Deadline: 12-Sep-2024
auDA’s Community Grant Program is providing an annual grant round that delivers responsive, short term funding designed to enable grassroots community and research and education projects.
The aim of the Program is to improve the utility of the internet to benefit priority groups in the Australian community.
The 2024 grant round will be delivered by auDA and funded by the auDA Foundation.
Priority Groups
- The Community Grant program provides funding for education, research activities and community-based projects that enhance the utility of the internet. The 2024 grant round will focus on digital inclusion and digital innovation with an emphasis on the following five priority groups:
- Rural, regional and remote Australians
- Australians living with disability
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Older Australians (65 years +)
- Young Australians (12-24 years).
Funding Information
- Total funds available for the 2024 grant round are $600,000 AUD.
- 5 successful applicants will receive $40,000 each.
- The grant activity period for the 2024 grant round is 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.
Eligible Projects
- The project must comply with relevant Australian laws, standards and guidelines
- The project must benefit one or more of the five priority groups detailed in section 2 and meet the eligibility criteria of these Guidelines.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit organisations and research institutions, including universities, that are registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC) are eligible to apply
- All entities/organisations must be registered in Australia under a Commonwealth, State or Territory law, such as a company, partnership or association
- Each organisation may submit one application except universities which may submit up to three applications – each application from a university must be from a different faculty or department and must be signed off by the Advancement team
- Past grantees are welcome to apply, however, organisations that auDA has not funded in the past 12 months will be preferred. A past grantee must have successfully acquitted their previous grant.
Ineligible
- auDA will not support the following types of projects or budgetary items:
- Projects for a religious, political or sectarian purpose
- For-profit organisations
- Ongoing service delivery (but will consider applications for strategic expansions of existing programs or new/innovative additions to an existing program)
- Retrospective funding
- Requests for sponsorship
- Endowments, memorials or named academic chairs
- Conferences
- Projects where the primary focus is outside of Australia
- Overseas travel
For more information, visit auDA Foundation.
