REMINDER: More than 70 percent of available funding for Round 2 of the QLD Government's $10,000 grants for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 has been exhausted. Apply now!

Tailored Assistance Employment Grants are available to provide funding support to connect working age Indigenous Australians with real and sustainable jobs, as well as assisting Indigenous school students to transition from education into sustainable employment. Applications are ongoing. Find out more.

Skilling Australia's Defence Industry Grants provide businesses servicing the defence sector with upskilling and training opportunities to build skills capacity and capability to meet current or future Defence needs. The program aims to reduce barriers faced by SMEs in the defence sector when upskilling or retraining staff; develop skills within SMEs in the defence sector; and support SMEs in the defence sector to establish human resources practices and training plans that will build lifelong learning activities into their business. Applications are ongoing. Find out more.

The Digital Transformation Grant from the SME Association of Australia supports your online marketing goals, using the best tools available. Successful applicants run a targeted three-month digital campaign with an award-winning Australian agency, with a 50% funding contribution of up to $10,000 (excluding GST) for a project worth $20,000. The minimum matching contribution is $1500 for a $3,000 project. Applications are ongoing. Find out more.

Skilling Queenslanders for Work funds training and support for unemployed or underemployed people, with a focus on young people (including those in and transitioned from out-of-home care), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, mature-age jobseekers, women re-entering the workforce, veterans and ex-service personnel, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Applications are ongoing. Find out more.

Under the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS), the Federal Government has funding available on a rolling basis for proposals that address a need experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Proposals must be developed with the community or group who will be impacted by the activity and align in some way with the IAS. Applications are ongoing. Find out more.

The Local Buying Foundation aims to support Business, Economic and Industry Groups (B.I.G.) facing significant challenges from COVID-19 by establishing the B.I.G. Futures Fund. Applications for B.I.G. are open to groups rather than individual businesses. Applications are ongoing. Find out more.

The Central Highlands Regional Council's Regional Economic Development Incentives (REDI) is a package that provides stimulus to facilitate economic growth across all commerce and industries in the Central Highlands region. REDI applies to new facilities and structures, and for the expansion or modernisation of existing facilities. Incentives could be in the form of (but are not limited to): rates remission (new and established businesses), reduction or elimination of fees and charges (charged back to the business unit), time schedule for payment of fees and charges, and joint marketing or promotions packages. Applications are ongoing. Find out more.

Farm Business Analysis Assistance is administered by the Farm Debt Restructure Office (FDRO) within the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority (QRIDA). FDRO assists primary producers experiencing financial distress by providing independent expert financial information and analysis of their farm business. Applications are ongoing. Find out more.

New Business Assistance with NEIS provides personalised support to help you become a self-employed business owner. Individuals not in employment, education or training who are interested in running their own business may be eligible for New Business Assistance with NEIS. Applications are ongoing. Find out more

The Australian Government is inviting applications in an open process to apply to deliver services under the Future Drought Fund: Drought Resilience Leaders Project. The successful grantee will be selected based on their specialist expertise and capability to deliver the project's activities in a tailored manner that addresses the needs of particular regions, such as dealing with remoteness and lack of connectivity, or specific regional agriculture sectors. Applications close 25 September 2020. Find out more.

The Australian Government's Advancing Pest Animal and Weed Control Solutions grant program offers funding to research and develop innovative control solutions to improve the way established pest animals and weeds are managed. Applications close 25 September 2020. Find out more.

Budget Direct sponsorships of $1,000, $2,500, or $5,000 are designed to help groups throughout Australia in their efforts to build happy and healthy neighbourhoods. Round One applications close 30 September 2020. Find out more.

The Federal Government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Guarantee Scheme will support up to $40 billion of lending to SMEs (including sole traders and not-for-profits) and enhance lenders' willingness and ability to provide credit, supporting many otherwise viable SMEs to access vital additional funding to get through the impact of Coronavirus. Applications close 30 September 2020. Find out more.

The Financial Markets Foundation for Children aims to promote the health and welfare of children of Australia. The Foundation funds research programs and other projects designed specifically for the prevention, treatment or alleviation of sickness, suffering, distress, illnesses and disease in children including the promotion of wellness and good health of children of Australia. Only applications that serve the purposes of promoting the health and welfare of children will be considered. EOI applications close on 30 September each year. Find out more.

Austrade's International Freight Assistance Mechanism is a temporary emergency mechanism to support the rebuilding of Australia's connections to the global supply chains following the impact of the CoViD19 pandemic. Applicants must be providing freight forwarding services, airfreight services or exporting product on behalf of an Australian business/company. Applications close 30 September 2020. Find out more.

$10 million is available in the latest round of the Federal Government's Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) grants program for projects that provide innovative solutions for the recycling and reuse of plastics, paper, glass and tyres. Applications close 1 October 2020. Find out more.

To extend ANZ and Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras' support and commitment to the LGBTIQ+ community beyond the Mardi Gras festivities, funding of up to $10,000 is available via the ANZ & Sydney Mardi Gras Community Grants. Applications close 4 October 2020. Find out more.

The Youth Action Project Grant Scheme (YAPGS) is open to both individuals and organisations with two kinds of projects to be supported: New projects that recognise and uniquely respond to the hardship young people are facing now and will face in the future OR Existing projects that provide a valuable on-going service to young people, which require additional funding to adapt or continue that work given the impact of the current environment. Applications close 7 October 2020. Find out more.

Grant applications are now open for the 2021 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. If you're 18-35, this is your chance to apply for a grant of up to $22,000 to fund your project on an innovative or emerging scientific issue that will benefit Australia's primary industries. Applications close 7 October 2020. Find out more.

Indigenous Languages Grants up to $25,000 are available to eligible Queenslanders to support activities that help preserve and maintain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. Applications close Tuesday 6 October 2020. Find out more.

Australia Council's Cherish II Fund has been established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption experienced by the First Nations arts and cultural sector and community. Cherish II Fund grants between $5,000 to $50,000 are available to First Nations individuals, groups and organisations. Applications close 6 October 2020. Find out more.

The Youth Action Project Grant Scheme (YAPGS), an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health and FYA, will respond to this hardship by providing grants between $5,000 and $20,000 (a total of up to $950K inc. GST) to projects that support young people (15-24 years) as they navigate and recover from this period. Applications close 7 October 2020. Find out more.

Are you a Queensland-based community organisation that would like to deliver a Skilling Queenslanders for Work project? Funding is available to provide direct assistance to those Queenslanders that need support to gain the qualifications and skills needed to enter and stay in the workforce. Applications for Round 2 close on 8 October 2020. Find out more.

The Australian Government is inviting Agricultural Show Societies and Field Day Organisers to apply for a grant to reimburse them for costs they incurred when they had to cancel their scheduled show or agricultural field day in 2020 because of COVID-19. Applications close on 9 October 2020. Find out more.

The Regional Connectivity Program (RCP) is a $53 million competitive grant opportunity to expand the economic, social and public safety benefits of improved digital connectivity to regional, rural and remote Australian communities. The grant opportunity will be administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications (DITRDC). Applications close 20 October 2020. Find out more.

The latest round of the Community Gambling Benefit Fund is now open. Grants are worth between $500 and $35,000 and applications are open to not-for-profit organisations. Applications close 31 October 2020. Find out more.

The McCusker Charitable Foundation's primary focus is medical research and the advancement of science but, when funds are available, the Directors will also consider applications for assistance for projects related to: Care, welfare and education of young people; Promotion of high achievement and excellence; support for the aged and infirm; Development of the arts; Conservation of the environment. Applications close 30 November 2020. Find out more.

The Federal Government's Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) reimburses expenses incurred for export promotional activities to existing and potential Australian exporters. Applications close 30 November 2020. Find out more.

The BHP Benefiting My Community Program provides small grants of up to $10,000 for activities, initiatives and events in the Queensland communities of Moranbah, Dysart, Nebo, Mackay/Sarina, Blackwater, Emerald/Capella. Applications close 1 December 2020 and 1 April 2021. Find out more.

The Manufacturing Hubs Grants Program offers grants between $5000 and $1 million, with the funds administered through the Rockhampton Manufacturing Hub, a state industry initiative to create jobs and maximise local manufacturing strengths like rail and metal production. Applications close June 2022 or once the program is fully subscribed. Find out more.

Indigo Gold produces two detailed grant lists each month for Queensland businesses and organisations:

- The free General Grants List which features grants greater than $10,000.

- The subscription-only Small Grant Snippets, which is designed for non-profits and lists grant opportunities $10,000 and under. Find out more.

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