Closed

Skilling Pathways Round 2026

Tender ID: 606185

Tender Details

Organisation:

Department of Education and Training

Tender #:

Status:

Closed

Publish Date:

16 February 2026

Closing Date:

13 March 2026

Closing Time:

03:30 PM (Australia/North)

Tender Description

⁠⁠⁠Overview

The Department of Education and Training is committed to skilling Territorians through engagement with Vocational Education and Training (VET), a nationally recognised qualification, skillset or units of competency in an aim to increase employment and economic outcomes.

The Skilling Pathways Round is designed for Northern Territory Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), peak bodies and industry associations to apply for funding to deliver Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs that focus on skilling pathways, particularly for high demand roles and industries such as tourism, defence agribusiness, gas and mining.

Programs must consist of one or more of the following:

Supporting equity groups: helping to remove barriers by accessing skilled training for disadvantage groups.
Creating skilling pathways: initiatives that give Territorians practical skills to help them obtain a job, apprenticeship or traineeship
Building skills for industries and occupations that are in high demand: Initiatives that assist Territorians to upskill or reskilling existing workers in occupations or industries in high demand or affected by change

The department encourages grant applications from:

new and existing RTOs that are headquartered in the NT
those that can demonstrate collaboration between RTOs, peak bodies and associations.

Who can apply

Funding is available to organisations only.

To be eligible for funding an organisation must

have a head office physically located in the NT

Types of organisations that are eligible for funding include:

RTOs
Peak bodies and associations
Joint applications can be accepted, provided a lead applicant is identified to drive the program

What can't be funded

The Skills NT grant funds cannot be used for:

activity that can be funded by Australian Government or other NT Government grant programs
capital expenditure
recurrent activities
core business
supplementing funding in an existing project
activity that provides, or may be perceived to provide, commercial advantage
an established fee for service market
development of NT Government or Australian Government employees

Supporting Documents