Australia-wide

Name of program: ABC Future Fund

Who is it for?

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations

What’s it for? 

• Strengthening remote and regional communities across Australia

Who’s funding it? ABC Foundation

Conditions:

• Organisations must submit their proposals through an online expression of interest platform
• apply for Small Event / Activity Grants (up to $2,500) for small-scale community events or activities that bring people together and create positive local impact
• To apply for larger grants, organisations must become an ABC On-Country Community Partner. This status is awarded to organisations with a proven capacity to deliver long-term projects and meet the criteria. 

When does funding close? Available year-round

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Advancing Renewables Program

Who is it for?

• an Australian entity incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) 
• a Commonwealth entity prescribed as a government business enterprise by section 5(1) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 
• an Australian State or Territory owned corporation or a subsidiary of an Australian State or Territory owned corporation
• an Australian local government or council

Who's funding it? ARENA

Conditions:

• involves a Renewable Energy Technology that
  • Optimises the transition to renewable electricity
  • Commercialises clean hydrogen
  • Supports the transition to low emissions metals
• must not be commercially viable without ARENA support
• you are strongly encouraged to contact ARENA to discuss your Proposal before submitting an Expression Of Interest (EOI)

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Australian Bushland Program - New Indigenous Protected Areas

Who is it for?

• Traditional Owner representative bodies

What’s it for?

• to deliver services to protect and sustainably manage Australia's natural environment through a nature positive approach
• to strengthen the conservation and protection of Australia’s environmental and cultural values through establishing and managing IPAs
• to support First Nations people to voluntarily dedicate and manage their land, or land and sea Country, for biodiversity conservation and the protection of cultural values
• to contribute to social and economic benefits for First Nations people

What’s available?

• Up to $13 million (GST exclusive) is expected to be available

Who’s funding it? Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Conditions:

• This grant aims to fund new IPA consultation projects only

When does funding close? Closing 11 March 2026

More information:

Grant guidelines: Click here

Email Address: [email protected]

Web Address: https://www.communitygrants.gov.au/contact-us

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Battery Workforce Skills & Training (BWST) Grants Program

Who is it for?

• Businesses and organisations

What’s it for? 

• to reduce costs for businesses and organisations to train and upskill staff and establish a pipeline of skilled workers for the battery sector

Who’s funding it? Powering Australia

Conditions:

• Businesses must submit an Expression of Interest

When does funding close? Available until 2027

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Cheaper Home Batteries Program

Who is it for?

• households and small businesses

What’s it for? 

• supporting households and small businesses with a discount on the cost of installing small-scale battery systems

Who’s funding it? DCCEEW

Conditions:

• The Australian Government is funding around a 30% discount on eligible small-scale battery systems connected to new or existing rooftop solar

• The discount will generally be provided via solar and battery retailers and installers

• The discount is:

  • available for batteries connected to new or existing solar PV systems
  • funded by the government to ensure no extra costs are passed on to consumers
    
    

• There are two ways to receive support under the Cheaper Home Batteries Program:

Through accredited installers/retailers

• Contact your choice of an accredited installer and/or solar battery retailer for information about installing a battery system.
• The installer/retailer will either offer an upfront reduction on the cost of the battery or a rebate after installation.
• If you have concerns about receiving your discount, contact the Clean Energy Regulator(external link).

Applying for the discount directly through the REC Registry

• You can decide to forego the discount offered by retailers/installers and claim the discount directly by creating and trading STCs through the REC Registry.
• If you wish to claim STCs directly, make sure you do not assign the right to create STCs to the installer/retailer.
• STCs can be traded via the Clearing House or the open market.
• The CER provides more information about creating and selling STCs(external link) under the program.

When does funding close? Available year-round

Learn more: Click here

Name of program: Climate-Smart Agriculture Program Capacity Building Grants

Desired outcome: Community, First Nations peoples and industry have increased capacity and capability to assist farmers and land holders to adopt climate-smart and sustainable agriculture practices.

Who is it for: First Nations people, companies and corporations, among others

Who’s funding it? Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Conditions: 

• complete one application form for each project proposal

When does funding close? Grants available until 2028

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Collaboration Grants

Aim:

• To support complex, multi-year projects put forward by a group of organisations aiming to collaborate, with the aim to drive energy systems change. 
• Collaborative research projects will have an intent to contribute to a policy or advocacy outcome and will involve working with advocates and other stakeholders.

Who is it for: First Nations organisations and others

Who’s funding it? Energy Consumers Australia

Conditions: 

• Applicants considering developing a Collaboration Grant should submit a brief (no more than 2 pages) proposal to the Grants Manager at [email protected].

When does funding close? OPEN 

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Community grants

Who is it for?

• small to medium sized charitable organisations 

What’s it for? 

• supports locally led initiatives that tackle barriers, strengthen community networks, and centre self-determination and social justice.

What do you get?

• up to $50,000 per year

Who’s funding it? Equity Trustees

When does funding close? Available in 2026

Learn more Click here

Name of program: Community Led Climate Solutions grant program

Who is it for?

• First Nations-led initiatives that strengthen culture, Country, economic participation and reconciliation
• community not-for-profit organisations across remote, rural and regional Australia vulnerable to climate change impact

What’s it for? 

• support to drive local climate solutions that reduce emissions through education, engagement and action on:

  • Clean energy
  • Circular economies
  • Decarbonisation
  • Sustainable agriculture and food systems
  • Biodiverse ecosystems, or
  • Just transitions - ensuring that no one is left behind in the transition to low-carbon and environmentally sustainable economies and societies

• funding can be used for:
  • Delivering, or providing activities, events, programs and services, including staff / contractor support
  • Community resource development
  • Local ‘climate solutions’ programs
  • Community infrastructure projects (Applications requesting the installation of solar panels or batteries, or community garden projects must demonstrate a ‘broader community climate solutions’ impact beyond enhancing operational outcomes for the organisation)
  • Activities and resources that will strengthen ‘climate solutions mission-driven’ organisations (capability and capacity building).

Who’s funding it? FRRR

When does funding close? OPEN

More information: Ph 1800 170 020 or Email [email protected]

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: CSIRO Kick-Start

Who is it for?

• start-ups and small businesses

What’s it for? 

• to help grow and develop their business by pursuing research and development activities with assistance from CSIRO

Who’s funding it? CSIRO

Conditions:

• funding between $10K- $50K each
• applicants must have < $10M in turnover or operating expenditure OR < 3 years trading
• Must be able to provide matched funding
• Eligible companies can apply for a second CSIRO Kick-Start project, after completion of their first

When does funding close? Available year-round

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Energy bill relief for households and small businesses

Who is it for: 

• eligible households and small businesses

Who's funding it? Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Conditions:

For households -

• It depends on where you live

  • If you live in NSW, Queensland, South Australia or Tasmania, you can get $500 per eligible household.
  • If you live in Victoria, you can get $250 per eligible household, plus a one off $250 direct payment through Victoria’s 2023 Power Saving Bonus Payment.
  • If you live in the Northern Territory, you can get $350 per eligible household.
  • If you live in Western Australia and are currently registered with the Electricity Concession Extension Scheme (ECES), you will get a $500 electricity credit split over 2 payments. All other Western Australian households can get a $400 electricity credit.
  • If you live in the ACT, you can get $175 per eligible household. 
• You can get bill relief if you are the primary electricity account holder, or another named account holder on your electricity account. You must also hold an eligible concession card or receive an eligible government payment in the state or territory you live in. Your household can only get one bill relief credit, even if there is more than one eligible person living there. You can only get bill relief for your principal place of residence.
• In most cases your electricity provider will automatically apply the bill relief to your electricity account and this will reduce the amount you owe on your next bill.

For businesses - 

• Your business must be on a separately metered business tariff with your electricity retailer.

• Your business’s annual electricity consumption must be less than the threshold for your state or territory. The energy consumption threshold is:

  • 40MWh in Victoria
  • 50MWh in Western Australia
  • 100MWh in the ACT, NSW and Queensland
  • 150MWh in Tasmania
  • 160MWh in the Northern Territory and South Australia

• You will get a $325 of bill relief if your eligible small business is in Victoria.

• You will get a $650 of bill relief if your eligible small business is in these states and territories:

  • NSW
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Western Australia.

When does funding close? OPEN

More information? Click here

Name of program: Environment Resilience Fund

Intention of funding:

• to support practical projects that build environmental resilience to natural disasters and climate change.

Who is it for: 

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations and groups
• urban, regional and remote community organisations

Who's funding it? National Australia Bank (NAB)

Conditions: 

• Grants range from $100,000 to up to $2,000,000 will be paid over a maximum period of up to five years for new projects (or contribute additional funding to existing) regional projects that build the evidence base for investments and interventions that improve resilience to natural disasters, and that support collaboration between several stakeholder groups.
• Grants are made through an Expression of Interest process from invited organisations
• Grants will only support an organisation, project or initiative that has a charitable purpose

When does funding close? OPEN (via expression of interest only)

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: First Nations Clean Energy Advice Grants Round 1

Who is it for?

• First Nations communities, groups and organisations

What’s it for? 

• for First Nations communities to engage with clean energy development

Who’s funding it? Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water (DCCEEW)

Conditions:

• You can apply for a grant between $5,000 and $80,000

• Grant funding can be used for advisory services (independent consultants and experts) and/or staff engagement to support activities related to clean energy project:

• • development
  • negotiation
  • engagement with community
  • community representation
  • technical expertise
  • legal advice
  • financial advice
  • renewable resource mapping 
  • training programs
  • administrative support
  • monitoring and reporting
  • community benefit agreements.

When does funding close? Closing 3 September 2026 (or when funds have been used)

Learn more: Here

Grant guidelines: Here

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal Grants

Who is it for?

• registered not-for-profit organisations

Who's funding it? Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal

Conditions:

• A range of funding options available.
• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and assessed quarterly.

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Gill Owen Scholarship

Who is it for: 

• individuals
  • working as a Consumer Advocate or related organisation at present (or with recent experience), preferably one which has worked on National Energy Market issues
  • relatively experienced and/or senior in the relevant sector
  • with good knowledge of the key issues facing Australian energy consumers
  • with the ability to prepare and deliver presentations – for their meetings overseas and on their return to Australia.

Examples of activities that could be funded:

• visits to one or more countries to learn from energy consumer activities and experiences

• meetings with key stakeholders in selected countries

• research on issues or relevance to Australian energy consumers

• written report documenting the learnings from the research and or overseas stakeholder meetings and their potential relevance for Australia

• in Australia, meetings with consumer groups, energy companies, government officials to promulgate research findings and recommendations.

Who's funding it? Energy Consumers Australia

Conditions:

• grants are to travel internationally to research innovative ideas and initiatives that will be relevant to improving outcomes for consumers in the Australian energy market
• recipients would be expected to disseminate their research findings widely in Australia to advocates and decision-makers

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Household Energy Upgrades Fund

Who is it for: 

• 110,000 households with or without a mortgage, rental property owners, and strata properties.

Who's funding it? Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)

Conditions: 

• Participating banks and finance institutions (see here) can be found on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) website. Speak to a participating lender for further advice on eligibility requirements. 
• Finance (including green home loans, green personal loans, and other low-cost finance products) may be used for:
  • renovations or upgrades for existing homes
  • knock-down rebuild properties
  • energy upgrades of one or multiple technologies at the same time
  • energy-efficient appliances
• Installations of eligible upgrade technologies must be undertaken by accredited installers only, and might include:
  
  • Battery-ready rooftop solar and home batteries
  • Energy efficient appliances and household equipment
  • Heating and cooling measures, including air conditioning and ceiling fans
  • Double glazed windows and insulation
  • Energy monitoring systems
  • Electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

When does funding close? OPEN

More information? Click here

Name of program: Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) program grants: Existing IPA projects

Who is it for: 

• 84 existing IPA providers (First Nations communities)

Who's funding it? Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Conditions: 

• Grants from $100,000 to $3,000,000
• restricted and non-competitive grant opportunity available to existing IPA providers
• existing IPA providers do not need to submit an application

When does funding close? Funding available to 30 June 2028 

More information? Click here

Name of program: Influence grants

Who is it for?

• Not-for profit organisations and social enterprises carrying out advocacy for household and small business energy consumers
• bonafide research organisation with a public purpose

What’s it for? 

• advocacy and research projects that support advocacy initiatives with a purpose of immediate influence on a specific and achievable goal on matters of material significance to residential and small business consumers.

Who’s funding it? Energy Consumers Australia

When does funding close? Applications open in June and December each year

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Kelvin Trimper Scholarship

What’s the aim:

• to build knowledge and/or improve access to programs or initiatives that will achieve improved consumer outcomes in the Australian energy market

Who is it for? 

• Individuals 
• a registered charity or not for profit organisation, or a registered ‘for purpose’ organisation within Australia

Who’s funding it? Energy Consumers Australia

What’s on offer?

• funding of up to $10,000

Conditions:

• Funding can be used for:
  • Researching specific programs or initiatives that could improve customer outcomes.
  • Delivering and evaluating the outcomes of a pilot program or initiative that will improve customer outcomes.
  • Training to improve customer engagement and advocacy skills.
  • Attending a relevant conference.
  • Research project that will deliver consumer benefits.
  • Other innovative initiatives which build consumer capability and advocacy skills.
• Following completion of the scholarship, the recipient will undertake:
  • A webinar to communicate the key learnings and insights gained.
  • Meetings with relevant consumer groups/energy companies/government officials to promote the learnings.
  • Speaking engagements including a presentation to SA Power Networks executive team and Community Advisory Forum.

When does funding close? Ongoing annually

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Kick-Start

Who is it for? 

• start-ups
• small businesses
  

Who's funding it? CSIRO

Conditions:

• Funding of between between $10K- $50K
• Must be able to provide matched funding
• A CSIRO researcher or research team will work with your business on the R&D project

Eligible projects must include one of the following activities:

• Research into a new idea or discovery with commercial potential
• Development of a novel or improved product or process
• Testing of a novel product, developed by the company, to inform research and development activities.

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Funding for businesses undertaking renewable energy projects

Who is it for: 

• Businesses wanting to undertake renewable energy projects

Who's funding it? ARENA

Conditions: 

• Focus areas:
  - Optimise the transition to renewable electricity
  - Commercialise clean hydrogen
  - Support the transition to low emissions metals
• Matched funding of between $100,000 and $50 million.

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC) Capacity Building Grant

Who is it for?

• PBCs
• Traditional Owner Corporations (TOCs)
• Traditional Owner Group Entities (TOGEs)
• Native Title Representative Bodies/Service Providers (NTRB/SP)
• Relevant peak bodies working with PBCS and in the native title sector.  

What’s it for?

• to assist PBCs to grow organisational capacity and generate economic benefits from their land

Who’s funding it? NIAA

Conditions:

• $114.8 million funding pool
• no maximum grant amount, but most grants are expected to be between $50K-$75K

More information: Here

When does funding close? Closing 30 June 2026

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program (RJED)

Who is it for?

• First Nations organisations

What’s it for? 

• funding 3,000 new jobs over 3 years to support job seekers currently participating in or that are eligible for Remote Australia Employment Services (RAES), to move into employment

Who’s funding it? NIAA

Conditions: Eligible applicants are those that meet the following criteria:

• eligible to receive funding for RJED as outlined in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines,
• employ less than 50 employees, and
• report an aggregated turnover of less than $10 million.

When does funding close? Closing 7 April 2026

Assistance with applications: Contact [email protected]

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme

Who is it for: 

• individuals
• households
• small businesses

Who's funding it? Clean Energy Regulator

Conditions: 

• offers a financial incentive to install eligible small-scale renewable energy systems, including:
  • solar panels
  • small-scale wind systems
  • small-scale hydro systems
  • solar water heaters
  • air source heat pumps

• Each megawatt hour of renewable energy generated/or displaced by the system is awarded one small-scale technology certificate (STC). STCs are calculated from installation date until the end of 2030 when the scheme ends. System owners typically assign the right to an agent to sell STCs on their behalf to receive an upfront lower purchase price (your electricity provider can help you claim). System owners can alternatively claim and sell the STCs themselves.

When does funding close? Closing 2030

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Strengthening Rural Communities – Small & Vital

Who is it for:

What’s it for: giving small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.

Who's funding it? Foundation for Rural, Regional Renewal

Conditions: 

• Small grants up to $10,000 are available for a broad range of grassroots, community-led initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities that strengthen local people, places and climate solutions, with a preference for smaller communities (populations less than15,000).

• Priority will be given to projects that:

  • Support First Nations-led initiatives that strengthen culture, Country, economic participation and self-determination;
  • Invest in outback, remote and less-resourced communities;
  • Build capacity and resourcing for a just and equitable energy transition.
  • Invest in climate solutions and resilience;
  • Support communities to implement generational transition.

When does funding close? Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and assessed quarterly

More information: Click here

How do I apply? Click here

Contact to discuss an alternative way of applying:

Ph: 1800 170 020

Email: [email protected]