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| Name of grant | Description | Administering agency |
|---|---|---|
| Arts Development - Creation | Supports the creative development of new work across all art forms. | Arts Victoria |
| Arts Development - Presentation | Supports the presentation of new work across all art forms. | Arts Victoria |
| Arts Development - Programming | Supports the presentation of a series or program of professional arts activities that takes place within a 12 month timeframe. | Arts Victoria |
| Business Support Program | Supports Indigenous businesses by providing access to business mentors and aiding in the development of business and marketing strategies. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| Buy Locally Campaign | Assistance is available for business groups and provincial municipal councils, for projects which promote the 'buy locally' message. | Regional Development Victoria |
| Community Partnerships - New Work | Supports professional artists to create new work in collaboration with Victorian communities. | Arts Victoria |
| Community Partnerships - Residencies | Supports individual artists, groups of artists and arts companies to undertake residencies in partnership with a community host. | Arts Victoria |
| Community Regional Industry Skills Program (CRISP II) | Supports the enhancement of business skills, and enables municipal councils, business and community organisations to access CRISP funding to address skill needs. This program also focuses on maintaining the participation of mature age workers in the Victorian workforce. | Regional Development Victoria |
| Education Partnerships - Artists in Schools | Artists in Schools provides opportunities for professional artists to work with young people in Victorian primary and secondary schools. | Arts Victoria |
| Education Partnerships - Extended School Residencies | Supports creative partnerships between arts organisations and Victorian schools. | Arts Victoria |
| Experience Counts | Provides financial assistance for the re-engagement of mature age workers in the workforce. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| Find a program or grant | An interactive tool allowing you to search for awards, grants and programs which may be relevant to your business. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| First Step Exporter | Offers financial assistance to Victorian companies seeking to research and explore opportunities in their first export markets. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| Food Industry For a Regionally Sustainable Tomorrow (FIRST) | Provides support to grow businesses and create jobs and investment in rural and regional Victoria in the food industry. | Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| Four Seasons Energy Pilot Program | This pilot program aims to facilitate adoption of GeoExchange to deliver more efficient, cheaper energy for the heating and cooling of buildings in regional areas of Victoria. | Regional Development Victoria |
| Geelong Investment and Innovation Fund (GIIF) | The GIIF will support new investment that creates sustainable job opportunities in the Geelong region. | Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) |
| Grow Your Business - Business Development Plan | Provides assistance that allows a business to develop an overall business strategy and strategic plans for future growth opportunities. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| Grow Your Business - Business Strategic Review | Provides assistance to individual businesses to gain insight into areas of operation, including identifying threats, strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| Grow Your Business - Group Programs | Provides smaller firms with the opportunity to develop management skills and competencies required to support long term growth. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| Grow Your Business - Networks Program | Provides support to small and medium sized enterprises to establish networks, including customer supplier networks, innovation networks and lead firm networks. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| Indigenous Travel and Professional Development | This fund supports professional development opportunities for Indigenous arts practitioners and arts workers who reside in Victoria. | Arts Victoria |
| Industry Capability Network (Victoria) | Provides assistance to the manufacturing, engineering and service sectors to increase access to importing and exporting opportunities, facilitate local industry participation in major projects, and identify competitive Australian industry capability for import replacement, local sourcing and business matching for Australian and overseas purchasers. | Industry Capability Network (ICN) |
| Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Trade Events and Export Assistance | Provides assistance to export-ready information and communications technology (ICT) companies to attend recognised overseas trade fairs and missions. | Multimedia Victoria |
| Innovation Insights | Provides Victorian companies with exposure to host companies that can provide benchmarks and practical solutions to business problems. | Insights to Excellence Limited (i2e) |
| Intermodal Freight Infrastructure Program | Provides funding to facilitate the development of intermodal hubs at key locations in regional Victoria to improve the performance of the supply chain between regional export industries and ports and to complement developments occurring in the growth of urban intermodal facilities. | Regional Development Victoria |
| International - Cultural Exchange | Focuses on building international artistic relationships and networks for Victorian artists and arts organisations by supporting collaborative and cross-culture projects. | Arts Victoria |
| International - Export and Touring | Supports offshore activities, such as international exhibitions and touring performances, that build export opportunities for Victorian artists and arts organisations. | Arts Victoria |
| Koori Business Network | Provides support to Victorian Indigenous businesses to turn their skills and expertise into sustainable economic businesses. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |
| Local Government Partnerships - Arts in the Suburbs | Assists local councils and arts organisations in suburban Melbourne to build arts and cultural infrastructure that will deliver high quality arts and cultural programs, increase access to the arts, and encourage local engagement and participation in the arts. | Arts Victoria |
| Local Ports Program | The Local Ports Program will provide funding for new investment by local ports to upgrade, enhance and replace infrastructure, enabling them to remain important economic and community assets. | Regional Development Victoria |
| New Investment Partnerships Program (NIPP) | NIPP focuses on maximising development and other new investment opportunities from two large scale public infrastructure projects in Provincial Victoria: Enhanced rail services and the Wimmera Mallee pipeline. | Regional Development Victoria |
| Organisations - Annual Operations | Provides funding opportunities for small organisations that have a demonstrated track record in the arts and cultural sector, to help develop, deliver and promote a one year arts or cultural program. | Arts Victoria |
| Organisations - Multi-year Operations | Supports recurrent operating, management and programming costs associated with developing, delivering and promoting dynamic and relevant professional arts and/or cultural programs. | Arts Victoria |
| Partners at Work Grants Program | Provides funding to promote workplace change that benefits all stakeholders within an enterprise. The program encourages the development of workplace partnerships between employers, employees, unions and other stakeholders. | Industrial Relations Victoria |
| Provincial Leaders Development Program (PLDP) | PLDP provides funding to support local initiatives that recognise and assist business and community leaders who will drive the strategies needed for economic sustainability and community development. | Regional Development Victoria |
| Provincial Victoria Growth Fund (PVGF) | Provides funding to support activities and projects designed to drive population, investment and business growth in provincial Victoria. | Regional Development Victoria |
| Provincial Victoria Sponsorship Program for Key Events | This program aims to be a catalyst for new events that contribute to economic development and growth in provincial Victoria, support existing key regional events, and assist in linking communities with potential private sponsors for local events. | Regional Development Victoria |
| Provincial Victoria Sponsorship Program for Local Events | Event funding is available for incorporated community and business groups to develop events to be held in their local area. | Regional Development Victoria |
| Regional Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) | RIDF provides funding to help improve the competitive capacity of regional Victoria and enhance economic development through investment, job creation and the promotion of export opportunities. | Regional Development Victoria |
| Resource Recovery Funding - Regional Towards Zero Waste Support Program | Provides funding for projects that increase the recovery and recycling of commercial and industrial waste. | Sustainability Victoria |
| Small Business Mentoring Service | Provides low cost business mentoring services to medium, small and micro business operators throughout Victoria. | Small Business Mentoring Service Inc (SMBS) |
| Small Business Safety Program | Offers workplace evaluations to minimise risks of injury and claims in small businesses. | WorkSafe Victoria |
| Touring Victoria - Guarantee Against Loss (GAL) | Offers Victorian venues and presenting organisations a level of financial security against unforseen box office loss for present professional Victorian performing arts productions in their region or as part of an itinerated tour. | Arts Victoria |
| Touring Victoria - Touring Projects | Provides financial assistance to offset the cost of touring a professional Victorian production, exhibition or program to a minimum of three Victorian destinations. | Arts Victoria |
| Trade Fairs and Missions Program | Provides businesses with export opportunities and market intelligence by enabling them to access strategic overseas markets. | Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development |
| Victoria Rocks - Music Career Building Grants | These grants are designed to assist artists to take the next step in their career. | Arts Victoria |
| Victoria Rocks - Music Touring Grants | Assists independent Victorian musicians and groups to build audiences through live performance, by supporting regional, interstate and international touring projects. | Arts Victoria |
| Victoria Rocks - Strategic Music Industry Partnerships | Supports initiatives that will benefit Victorian artists and contribute to the overall strengthening and development of the Victorian contemporary music scene. | Arts Victoria |
| Victoria's Science Agenda (VSA) Investment Fund | Provides competitive grants to business and research organisations for science and technology partnerships. | Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) |