Engineering Community

24/12/2025

01/12/2025

🔧 Grant Spotlight: Advanced Manufacturing Productivity Grant Program (Tasmania) 🏭

Great news for Tasmanian advanced manufacturers!
The Advanced Manufacturing Productivity Grant Program is now open and offering support to help businesses improve productivity, strengthen capability, and invest in growth.

💰 Funding available:
• Grants from $1,500 to $20,000 (up to 50% of project costs)
• Annual cap of $40,000 per business
• $400,000 available in the 2025/26 financial year

⚙️ Eligible activities include:
• Workforce and skills development
• Expert advisory services
• Business improvement initiatives
• Productivity enhancements
• Quality or industry accreditation
• Other capability-building projects

📅 Applications close 30 June 2026 or earlier if funds are exhausted.

👉 Learn more and apply:
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/grants_and_funding_opportunities/grants/advanced_manufacturing_productivity_grant_program

Need help with your application?
📩 Contact us at [email protected]
— we’re here to support you!

22/10/2025

⚡ Grant Spotlight: Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program 🏏❤️

Great news for community sports clubs and councils across NSW!
The Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program is now open — providing vital funding to help keep players, volunteers, and spectators safe.

💰 Up to $3,000 per defibrillator
🏥 Purpose: Support local sporting facilities with life-saving defibrillators
📅 Closes: 1 December 2025 or when funding is exhausted

Eligible applicants include incorporated, not-for-profit sports clubs, associations, and councils delivering community sport in NSW.

👉 Apply now:
https://www.sport.nsw.gov.au/grants/local-sport-defibrillator-grant-program

Need help with your application?
📩 Contact us at [email protected]
— we’re here to help!

14/10/2025

🍷 Grant Spotlight: Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant – Round 7 🍇

Calling all Australian wine and cider producers! 🍾
Round 7 of the Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant is now open.

This grant supports producers who boost wine tourism by attracting visitors to their cellar doors and promoting local regions.

💰 Funding available: Up to $100,000 per applicant
📅 Closes: 31 October 2025
🏢 Administered by: Wine Australia

To be eligible, you’ll need:
✅ A registered ABN and GST
✅ A physical cellar door in Australia
✅ Eligible domestic cellar door sales

👉 Apply now via GrantConnect:
https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=b8b10a2b-e6c9-42ff-80ae-ba3b55963f29

Need help preparing your application?
📩 Get in touch: [email protected]

03/10/2025

🏏 ACIF NSW Grant Spotlight! 🏏

Cricket clubs, schools & councils — the 2025/26 ACIF Round 1 is open soon!

🗓 Key Dates:
Opens: 13 Oct 2025 | Closes: 12 Nov 2025

💰 Funding:
• Minor: $1k–$15k
• Major: $15k–$40k
• Strategic: $40k+

📌 Apply: clubs, schools, councils & facility managers
💡 Co-funding usually required

📥 Submit here: https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/grants/acif

📧 Need help? [email protected]

Let’s level up cricket facilities together! 🏟️

26/09/2025

🌟 Grant Spotlight 🌟

Aboriginal-owned businesses in Western Sydney can now apply for the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan – Aboriginal Business Grants.

💡 Funding of up to $25,000 is available to help build capacity and get tender-ready.
This can cover:
✅ Training & upskilling
✅ Certification & licensing
✅ Equipment or asset upgrades
✅ Educational materials & business support

📍 The CPCP area includes parts of Wollondilly, Camden, Campbelltown, Liverpool, Fairfield, Penrith, Blacktown and Hawkesbury.

🗓 Applications close 31 December 2025
📌 Businesses must be at least 50% Aboriginal-owned.

Need a hand with your application?
📧 [email protected]

👉 Supporting opportunities that grow communities.

17/09/2025

he NSW Strategic Plan for Children & Young People 2022–2024 evaluation has been released, showing real impact for children and young people across the state.

Highlights include:
✨ $1.2B investment in child protection
✨ Youth-led action on va**ng, cost-of-living, inclusion & disaster recovery
✨ Stronger connections between young people, services & decision-makers

If you’re working in the youth or children’s space, this report is important context for grant applications and future programs.

Need help applying for grants in this area? Reach out at [email protected]

Engineering Community – supporting opportunities that grow communities.

12/09/2025

🎶 Calling all Aussie record labels! 🎶

Two fantastic Creative Australia / Music Australia grants are now open — perfect for boosting your releases, growing your artists, and reaching new audiences.

🔊 Record Label Development Scheme
Funding: $15,000–$125,000 (matched funding)
For established labels (3+ years, 3+ active artists).
👉 Apply here: https://creative.gov.au/investments-opportunities/record-label-development-scheme

🎚 Marketing & Manufacturing Grants
Funding: $2,000–$10,000 (matched funding)
For smaller labels with at least 2 active artists.
👉 Apply here: https://creative.gov.au/investments-opportunities/marketing-manufacturing-grants

⏰ Both close Tuesday 14 October 2025, 3pm AEDT.

If you’d like help pulling together a strong application — strategy, budget, support material and more — reach us at [email protected]
Let’s get more great Australian music out there! 🇦🇺

27/08/2025

⛵ New Grant Opportunity for Sailing Clubs ⛵

The SheSails – Sail Our Way Participation Grant is now open!
Clubs and class associations can apply for up to $1,500 to support projects that encourage more women and girls to get involved in sailing, leadership, and inclusive activities.

✅ Applications close 9 September 2025 (or until funds run out).

Got an idea? We can help with your application – get in touch at [email protected]

22/08/2025

⏰ Reminder: Disaster Recovery Allowance submissions closing soon

If you were affected by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred (March 2025), don’t miss the deadline to apply for the Disaster Recovery Allowance.
✅ For Queensland residents: Queensland DRA details
✅ For NSW residents: NSW DRA details

This payment provides short-term income support for those whose work has been affected by the disaster. Make sure you check your eligibility and get your application in before the cut-off date.

💡 Need a hand with your application? Get in touch at [email protected].

18/08/2025

We’ve got a busy week at Engineering Community 👩‍💻

Our team is finalising a Women’s Week 2026 Grant submission and preparing a strong application for the Local Jobs, Local People Program. Both are focused on one thing – creating more opportunities for women in our communities.

💡 Have an idea that could use grant funding to get off the ground?
Get in touch 👉 [email protected]

07/08/2025

🌟 Grant Spotlight: NSW Women’s Week Grants 2025 🌟

Do you have a great idea to celebrate, empower, and uplift women and girls in your community?

The NSW Government is offering grants of $10,000 to $50,000 for events and initiatives held during NSW Women’s Week (2–8 March 2025).

This is a fantastic opportunity for:
✅ Local councils
✅ Not-for-profit organisations
✅ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisations

Projects can include cultural events, creative arts, mentoring programs, wellbeing initiatives, and more – all designed to empower women and girls, and strengthen community connections.

📅 Events must take place during NSW Women’s Week
📍 Must benefit people in NSW

💡 If you need help putting together your application, our team is here to support you.

📩 Contact us at [email protected]

Let’s work together to make a real impact in 2025!