Grant funders

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Government, Australian Capital Territory

Also known as DFAT

Australia 5 open calls
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Given in 2025 AUD 149.4m
Typical grant AUD 88k Middle half AUD 50k to AUD 191k
New grantees in 2025 55% first grant from this funder

Open calls

For the 2026-27 grants opportunity, the ASEAN-Australia Centre welcomes applications aligned with its mission and four pillars across three streams: Economic engagement; Creative industry and cultural Closes 28 Oct 2026 · Up to AUD 2.2m Open The Australia Cook Islands Partnership Program (the Partnership Program) will provide funding of  AUD $7 Closes 30 Jun 2028 · Up to AUD 7.6m Open The Australian Government has announced a total of $600 million in funding over ten years for Rugby League in the Pacific (the program) Closes 31 Dec 2034 · Up to AUD 480.0m Open This human rights advocacy grant program will support a diverse range of human rights focused organisations to advance Australia’s human rights priorities multilaterally and in our region – including Rolling, no deadline · Up to AUD 1.0m Open The Multilateral Placements Program (the Program) provides multilateral organisations with funding to place Australian professionals in roles across the multilateral system Rolling, no deadline · Up to AUD 30.4m Open

Giving by year

55% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 37% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

New South Wales 780 grants · typical AUD 66k
Victoria 671 grants · typical AUD 63k
Queensland 400 grants · typical AUD 50k
Western Australia 329 grants · typical AUD 66k
Australian Capital Territory 215 grants · typical AUD 66k
South Australia 167 grants · typical AUD 47k
Tasmania 55 grants · typical AUD 50k
Northern Territory 42 grants · typical AUD 51k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Pacific Feminist Fund Charitable Trust Board New Zealand Supports up to eight people to attend the Pacific Human Rights Conference in Tahiti from 19-21 October 2026, with a focus on enabling diverse representation across the Pacific Diverse SOGIESC+ movement. AUD 55k 7 Sep 2026
The Walkley Foundation The Australia-Korea Media Exchange AUD 62k 14 Aug 2026
Government of the Republic of Naoero Nauru The grant funds will be deposited into the Intergenerational Trust Fund for the People of Nauru (the Trust Fund) and used in accordance with the Trust Fund MOU and the Treaty. AUD 10.0m 14 Aug 2026
Toowoomba and surat basin enterprise PTY LTD The Toowoomba-Paju Strategic Bridge: Driving Export Growth for Southern Queensland AUD 50k 14 Aug 2026
Sydney Opera House Trust 'The Longest Nights' Korean/Australian Pansori final development and bilateral premieres AUD 70k 14 Aug 2026
Australian Olympic Committee Inc The PacificAus Sports Brisbane 2032 Games Pathways Grant fosters – and celebrates – partnerships that support Pacific sports organisations to provide their athletes with elite competition pathways and access to high-performance training environments. AUD 15.6m 10 Jun 2026
International atomic energy agency Austria The ANSSP - Grant Program provides financial support to IAEA activities in the peaceful application of nuclear science in the fields of medicine, environmental management and research as well as capacity building in nuclear science, with a focus on the In AUD 8.0m 10 Jun 2026
Australian pharmacy council The program supports professional bodies in Australia to develop Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) with their Southeast Asian counterparts. AUD 28k 9 Jun 2026
Association for Behavioural Analysis Australia Ltd The program supports professional bodies in Australia to develop Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) with their Southeast Asian counterparts. AUD 40k 9 Jun 2026
International Atomic Energy Agency Department of Safeguards Austria This Grant provides the IAEA extra-budgetary funding for its safeguards-related development, Implementation and training tasks through the Australian Safeguards Support Program in the 2025-2026 financial year. AUD 5.7m 28 May 2026

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