Current Grant Opportunity View - GO6758

Assessment and notification of outcomes will be divided into 3 batches. The table below identifies the cut-off dates for all 3 batches:

• Batch 1 - closes 9:00 pm AEST on 20 June 2024 - ID 2023-2209 - Closed
• Batch 2 - closes 9:00 pm AEST on 3 October 2024 - ID 2023-2210 - Closed
• Batch 3 - open for applications until 9:00 pm AEDT on 5 February 2025 - 2023-2211

The Australian Government is inviting eligible organisations to apply for grant funding under the Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program (the program).

The program is designed to provide funding for projects that promote appreciation and understanding of the experiences of service and the roles that those who served have played, and to preserve, add to the sum knowledge on, or provide access to information about Australia’s wartime heritage.  

There are 2 categories of grants available under the program:

1.     Community Grants (STS-CG)

Grants to a maximum of $10,000 are available for local, community-based projects and activities.

2.     Major Grants (STS-MG)

Grants between $10,001 and $150,000 are available for major commemorative projects and activities that are significant from a national, state, territory and/or broader regional perspective.  

If your project involves restoring/changing a memorial, there may be heritage considerations. Information is available from your state or territory government heritage body, or at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs website. 

To be eligible you must be one of the following entity types:

• Company
• Cooperative
• Corporate State or Territory Entity
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation
• Local Government
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
• Partnership
• Person
• Sole Trader
• Statutory Entity
• Unincorporated Association – grant activities up to $10,000 only.

Additional eligibility requirements apply, please see section 4.1 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Application period – Open: 27 February 2024, Close 9:00 pm AEDT on 5 February 2025

Assessment of applications – Within 6 weeks from the closing date

Notification of outcomes – Within 12 weeks from the closing date

Negotiations and award of grant agreements – within 16 weeks from the closing date

Earliest start date of grant activity – in batches between November 2024 and June 2025

End date of grant activity – as stated in your grant agreement, if successful

To apply, you must:

• complete the online application form, please see 'Submit Application'
• provide all the information requested
• address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
• include all necessary attachments
• submit your online application/s to the Community Grants Hub by 9:00 pm AEDT on or before 5 February 2025.

Please use:

• Saluting Their Service 2024-25 - Grant Opportunity Guidelines - version 3
• Saluting Their Service 2024-25 - Questions and Answers - version 3