Resources for
GRANTS and FUNDING

ARTICLES
Please note these articles are not updated but offer guidance & experience
- Top Government Grants for Startups – article written by SGW Financial Services
- Government grants for startups – MYOB article
- How to Obtain Small business grants in Australia – Article by small business loans Australia
- Startup resources for Founders & Investors – Venture Capital firm written article – blog posts, ebooks etc
- Small Business Grants for Women, Veterans & Minorities – article by Dale Cudmore
NATIONAL
- Grant Finder - federal, state and local government funding – search function
- Grant Connect –service for all potential grant applicant to find grant opportunitie
- GrantGuru – Search over 4000 grants worth over $372 billion
- Grant Ready – grant application support
- Austrade's Landing Pads – Identify grant and funding opportunities
- Export Finance – helping businesses go global
- IMCRC - Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre, Manufacturing grants & support
- Medical Research Future Fund - Australian Government support programs - National
- Foreign Affairs & Trade – Grants and funding
- Dept Home Affairs – Global Talent Employer Sponsored program
- Education & Training Grants – Government support for education and training
- Council for the Arts – support Australian artists, groups and organisations
- Dept Industry, Science, Energy & Resources – grants and funding for energy efficiency projects.
- Australian Renewable Energy Agency – funding opportunities, advice and guidance.
- Funding Centre - provides a comprehensive listing of grants from around Australia and internationally.
- EduGrowth – pitch nights and competitions for EdTech founders and entrepreneurs
- State Funding – Small Business funding, support & campaigns by State
- AustCyber – Supports starts and scale ups in Cyber security
- RealTechX – Real Estate technology company capital, expertise and enterprise partners
- ANTLER – call for startups tackling COVID-19
- ANZi Ventures (ANZ Bank) – Corporate Venture Capital Fund
- Reinventure (Westpac-backed, $150M, early-stage FinTech)
- NAB Ventures – Corporate Venture Capital Fund
- Fairfax Digital Ventures – Corporate Venture Capital Fund
- Salesforce Ventures – Corporate Venture Capital Fund
- Seven West Ventures – Corporate Venture Capital Fund
- Coles Nurture Fund – Corporate Venture Capital Fund
- Microsoft M12 – Corporate Venture Capital Fund
- Woolworths W23 – Corporate Venture Capital Fund
- Industry Growth Centres Initiative – Industry Growth Centres
- Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre - Project Fund and the Advanced Manufacturing Early Stage Research Fund – Industry Growth Centre
- Food Innovation Australia Ltd - Enterprise Solutions Centre – Industry Growth Centre
- Mining Equipment, Technology and Services Growth Centre - Project Fund – Industry Growth Fund
- National Energy Resources Australia - collaborative projects – Industry Growth Centre
- Billfolda - Follow-on investments only, get access to their SaaS platform for listing – Crowd-funding
- Birchal - Consumer brands – Crowd-funding
- Equitise - Early-stage & growth technology companies – crowd-funding
- Enable Funding - Early-stage ventures – crowd-funding
- OnMarket - Wide variety of deals, early & growth stage businesses – crowd-funding
- VentureCrowd - Investor-led deals only for early-stage, real estate & alternative investments
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- GrantsSA - one-off funding to community organisations to support local projects throughout SA
- SA Office for Recreation, Sport & Racing – funding programs for sport & active recreation businesses
- Office of the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur - Programs, resources, advisors - SA
- The SA Tenders and Contracts website provides access to all publicly available bidding opportunities SA
- Regional Growth Fund – Competitive Grants for Regional South Australia
- SA Venture capital Fund – Help build SA companies to national and global scale
- City of Adelaide – Grants, sponsorship & incentives
- City of Onkaparinga – Funding finder
- City of Charles Sturt – Funding finder
- City of Holdfast Bay – Grants & Donations
- City of Marion – Grants, Donations & Sponsorship
- City of Port Adelaide Enfield – Awards & Grants
- City of Prospect – Funding & Grants
- City of Salisbury – Grants
- City of West Torrens – Grants, Donations, Rebates & Sponsorship
NEW SOUTH WALES
- RDA Northern Inland – Grants and Funding Opportunities for Northern Inland NSW
- RDA Southern Inland – Grants available to the Southern Inland Community
- Open Data Hub - City of Sydney make maps and data sets available to the public
- MVP Grant - NSW Government
- NSW Medical Devices Fund - NSW Government support
- NSW Dept Industry – NSW Government grants and support services
- Business Connect - Free advisory services
NORTHERN TERRITORY
- Business Innovation Program – assist NT businesses develop and commercialise innovation concepts
- Aboriginal Business Development Program – Assists Aboriginal people to start or expand their business
QUEENSLAND
- Regional Development Sunshine Coast – connect business and community groups with govt funding
- Business Development Fund – Helps turn ideas into reality with co-investment
- Advance Queensland – support QLD based start-ups and small to medium businesses
- Office of the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur - News, events, programs, resources
TASMANIA
- Business Funding – Tasmania Government
- Entreprize TAS - innovation hubs in Hobart and Launceston to serve and build the startup community
VICTORIA
- Victorian Government – Grants, vouchers and assistance programs for your business
- Startup Gippsland – Assisting in scaling your idea or business
- LaunchVic – assists programs for Victorian Startup community
- City of Melbourne – small business grants
INTERNATIONAL
- Startcon – Pitch for $1 million USD competition
- Small Business Relief Programs – Forbes List of Coronavirus relief programs in the US
- US Aid – grant opportunities for US businesses
- UK Research and Innovation – International funding opportunities to international collaboration
- International Funding – American Psychological Association – Psychology grants
- Global fund for Women – Flexible, core-support grants for women, girl or trans people led businesses.
- International Funding Opportunities – for researchers (faculty, students and trainees)
- Top Startup Pitch Competitions – Raising capital by pitching your idea to multiple investors
- fundsforNGOs – top 20 global Grants and Resources for Sustainability
- International Grants – businesses that provide services in another country.
- Fundsnet Services – International Grants and Funders list
- Global Connections Fund – initial funding support to promote Australian researchers and enterprises
- Microsoft - social entrepreneurship program