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Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Skilling Stream

Defence funding for companies, individuals and local government, offered by Department of Defence.

  • Defence
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Applications are accepted continuously and the funder publishes no closing date. Ongoing programs do get paused or closed without notice, so this one is re-read nightly.

Funding
Not stated
Total pool available: $169,100,000
Where
ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS, Administered TerritoriesCommonwealth of Australia
Opened
12 June 2024
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Who can apply

  • Companies
  • Individuals
  • Local government
  • Partnerships
  • Trusts

These are the applicant types Department of Defence lists for this program. It is a starting filter, not the full eligibility test, and the guidelines on the official page are what decide an application.

Eligibility, in Department of Defence's own words

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What Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Skilling Stream funds

What this money is forDefence

The Defence Industry Development Grants Program (the program) will award grants over four years from 2024-25 to 2027-28. The program was announced as part of the Defence Industry Development Strategy . The objective of the program is to build the industrial base Australia needs to achieve Defence outcomes in areas of strategic priority. The Defence Industry Development Grants Program funds four distinct grant opportunity streams tailored to address the program outcomes: Sovereign Industrial Priorities Skilling Exports Security.

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How to apply

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About Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Skilling Stream

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When does Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Skilling Stream close?

Department of Defence accepts applications on an ongoing basis and publishes no closing date. Ongoing rounds do get paused and closed without much notice, so this listing is re-read every night and the alert list is told the day it changes.

How much funding is available through Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Skilling Stream?

Department of Defence does not publish a funding amount for this program, so this page does not show one. The figure, where there is one, is in the guidelines Department of Defence publishes on their own page, which this record names and carries the link to.

Who can apply for Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Skilling Stream?

Department of Defence lists this program as open to companies, individuals, local government, partnerships and trusts. That is a starting filter rather than the full eligibility test: the criteria in the funder's guidelines are what decide an application.

Is Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Skilling Stream still open?

It was ongoing intake when we last read Department of Defence's own page, on 24 Oct 2026. Every source is re-read nightly and this page carries the date of the last read.

Who runs Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Skilling Stream, and does GrantWindow take a cut?

Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Skilling Stream is offered by Department of Defence in Commonwealth of Australia. Applications are made through the funder, never through GrantWindow: we take no applications, charge no fee and act as no intermediary. Any site offering to apply on your behalf for a government grant is worth a very careful look.

Where this record came from

Sourced from GrantConnect (grants.gov.au), © Commonwealth of Australia, used under CC BY 4.0.

  1. Read fromgrants.gov.auGrantConnect - Current Grant OpportunitiesThe address of Department of Defence's own listing for this program is one of the two facts a trial opens.
  2. Published underCC BY 4.0CC BY 4.0 (Australian Government default open licence)
  3. Last checked24 Oct 2026The day we last read this program on the funder's own page.

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