Current Grant Opportunity View - GO6730

The Trailblazer Stage 2 grant opportunity is a closed competitive grant opportunity providing an expected $42 million to a single successful applicant, selected from Trailblazer Stage 1, to take their foundation services rover to launch and lunar operations phase.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• develop foundation services rover solutions, capable of collecting lunar regolith and delivering it to a NASA in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) facility or a representative regolith analysis instrument
• demonstrate Australian capability to support international missions
• inspire the Australian public.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:

• to have an Australian owned and operated rover on the Moon
• improved collaboration with international space agencies including NASA
• stimulated investment in the foundation services capability
• key technologies extended to develop other sectors of the Australian economy
• growth of Australian space capability
• increased interest in STEM and related highly skilled careers
• increased national pride in Australia’s space activities
• increased community engagement in space activities.

To be eligible you must:

• be invited to apply
• have been a Trailblazer Stage 1 grantee
• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)

and be one of the following entities:

• an entity incorporated in Australia and a trading corporation, where your trading activities:
  
  • form a sufficiently significant proportion of the corporation’s overall activities as to merit it being described as a trading corporation; or
  • are a substantial and not merely peripheral activity of the corporation
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust where your trading activities:
  
  • form a sufficiently significant proportion of the corporation’s overall activities as to merit it being described as a trading corporation; or
  • are a substantial and not merely peripheral activity of the corporation
• a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO) as defined in section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines.

$42,000,000.00

Applications open 10:00am AEST, 28 May 2024.

Eligible applicants will be contacted.

Email us at spacegrants@industry.gov.au for assistance.