CRC-P) grants – support short term, industry-led collaborative research, for up to 3 years.

CRC Grants provide funding for collaborations to solve industry identified problems. CRCs must:

  • be a medium to long-term industry-led collaborative research program
  • aim to solve industry identified problems and improve the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian industries
  • include an industry-focused education and training program, including a PhD program that builds capability and capacity
  • increase research and development (R&D) capacity in small to medium enterprises (SMEs)
  • encourage industry take up of research

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    Regional Job Creation Fund

    The $240 million Regional Job Creation Fund supports existing businesses in regional NSW to grow, innovate, and increase productivity.

    The $100 million Regional Job Creation Fund (RJCF) Round Three will support existing regional NSW businesses, or those seeking to relocate to regional NSW as they adapt to technological change, meet evolving supply chain distribution demands and leverage their strengths to drive ongoing productivity and regional economic development.

    RJCF Round 3 projects will create and/or maintain regional jobs, increase productivity, diversify regional economies, and provide skills, and training opportunities, including for young people, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals and people with disability. This investment will lead to more sustainable employment, and a stronger and more resilient regional economy.

    Key Dates for Round 3

    • Expression of Interest applications open: Friday 13 January 2023
    • Expression of Interest applications Close: 5pm (AEDT) Monday 6 March 2023
    • Assessment process: Approximately eight weeks from submission
    • Detailed Applications open by invitation from:  Monday 8 May 2023
    • Detailed applications close: 5pm (AEST) Monday 26 June 2023
    • Notification of Assessment outcome: Monday 9 October 2023 or as soon as possible after a decision has been made at the NSW Government’s discretion
    • Grant amount: From $1,000,000 to $10,000,000

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    Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund

    Applications for the NSW Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund are now open.

    Grants of between $200,000 to $4 million are available for projects that progress quantum computing hardware and/or software towards commercialisation within NSW.

    Funding can be used for:

    • prototyping and piloting studies
    • manufacturing and/or scaling
    • conducting market and product assessments
    • salaries and access to external expertise that is directly related to delivery of the project
    • commercialisation strategies and commercial feasibility studies
    • specialist equipment and/or infrastructure necessary to progress the project
    • intellectual property protection or advice

    The QCCF targets innovative quantum computing hardware and/or software within Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 3 – 7 and aims to support them to move up the TRL scale, commercialise their idea and enable them to attract large-scale private investment.

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      Regional Investment Activation Fund

      The NSW Government’s $110 million Regional Investment Activation Fund will make regional NSW the location of choice for investors, facilitating new private sector investment to activate the potential of priority precincts and industries.

      Applications and aim to:

      • Drive increased productivity, innovation and business competitiveness in regional NSW
      • Activate new industries
      • Promote industry cluster developments
      • Deliver new and sustainable employment opportunities.

      Stream One is now closed. 

      Stream Two is an open, non-competitive grants program where applicants can contact the Department to apply for funding. Applications will be assessed individually, without reference to the comparative merits of other applications. Stream Two aims to provide increased flexibility to secure investments that are time-sensitive and strategically significant for a priority industry or location.

      • Grant amount: From $1,000,000 to $10,000,000
      • Application closes: 31 December 2024, 5:00 pm

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      For the most comprehensive information about grants, programs and support services Australia wide visit the Australian Government business website

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