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Launchpad Program

Innovation funding for charities, companies and not for profits, offered by Australian Government.

Closing date

October 2026

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Funding
Not stated
Funding varies.
Where
Australia (Commonwealth)Commonwealth of Australia
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Who can apply

  • Charities
  • Companies
  • Not for profits
  • Research organisations
  • Startups

These are the applicant types Australian Government 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 Australian Government's own words

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What Launchpad Program funds

What this money is forInnovation

Launchpad is ARENA’s new streamlined funding program for early-stage startups aligned to ARENA’s strategic priorities, and the ecosystem partner organisations that help them develop and grow. Launchpad has two funding rounds: The Startup Funding Round: backing promising founders and early-stage startups aligned to ARENA’s mandate as they develop their technology, accelerate their business plans and build momentum towards further investment and commercial deployment. This round has up to $15 million available.

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How to apply

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  • Applications close in October 2026. Government grant portals are busiest on the final day and several of them shut on the stroke of the deadline, so the practical advice is to submit a day early.
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Common questions

About Launchpad Program

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When does Launchpad Program close?

Australian Government has this round closing in October 2026. The closing month is shown to every reader with no account at all; the exact day, the funder's own closing time, a live countdown and the link to the funder's application page open with a free 7 day trial. Government portals shut on the stroke of the deadline, so submit a day early.

How much funding is available through Launchpad Program?

Australian Government 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 Australian Government publishes on their own page, which this record names and carries the link to.

Who can apply for Launchpad Program?

Australian Government lists this program as open to charities, companies, not for profits, research organisations and startups. That is a starting filter rather than the full eligibility test: the criteria in the funder's guidelines are what decide an application.

Is Launchpad Program still open?

It was open now when we last read Australian Government'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 Launchpad Program, and does GrantWindow take a cut?

Launchpad Program is offered by Australian Government 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 business.gov.au, © Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Industry, Science and Resources), used under CC BY 3.0 AU (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/).

  1. Read frombusiness.gov.aubusiness.gov.au Grants and Programs finderThe address of Australian Government's own listing for this program is one of the two facts a trial opens.
  2. Published underCC BY 3.0 AUCC BY 3.0 AU
  3. Last checked24 Oct 2026The day we last read this program on the funder's own page.

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