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First Nations Clean Energy Projects – Pilot Grants
Offered by Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Closes September 2026
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Verified against Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's own page on 27 Aug 2026
Key facts
- Funding amount
- Not stated
- Total pool available: $10,000,000
- Status
- Open now
- Opened 19 August 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Commonwealth of Australia
- ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS, Administered Territories
- Last verified
- 27 Aug 2026
- The date we last read this program on Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's own page.
Who can apply
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water lists this program as open to the following kinds of applicant. It is a starting filter, not the full eligibility test, and the guidelines on the official page are what decide it.
- Companies
- Indigenous organisations
- Local government
- Not for profits
- Trusts
Eligibility, in the funder's words
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What the program funds
The First Nations Clean Energy Projects – Pilot Grants provides funding to First Nations organisations. This program was announced as part of the implementation of the Government’s First Nations Clean Energy Strategy . The objectives of the program are to: support up to 2 First Nations organisations to progress their clean energy projects beyond feasibility towards financial close build evidence of the factors that enable increased investment in
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What it is for
This program is categorised under the following purposes. Each one that has a page of its own links to every other Australian grant we track for the same purpose.
How to apply
Applications for First Nations Clean Energy Projects – Pilot Grants are made through Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, not through GrantWindow. We do not take applications, charge a fee or act as an intermediary, and any site that offers to apply on your behalf for a government grant is worth a very careful look.
Apply for First Nations Clean Energy Projects – Pilot Grants on the official site
Applications close in September 2026. Government grant portals are busiest on the final day and several of them close on the stroke of the deadline, so the practical advice is to submit a day early.
Where this came from
Sourced from GrantConnect (grants.gov.au), © Commonwealth of Australia, used under CC BY 4.0.
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