Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7097

This grant opportunity provides organisations, such as schools and community groups, with funds to sponsor a student or group of students to participate in STEM engagement events, activities and competitions that are hosted in-person or online, within Australia or overseas.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity is to:

• support Australian students to develop STEM skills
• increase the number of students applying to participate in domestic and international STEM competitions and events
• increase the number of students participating in STEM education and going on to a career in STEM
• increase engagement and participation in groups under-represented in STEM.

For this grant opportunity $1.6 million is available for the 2024-25 financial year. The grant amount will be up to 100% of eligible project costs.

• The minimum grant amount is $1,500
• The maximum grant amount is $15,000.

The maximum grant amount per student is:

• $2,000 to participate in a STEM engagement event, activity or competition occurring within Australia; and
• $5,000 to participate in a STEM engagement event, activity or competition requiring international travel.

Funding will be provided through two Streams based on the Index of Community Socio-educational Advantage (ICSEA) value of the school that the involved student or group of students are enrolled at.

• Stream 1: At least $800,000 in funding is available for applications on the behalf of a student or group of students enrolled in a school with an ICSEA value of 1000 or below.
• Stream 2: Up to $800,000 in funding is available for applications on the behalf of a student or group of students enrolled in a school with an ICSEA value of 1001 or above.

You may submit multiple applications for the same STEM event, activity or competition, noting the combined total amount of those applications cannot exceed $15,000.

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• are one of the following entities:
• a primary or secondary school that is registered with the relevant authority
• an incorporated not for profit organisation
• an entity incorporated in Australia
• are able to enter into a grant agreement in your own right or through an affiliated entity.

Government Schools in NSW, SA, TAS and WA
Government schools in New South Wales (NSW), South Australia (SA), Tasmania (TAS) and Western Australia (WA) are not legal entities in their own right. You must include your relevant state or territory education department's ABN as a Collaborator in your application in order to enter into a grant agreement.

Unincorporated Associations and Entities
Non-government schools, including catholic organisations, that are unincorporated entities must apply through a related incorporated entity in order to enter into a grant agreement.

Additional eligibility requirements
We will only accept applications where you:

• apply on behalf of a student or group of students under the age of 18 (at the time of application) to participate in a specific STEM event, activity or competition that meets the requirements under the grant opportunity guidelines and any qualification or acceptance requirements have been met
• declare the group of students participating at the STEM event, activity or competition are supported by their school or organisation
• declare that you have the capacity to meet any costs of participation at the STEM event, activity or competition not covered by grant funding
• declare that the event, activity or competition is not being run by the applicant
• declare that you have not already received funding to attend this event, competition or undertake this activity either under this program or through other sources of Australian government funding.

Further information on eligibility can be found in the grant opportunity guidelines. 

$1,600,000.00

From $1,500.00 to $15,000.00

Applications open Thursday 26 November 2024.

To apply go to: www.business.gov.au/2025sgseic

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