Innovation Grants Program
Innovation funding for companies and not for profits, offered by Department of Education.
Most Australian grant programs run again. We watch this listing nightly and the alert list is told the day it reopens.
- Funding
- $5k to $50k
- $5,000 - $50,000
- Where
- Victoria
- Opened
- 7 October 2024
Free 7 day trial
The exact day and the funder's own page are behind the trial.
This round is shut, and Department of Education's own page is still where the next one gets announced. A free trial opens the direct link to it, the exact day this round closed, and every program in the catalogue that is open right now.
Start a free trialI already have an account
7 days, no card, nothing to cancel. When the trial ends the exact dates and the application links lock again until you subscribe. The catalogue itself, every program page and the month each one closes stay open to everybody, with no account at all.
Verified against Department of Education's own page on 24 Oct 2026The full record
Who can apply
- Companies
- Not for profits
These are the applicant types Department of Education 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 Education's own words
Free 7 day trial
Full eligibility detail opens with a free trial
Start a free 7 day trial to read the funder's complete eligibility wording, including the business size, turnover and trading history tests where they publish them.
What Innovation Grants Program funds
Information about funding available to help approved providers implement innovative, retention-focused projects. Through the Innovation Grants Program, approved providers of state-funded early childhood services in Victoria can apply for grants between $5,000 and $50,000 (excl. GST) to implement innovative projects designed to improve the retention of early childhood teachers (ECTs) and educators in the first 5 years of their careers. Up to $500,000 in grant funding will be awarded across the 2024-25 program.
Free 7 day trial
The rest of this program's detail opens with a free trial
Start a free 7 day trial to read the funder's full description of what this program pays for.
That description is Department of Education's own wording, reproduced from the official listing under CC BY 4.0. Our plain-English summaries are being written program by program and this one has not been done yet.
How to apply
Applications are made through
Department of Education
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. The direct link to Department of Education's own page for this program is one of the two facts a trial opens, alongside the exact closing date.
- This round is closed. Many Australian grant programs run again, and a closed program is the reason the alert list exists: we watch this listing nightly and tell the list the day it reopens.
- Confirm details on the official page before applying. GrantWindow records what the funder published and when we read it. We are not the funder and this page is not legal, financial or eligibility advice.
About Innovation Grants Program
Answered from this program's own record, and re-read against the funder's page every night.
Something else? hello@grantwindow.com.au
When does Innovation Grants Program close?
This round of Innovation Grants Program closed in November 2024. GrantWindow keeps the record because most Australian grant programs run again, and the alert list is told the night Department of Education opens the next one.
How much funding is available through Innovation Grants Program?
Department of Education publishes a funding amount of $5k to $50k, noted as: $5,000 - $50,000. Confirm it in the guidelines on the official page before you build a budget around it.
Who can apply for Innovation Grants Program?
Department of Education lists this program as open to companies and not for profits. That is a starting filter rather than the full eligibility test: the criteria in the funder's guidelines are what decide an application.
Is Innovation Grants Program still open?
This round is closed. Closed rounds stay on record because most Australian grant programs run again, and the reopening is the one worth being early for. The alert list is told the night it does.
Who runs Innovation Grants Program, and does GrantWindow take a cut?
Innovation Grants Program is offered by Department of Education in Victoria. 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
© Copyright State Government of Victoria. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Read fromvic.gov.auVictorian Government Grants and Programs
- Published underCC BY 4.0CC BY 4.0
- Last checked24 Oct 2026The day we last read this program on the funder's own page.
Open now, and close to this one
- Skills Solutions Partnerships VICVictorian GovernmentCloses November 2026
- Hello Tomorrow – Deep Technology Global ChallengeDefence Science InstituteCloses November 2026
- Digital Jobs – AI Career Conversion Program VICVictorian GovernmentNo date published
More open programs in Victoria
- Creating Safer Places grantsDepartment of Government Services$50k to $250kOctober 2026
- Business Recovery Advisory Service 2026 Registration formVictorian GovernmentOctober 2026
- LGAs Bushfire recovery supportVictorian GovernmentOctober 2026
- Business Recovery Advisory Service - Summer 2026 Victorian bushfiresVictorian GovernmentOctober 2026
- Small Business Financial Counselling – Summer 2026 Victorian bushfiresVictorian GovernmentOctober 2026
Innovation programs elsewhere in Australia
- Launchpad ProgramOctober 2026AU
- Rural Women’s Acceleration GrantNovember 2026AU
- Kickstarter Grants QLDNovember 2026QLD
- Community Grants Program 2026/2027November 2026LGA
- Transforming Queensland Manufacturing Grants ProgramNovember 2026QLD
- Place GrantsNovember 2026LGA
All grants in VictoriaAll innovation grantsThe full directory