National Science Week Public Event Grants - National Science Week 2027 funding round

Who can apply

Department of Industry, Science and Resources 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.

• Individuals
• Partnerships
• Research organisations

What the program funds

National Science Week is Australia’s major national annual celebration of science and technology, occurring in August each year. National Science Week is run across Australia and provides the opportunity for wide public participation in activities and events across the nation. The National Science Week Public Event Grants 2027-30 grant opportunity aims to support initiatives that enable inclusive and broad-based engagement with science by the public.

That description is Department of Industry, Science and Resources's own wording, reproduced from the official listing under CC BY 4.0 (Australian Government default open licence). Our plain-English summaries are being written program by program and this one has not been done yet.

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.

• Research and development

How to apply

Applications for National Science Week Public Event Grants - National Science Week 2027 funding round are made through Department of Industry, Science and Resources, 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 National Science Week Public Event Grants - National Science Week 2027 funding round on the official site

Applications close in October 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.