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Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Sovereign Industrial Priorities Stream
Defence Industry Development Grants Program - Sovereign Industrial Priorities Stream 🇦🇺The Defence Industry Development Grants Program is a significant Australian government initiative, part of the Defence Industry Development Strategy, designed to bolster Australia's industrial base for achieving national defence outcomes. This program, administered by th…
Key facts
- Agency
- Department of Defence
- Location
- National
- Status
- Open
- Opened
- 12 Jun 2024
- Closing
- Ongoing
- Funding
- $169.1M
- Categories
- 361002 - Defence
Summary and scope
The Defence Industry Development Grants Program (the program) will award grants over four years from 2024-25 to 2027-28. The program was announced as part of the Defence Industry Development Strategy. The objective of the program is to build the industrial base Australia needs to achieve Defence outcomes in areas of strategic priority. The Defence Industry Development Grants Program funds four distinct grant opportunity streams tailored to address the program outcomes: Sovereign Industrial Priorities Skilling Exports Security. The Sovereign Industrial Priorities stream will assist eligible small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to purchase manufacturing plant and equipment which is used directly to develop and/or deliver programs that are in line with the Sovereign Defence Industrial Priorities described in the Defence Industry Development Strategy.
Eligibility
You can apply if you: have an Australian business number (ABN) are a SME with less than 200 employees are registered for GST have an account with an Australian financial institution are non-income tax exempt and are one of the following entities: an entity incorporated in Australia a company limited by guarantee an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust. You can’t apply if you are: an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012) income tax exempt an individual a partnership an overseas organisation an unincorporated association an organisation not included in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust) a Commonwealth, state, territory or local government body (including government business enterprises).
Source and freshness
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Information shown is sourced from public opportunity records. Official buyer documents and addenda take precedence for deadlines, eligibility and submission requirements.