Our Country Our Future is the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation’s principal funding program where we work with Indigenous groups across Australia to own and manage land and water interests.

Find out more: Our Country Our Future - ILSC

Ongoing
 

Are you an Indigenous corporation (incorporated) who has been impacted by the Queensland floods? You may be eligible for support through the ILSC Disaster Recovery Response Grants.

Find out more: Disaster Recovery Quick Response Grants  - ILSC

Ongoing

Austrade’s Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) program helps Australian small and medium businesses and representative bodies market and promote their goods and services globally.

Find out more: Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) | Austrade

Grant close date: There is no set closing date. Applications close once the available funding is allocated to eligible applicants in each tier.
Grant opens: 6 November 2024

This funding assists Native title-holding corporations (prescribed bodies corporate) to increase their organisational capacity and generate economic benefits from their land​.

Find out more: Capacity building for native title corporations | NIAA

Grant closes: 30 June 2026
Grant opened: 4 November 2021

Funding for entities to perform the ‘representative body’ functions listed in the Native Title Act 1993. Applicants must be invited by the NIAA to apply for funding.

Find out more on GrantConnect

There is no set closing date. This funding is ongoing.

​​Small-scale, accessible grants that help eligible First Nations applicants get independent advice. This professional advice can help them understand and take part in clean energy opportunities.​

Find out more: First Nations Clean Energy Advice Grants Round 1 | business.gov.au​.

Grant closes: ​3 September 2026​ 
Grant opened: 4 March 2026​

Programs and support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school leavers who are setting out on their journey after school.

Find out more: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples | Your Career

This funding is ongoing.

If you are an apprentice or trainee and you identify as a First Nations Australian, you can apply for the ABSTUDY support payment through Services Australia.

Find out more: Support for priority cohorts | Australian Apprenticeships

This funding is ongoing.

Support for Community Sector Organisations (CSOs) already receiving an eligible Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) grant to provide for additional staff wages pressures and high inflations rates.​

Find out more on GrantConnect

Grant closes: 30 May 2026
Grant opened: 12 May 2023
 

Grants are open for employers to create jobs under the Remote Jobs and Economic Development (RJED) program. Employers can apply for a grant to fund wages and equipment.

Find out more on www.niaa.gov.au/employers.

Grant closes: 7 April 2026

Grant opened: 11 February 2026

Provides a provide a Resolution Payment to eligible persons to help them recover from the harm caused by the collapse of the funeral insurance provider, the Youpla Group.

Find out more: Youpla Support Program | NIAA

Grant closes: 30 June 2026
Grant opened: 1 June 2024
 

Provides up to $125,000 to support for urgent, small-scale, local, one-off community needs to remove barrier to local employment. Applicants must be invited by the NIAA to apply for funding and should contact their local NIAA office or email LocalInvestments@niaa.gov.au​ for more information.

View the Local Investments Funding Grant Opportunity on GrantConnect.

Grant: Ongoing