Australian Heritage Grants 2023-24 Grant Opportunity

⁠⁠⁠The Australian Heritage Grants Program aims to improve recognition, conservation, preservation, and access to the National Heritage Values of National Heritage Listed places. The program also aims to increase community engagement and raise awareness of listed places.

What do you get?

Grants between $25,000 and $400,000.

Who is this for?

Places on Australia’s National Heritage List.

Overview

Australian Heritage Grants funds projects that support places on Australia’s National Heritage List through:

• Improved recognition
• Access conservation
• Preservation, and
• Community engagement.

Check if you can apply

You can apply if you meet the eligibility criteria. The eligibility criteria are a set of rules that describe who we can consider for this grant. You can apply if you:

• are an eligible entity
• have an eligible project
• have eligible expenditure.

Eligible Entities

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• are the site owner of the listed place/s, or
• are the site manager of the listed place/s and have the current management arrangements or a current letter of support for your application from the site owner, or
• have the current letter of support from the site owner or site manager of the listed place/s where you are not the site owner or site manager

You must also be one of the following entities:

• an Australian State/Territory Government agency or body
• an Australian local government agency or body
• a Commonwealth corporate entity
• an entity incorporated in Australia (this includes Indigenous land management organisations registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations)
• a registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land council
• a partnership
• a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO)
• an individual 18 years or older.

Partner with other organisations

You can partner with one or more other organisations that also meet the eligibility criteria. But you must decide who the lead organisation is.

The lead organisation must fill out the application form.

If we give your group the grant, the lead organisation:

• signs the grant agreement.
• is responsible for making sure your group follows the rules in the grant agreement.
• is responsible for the completion of the project.

Eligible Project

You must complete your project by 31 March 2026.

Your project must do at least one of the following:

• maintain, protect or conserve the National Heritage Values,
• repair essential infrastructure impacted by severe weather events to maintain, protect or conserve the National Heritage Values
• improve engagement with, and awareness of, the National Heritage Values
• improve access to a listed place.
• have at least $25,000 in eligible expenditure.

National Heritage Values are those values that cause the National Heritage Listed place to meet one or more of the National Heritage Criteria. You should refer to the criteria under the Official Values listed in the Australian Heritage Database. Use the criteria as a guide to find out if your project aligns with the listed values before applying.

Eligible Expenditure

You can apply for a grant between $25,000 and $400,000, which will be up to 80% of eligible project expenditure.

You can use this grant funding to support:

• salaries for staff working on the project, direct salary and on-costs for personnel directly employed for the project activities
• contractor costs or expert advice
• research costs
• communication and promotional costs
• costs you incur on planning, environmental or other regulatory approvals during the project period.
• materials and equipment hire/purchase.
• domestic travel including meals, accommodation, and transportation.
• catering needed to conduct project activities such as workshops at the Heritage site locality.
• project contingency costs up to a maximum of 10% of the eligible project costs
• administrative costs for the project.

When you're ready to apply

Apply using our online portal:

1. Create or log into your portal account.
2. Follow the instructions to complete your application.
3. Submit your application before the close date.

Make sure you include enough detail and supporting evidence in your application to help us decide whether to award you the grant.

Don’t submit the application until it’s complete. You can’t correct a mistake.