AUSTRALIA · GRANT

Forestry Industry - Support Plantation Establishment Round 4

Key facts

Agency: Agency not disclosed
Location: National
Status: Open
Opened: 05 Nov 2026
Closing: 30 Jun 2027
Categories: 111002 - Business Development

Summary and scope

Assessment and notification of outcomes will be divided into 2 batches. The table below identifies the cut-off dates for the 2 batches: Batch 1 - closes 4:00 pm AEDT on 16 December 2026 - ID 2026-6698 - Open Batch 2 - closes 4:00 pm AEST on 30 June 2027 - ID 2026-7196 - Closed. The Australian Government is inviting organisations via a Demand Driven (eligibility based) process to deliver services under the Forestry Industry - Support Plantation Establishment Program. Round 4 of the program will contribute to the Forestry Growth Fund, helping to grow Australia’s forestry industry by supporting regional jobs and rural communities, innovation, sustainable fibre supply, and domestic capacity to product high-value wood products for housing and construction. The objectives of the program are to: increase future plantation forest resources available for processing, as well as for plantation forest management, harvesting and haulage employment support private industry, First Nations businesses, farm foresters and state and territory forestry bodies to expand the Australian plantation forest estate contribute to meeting Australia’s carbon emission reduction targets, including under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention. At the time of submitting your application, you must not have planted the trees as part of your project activities. You also can not include any activities that have or will be undertaken prior to the earliest activity start date for the relevant batch you are applying to as part of your grant funded or co-contribution activities. The earliest activity start dates for each batch are: Batch 1: May 2027 Batch 2: November 2027.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must be one of the following entity types: Company Cooperative Corporate State or Territory Entity Incorporated Association Indigenous Corporation Partnership Sole Trader. If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.

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.