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The Leadership in Agricultural Industries Fund is a grant opportunity administered by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources to support Australian agricultural industries.

The Fund is a grant programme to support initiatives to develop the leadership capacity and capability of Australian national agricultural industry representative bodies so they are better able to advocate agricultural and rural issues to the Australian community, the government and other stakeholders and build stronger agricultural industries. The Fund will work to build skills at the grass roots level, recognising the continuing need for leadership support and mentoring in the agriculture sector.

This is a one-off opportunity to apply for funding through an open competitive grant process. Funding is available for activities over three financial years until the programme closes on 30 June 2020. The competitive round is merit-based, and submission of an application does not mean that an applicant will automatically be rated suitable and receive funding.

Applications are open from Wednesday, 5 April 2017 until 12 noon on Wednesday, 17 May 2017.

An eligible applicant must:

• be an Australian national agricultural industry organisation that

• is an incorporated Australian legal entity capable of entering into a legally binding and enforceable deed with the Commonwealth statutory body

• is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006, or

• is an industry-owned company which function as the industry representative body (IRB)

• and is not a Commonwealth statutory body

• be solvent and have an Australian Business Number (ABN)

• be registered for the purposes of GST, and

• have premises that are located in a state, or territory of Australia.

Examples of organisations that are incorporated Australian legal entities capable of entering into a legally binding and enforceable deed with the Commonwealth are:

• a company incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth)

• an incorporated association incorporated under the various state and territory association incorporation legislation

• and Indigenous corporation incorporated under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cwlth) 

The expected start date for the grant activities is from July 2017 and the expected end date of the programme is 30 June 2020. Grantees should complete all activities and spend the grant by the end date.

$5,000,000.00

From $100,000.00 to $500,000.00

The application is an interactive online form to be submitted electronically through the below link:

https://forms.business.gov.au/smartforms/servlet/SmartForm.html?formCode=PRD00-DAWRAPP&FRID=4-4B3NGV1&RegID=4-4BLEYTF

Applicants are encouraged to read the grant guidelines, questions and answers, advice on ‘How to complete the application form’ and the draft grant agreement before preparing and submitting an application.