By purpose · Resources
Resources sector grants in Australia
Australian grant programs for resources projects, exploration and supporting industries, from the Commonwealth, every state and territory and local councils, with the closing month on the front of every entry.
- 65programs on record
- 6open now
- 4closing inside 60 days
- 7jurisdictions
Counted from the catalogue on 24 Oct 2026
November 2026 is the busiest month in this lane, at 3 of the 4 resources programs with a published closing date inside the next year.
Who writes the cheque for resources projects
A netball club and an exporter are both after funding and they should be looking in completely different places. Here is where this one is.
This is state and territory money.
100% of resources programs here are run by a state or territory agency rather than by a council or the Commonwealth, so the department in your own jurisdiction is the place to start.
- 65State and territory100%
Who signs the cheques
- Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania14
- Office for Small and Family Business (SA Department of State Development)7
- Department of Regional NSW5
- Department of Water and Environmental Regulation5
- Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport)5
- Queensland Government4
- NSW Health3
- Create NSW2
23 separate funders run at least one resources program in this catalogue. The largest holds 22% of the lane on its own.
Closing soonest
The soonest deadlines in this lane. 4 resources programs close inside the next 60 days.
- Closing this weekQLDQueensland Manufacturing AI Uplift Trial ProgramQueensland GovernmentUp to $250kCloses October 2026
- Open nowNTInternational Women's Day GrantDepartment of People, Sport and CultureUp to $3kCloses November 2026
- Open nowNTNT Clean Energy VET Accelerator Fund GrantDepartment of Education and TrainingAmount not statedCloses November 2026
- Open nowQLDTransforming Queensland Manufacturing Grants ProgramQueensland GovernmentAmount not statedCloses November 2026
- Open nowNTSolar for Multi Dwellings Grant SchemeDepartment of Mines and EnergyAmount not statedCloses December 2027
- Open nowNSWCritical Minerals Royalty Deferral SchemeNSW ResourcesUp to $250mCloses June 2030
Opening soon, or no date published
Rounds that have not opened yet, and programs whose funder has published no closing date. Neither is filled in with a guess.
- AI Capability Pilot Program GuidelinesOffice for Small and Family Business (SA Department of State Development)Up to $370kDate not publishedSA
- Algal Bloom industry grant supportOffice for Small and Family Business (SA Department of State Development)Up to $150kDate not publishedSA
- Business Resource Efficiency ProgramDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment TasmaniaDate not publishedTAS
- Clean Energy Future Fund - Round 3 documentsDepartment of Water and Environmental RegulationDate not publishedWA
- Clean Energy Future Fund - Round 4 documentsDepartment of Water and Environmental RegulationDate not publishedWA
- Climate Change Business Innovation GrantsDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania$25k to $100kDate not publishedTAS
- Climate Change Grant ProgramsDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment TasmaniaUp to $50kDate not publishedTAS
- Climate projections grant programDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment TasmaniaDate not publishedTAS
- Community Climate Change Action GrantsDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania$2k to $20kDate not publishedTAS
- E-waste Infrastructure Grants ProgramDepartment of Water and Environmental RegulationDate not publishedWA
- E-waste Regional Transportation Support SchemeDepartment of Water and Environmental RegulationDate not publishedWA
- Electric Vehicle ChargeSmart GrantsDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment TasmaniaDate not publishedTAS
- Grants for innovationQueensland GovernmentDate not publishedQLD
- Low emissions livestock grant programDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment TasmaniaDate not publishedTAS
- Non-Forest Vegetation ProjectDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment TasmaniaDate not publishedTAS
- Private Forest Reserves ProgramDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment TasmaniaDate not publishedTAS
- Small Business Fundamentals Program GuidelinesOffice for Small and Family Business (SA Department of State Development)Up to $250kDate not publishedSA
- Sustainability Manufacturing Benchmark ProgramQueensland GovernmentDate not publishedQLD
- Urban Greening GrantsDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania$5k to $40kDate not publishedTAS
- Women in Business Foundations Program - GuidelinesOffice for Small and Family Business (SA Department of State Development)Up to $1mDate not publishedSA
Earlier rounds
Closed, and kept on the list. Most Australian grant programs run again, and the alert list tells you the night one reopens.
- Industry Development - 2026/27NSW
- Critical Mineral Processing and Advanced Materials Innovation Program - Phase 1 Proof-of-Concept:NSW
- Algal Bloom Small Business Support GrantSA
- Low Emissions Industry ProgramNSW
- Specialist Retirement Village Education and Support Resource Provider GrantNSW
- Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants Program 2026NSW
- Algal Bloom Resilience GrantSA
- Waste Levy and Data Readiness Grant ProgramTAS
- Supporting Women in Business GrantsNSW
- High emitting industries grantsNSW
- Contemporary Music Development Grants – First Nations Industry DevelopmentNSW
- Contemporary Music Development Grants – Industry DevelopmentNSW
- Round 1 - Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Exploration ProgramNSW
- Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants ProgramNSW
- Contemporary Music Development Grants - First Nations Industry DevelopmentNSW
- Contemporary Music Development Grants - First Nations Industry DevelopmentNSW
- Contemporary Music Development Grants - Industry DevelopmentNSW
- Contemporary Music Development Grants - Industry DevelopmentNSW
- 2024-25 Supporting Women in Business GrantsNSW
- Victorian Aboriginal Business Investment ProgramVIC
- Formative Assessment in the Year Before School Project 2024NSW
- Aboriginal Fishing Trust FundNSW
- Local Land Services (Far South Coast) NRM Services 2022-2023NSW
- Large grants for storm and flood impacted regionsNSW
- Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Activation Fund - Stream 2NSW
- New Frontiers Exploration ProgramNSW
- Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Activation Fund - Stream 1NSW
- Resources for RegionsNSW
- Clean Technology Ecosystem GrantsNSW
- National On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate SchemeWA
- 2025-26 Supporting Women in Business GrantsNSW
- Accelerating Priority Battery Projects in NSWNSW
- Algal Bloom Fisheries and Aquaculture Assistance GrantSA
- AOD families, carers and friends resource development grants for CALD communitiesNSW
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36 of the 65 resources programs in this catalogue carry a closing date the funder published, and every one of them shows its month on this page and on its own. The exact day, the funder's own closing time, the link to their application page and a countdown that stays right come with a 7 day free trial.
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Oct
1 closes
Nov
3 close
Dec
none
1 resources program closes in October 2026. Every square is a day you cannot read yet.
Crossings
Your project is rarely only one of these.
30 of the 65 resources programs in this catalogue are also filed under business growth, because that is how the funder describes them. Each of these is the same programs seen from a different door.
- Business growth30
- Community26
- Arts and culture25
- Environment24
- Agriculture19
- Employment17
- Capital works13
- Energy13
Counted as programs carrying both categories. The catalogue never adds these up, because a hall upgrade filed under three purposes is one program and not three.
About Australian resources grants
Australian grant programs for resources projects, exploration and supporting industries, pulled together from the Commonwealth, all 8 states and territories and local councils across the country. 65 programs are categorised under resources in this catalogue and 6 of them are open right now. Open programs closing soonest come first; closed rounds stay on the list, because most Australian grant programs run again and the alert list tells you the night one reopens.
This is state and territory money. 100% of resources programs here are run by a state or territory agency rather than by a council or the Commonwealth, so the department in your own jurisdiction is the place to start. The largest single funder of resources projects in this catalogue is Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania at 14 programs, and 23 separate funders run at least one.
36 of these 65 programs carry a closing date the funder published, and this page shows the month for every one of them. 4 of them close inside the next year, with November 2026 the busiest month at 3. "Not stated" against an amount means the funder published no figure, and a program with no closing date means the funder published no deadline: neither is filled in with a guess. Where an amount is published, most resources grants in this catalogue sit between $20k to $8.4m.
A category earns a page of its own at 25 programs, and the categories overlap on purpose. A council program upgrading a netball court is capital works and sport and community at the same time, because that is how the funder describes it and how three different people will look for it, so this page's count and the other categories' counts do not add up to the 4,049 programs in the catalogue, and this site never adds them up.
Confirm every detail on the funder's own page before you apply. Every program here has a page of its own showing the funder, the amount, who can apply and the date it was last checked. Everything closing in the next 60 days, the directory by state and territory, or every category we track.