Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7209

The Australian Government is inviting organisations via a Demand Driven (eligibility based) process to deliver services under the Forestry Industry - Support Plantation Establishment Program.

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: April 2025
• Batch 2: July 2025
• Batch 3: September 2025
• Batch 4: December 2025
• Batch 5: February 2026
• Batch 6: April 2026.

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.

We can only accept applications from entities that:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• are permanent residents or citizens of Australia 
• have an account with an Australian financial institution.

Please see the Grant Opportunity Guidelines for further details.

Assessment of applications - Within 5 weeks from the closing date.

Notification of outcomes - Within 9 weeks from the closing date.

Negotiations and award of grant agreements - Within 13 weeks from the closing date.

Earliest start date of grant activity:

• Batch 1: April 2025
• Batch 2: July 2025
• Batch 3: September 2025
• Batch 4: December 2025
• Batch 5: February 2026
• Batch 6: April 2026

End date of grant activity - As stated in your grant agreement, if successful.

To apply you must:

• complete the online application form on GrantConnect 
• provide all the information requested
• meet all eligibility criteria
• include all necessary attachments
• submit your application to the Community Grants Hub by:
  • 4:00 pm AEDT on or before 13 November 2024 if applying for funding in Batch 1
  • 4:00 pm AEDT on or before 11 February 2025 if applying for funding in Batch 2
  • 4:00 pm AEST on or before 8 May 2025 if applying for funding in Batch 3
  • 4:00 pm AEST on or before 17 July 2025 if applying for funding in Batch 4
  • 4:00 pm AEST on or before 24 September 2025 if applying for funding in Batch 5
  • 4:00 pm AEDT on or before 5 November 2025 if applying for funding in Batch 6.

Addendum notice: Support Plantation Establishment Round 3 - Batch 2 now open

Please use:

• Support Plantation Establishment Round 3 - Batch 2 - Indicative project budget template
• Support Plantation Establishment Round 3 - Batch 2 - Sample Application form
• Support Plantation Establishment Round 3 - Questions and Answers – version 3
• Batch 1 is due to close 4pm AEDT 13 November 2024. Applications not submitted by then will need to be included in batch 2.