Strong Start Cadetship Program
A grant program for companies, individuals and local government, offered by Department of Planning and Environment.
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- Funding
- Up to $1.9m
- single published figure
- Where
- New South Wales
- Opened
- 15 May 2023
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Who can apply
- Companies
- Individuals
- Local government
These are the applicant types Department of Planning and Environment 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 Planning and Environment's own words
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What Strong Start Cadetship Program funds
This program provides one-time grant payments of $25,000 to NSW councils to employ a planning cadet and fund their tuition fees for a certificate, diploma, bachelor’s or master’s degree in planning at an Australian university. The objectives of this program are to: address the planning skills shortage in NSW and fill vacancies in council planning teams incentivise and support councils to employ and develop new planners grow more planners in
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How to apply
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About Strong Start Cadetship Program
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When does Strong Start Cadetship Program close?
This round of Strong Start Cadetship Program closed in June 2023. GrantWindow keeps the record because most Australian grant programs run again, and the alert list is told the night Department of Planning and Environment opens the next one.
How much funding is available through Strong Start Cadetship Program?
Department of Planning and Environment publishes a funding amount of Up to $1.9m, noted as: single published figure. Confirm it in the guidelines on the official page before you build a budget around it.
Who can apply for Strong Start Cadetship Program?
Department of Planning and Environment lists this program as open to companies, individuals and local government. That is a starting filter rather than the full eligibility test: the criteria in the funder's guidelines are what decide an application.
Is Strong Start Cadetship 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 Strong Start Cadetship Program, and does GrantWindow take a cut?
Strong Start Cadetship Program is offered by Department of Planning and Environment in New South Wales. 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
© State of New South Wales. For current information go to www.nsw.gov.au. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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- Last checked24 Oct 2026The day we last read this program on the funder's own page.
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