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Grants & Assistance from Department of State Development, Business & Innovation

  • Access Program
    p:Exporting; DepartmentOfBusiness
    s:BuildingAndConstruction; Design; CleanTechnologies; FoodAndBeverage; Manufacturing; ProfessionalAndFinancialServices; Retail; ScienceAndTechnology; TransportAndLogistics; DevelopingAProductOrService; Film

    Status: Open for Applications

    Victorian companies planning to establish new export markets in the Americas, China, Japan, Korea, India, Europe, South East Asia or the Middle East may be eligible to use the facilities in the Victorian Government Business Offices (VGBOs).

  • Application Development Grants - Victorian CRC Bid Support Program
    p:ScienceAndTechnology; DepartmentOfBusiness
    s:

    Status: Closed
    Closing Date: 04 April 2013

    Forms part of the Victorian CRC Bid Support Program. This grant provides assistance of financial support against expenditures associated with applying to the Commonwealth Government's Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program

  • Application Review Service - Victorian CRC Bid Support Program
    p:ScienceAndTechnology; DepartmentOfBusiness
    s:

    Status: To Apply, contact the Victorian CRC Bid Support Program Manager
    Closing Date: 01 June 2013

    Forms part of the Victorian CRC Bid Support Program. The Application Review Service, aims to increase the quality of CRC Program applications that are led from Victoria. The service gives applicants access to expert guidance at a key time in the bid development process.

  • Broadband Enabled Innovation program
    p:Design; ScienceAndTechnology; DepartmentOfBusiness; ICT
    s:DevelopingAProductOrService; DevelopingYourBusiness; ICT

    Status: Applications for Round Two is Closed

    A grant program that funds innovative projects to develop new ways of working and improving service delivery in business, government and the community through the use of high-capacity broadband.

  • Building Global Bridges
    p:ScienceAndTechnology; DevelopingAProductOrService; DepartmentOfBusiness
    s:CleanTechnologies; ScienceAndTechnology

    Status: Phase One, Open for Applications
    Closing Date: 17 September 2013

    The program will provide financial support to Victorian companies to develop partnerships with Massachusetts companies in late stage life science research and development (R&D) projects.

  • Country Victoria Events program - Tourism Victoria
    p:Retail; DepartmentOfBusiness; Tourism
    s:

    Status: Round 2 Open
    Closing Date: 01 October 2013

    As part of Tourism Victoria's Events Program, the Country Victoria Events Program(CVEP) provides up to $10,000 per event to assist with event delivery and marketing.

  • Digital Futures Fund
    p:Design; ScienceAndTechnology; DepartmentOfBusiness; ICT
    s:DevelopingYourBusiness; ICT

    Status: Expressions of Interest are now closed and are currently being assessed.
    Closing Date: 07 March 2013

    The fund supports collaborative projects involving the development of information and communication technology (ICT) solutions that transform current business practices and deliver productivity benefits to Victorian small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

  • Early Stage Assistance - Victorian CRC Bid Support Program
    p:ScienceAndTechnology; DepartmentOfBusiness
    s:CleanTechnologies

    Status: On Request

    Forms part of the Victorian CRC Bid Support Program. The Early Stage Assistance provides support to prospective Victorian CRC bid developers with the very early stages of developing and planning to apply for the Commonwealth Government's Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program. This support is available on demand.

  • Events Program - Tourism Victoria
    p:DepartmentOfBusiness
    s:DevelopingYourBusiness

    Status: Ongoing

    Tourism Victoria's Events Program assists event organisers, local government and other relevant groups to increase visitor numbers, length of stay and visitor yield at events.

  • Export Design Program
    p:Design; DevelopingYourBusiness; Exporting; DepartmentOfBusiness
    s:Design; DepartmentOfBusiness

    Status: Open for Applications

    Connecting Victorian designers to global markets. Grants available for design firms to subsidise attendance at international trade fairs, meetings to arrange or confirm sale contracts, and export market research.

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