Student Experience Network

GRANT-NSW - Backing the Future Grants NSW
2025-07-28
Provides funding to individuals or groups of individuals whose work supports rural and regional young people aged 12-30.

Backing the Future gives individuals or groups of individuals across NSW $50,000 to advance an idea to support rural and regional young people aged 12-30 to:
– Access Decent Work
– Care for the Environment
– Contribute to Society
– Explore Christian Faith and Values.
Backing the future is delivered in partnership with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR). Each year, VFFF and FRRR will open applications for both a NSW and QLD round.
VFFF are eager to support early-stage work that might not otherwise be eligible for philanthropic funding. For this reason, Backing the Future does not accept applications from registered charities or organisations.
Other exclusions include: individuals seeking support for scholarships, public fundraising appeals, disaster appeals, political projects, litigation and/or political lobby groups.
Backing the Future grants support:
– Individuals (18+) researching, piloting or accelerating early-stage ideas
– Work based in rural and regional NSW focused on young people across one or more of VFFF’s four focus areas
– Individuals committed to working with and elevating the voices of young people
– Salary, start up or project costs.
Eligibility:
– Individuals aged 18+ who are entitled to work in Australia can apply. Individuals do not need any academic qualifications or specific experience to apply.

GRANT-AUS - Canon Oceania Grants Program
2025-07-27
Supports schools, not-for-profit and community groups who are addressing both social and environmental issues in their community and inspiring change for future generations.

In the spirit of the guiding philosophy of Kyosei – living and working together for the common good – over the last 19 years, Canon Oceania has supported over 120 schools, not-for- profits and community groups with over $600,000 in monetary and product support.
This year, the Canon Oceania Grants Program returns to support four more worthy organisations or individuals to further their impact.
Available grants:
1) Community Grant – Open to any project or organisation that has a positive impact on communities, cultural and societal causes. The winner will receive $2,500 cash, and Canon Product valued up to $2,500.
2) Education Grant – Open to any project run by a primary, secondary, or tertiary school/educational institution. The winner will receive $2,500 cash, and Canon Product valued up to $2,500.
3) Environment Grant – Open to any project that supports and protects the environmental sustainability of the community. The winner will receive $2,500 cash, and Canon Product valued up to $2,500.
4) First Nations Grant – Open to any group or organisation that will have a positive impact for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and/or community. The winner will receive $2,500 cash, and Canon Product valued up to $2,500.
Continuing Canon’s process from last year, judges will select the top three entries in each category, which will then go through to a public vote, so the wider Canon community can have their say.
The top three finalists will be selected based on the environmental and social merits of their organisation, as well as the importance of Canon technology in ensuring their initiative’s success.

GRANT-SA - Carclew Fellowships
2025-07-27
Offers financial support to emerging cultural and creative artists and arts workers aged 26 and under.

Fellowships are for:
– Arts career building
– Skills development
– Exploring new art form practice, methods and techniques
– Research towards creative and/or cultural development
– Mentoring towards development of cultural and creative arts practices.
Fellowship areas of practice can include (but are not limited to):
– Performing arts
– Visual arts
– Written word
– Digital platforms
– Arts administration & industry pathways
– Community arts and culture.
Age limit for applicants
– Up to 26 years
– Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants up to 30 years.
Up to $10,000 per applicant (depending on the scope of the proposal).

GRANT-QLD - Brisbane Pride Community Grants
2025-07-27
Supports activities or opportunities which provide lasting community benefit in the areas of: Community, Education/Awareness/Advocacy, Health, First Nations, and Youth.

The Brisbane Pride Strategy 2025-2028 supports a long-term commitment to amplifying the voices of our LGBTIQ+ community. This funding represents more than just financial assistance; it embodies our collective commitment to nurturing the well-being of every individual within the LGBTIQ+ community.
Projects which will be positively considered for grant funding will:
– Demonstrate benefit to the community
– Enhance community operations through programs, infrastructure or equipment
– Improve the capability of the organisation
– Be located within Queensland.
Brisbane Pride community grants are for projects/groups within South East Queensland.

GRANT-VIC & NSW
2025-07-27
Seeks to enhance community wellbeing within the communities that Dyson Group serves in Victoria, with a focus on migrant communities, people with disability, women and girls, and those facing economic hardship.

Dyson Group provides funding for community resources and initiatives that have a tangible and positive impact amongst those experiencing disadvantage in the Victorian communities that Dyson Group serves.
Grants of between $1,000 and $2,000 are available for community groups and sporting clubs for the purchase or provision of tangible resources or equipment.
Grants of between $2,000 and $5,000 are available for community programs, events, training or services (inclusive of any equipment or resource costs).
To be eligible to apply for a grant, your organisation should meet one or more of the following criteria:
– Be, or be auspiced by, an incorporated not-for-profit conducting activities with charitable purposes
– Be based within or deliver the majority of your activities within a 10km radius (metro areas) or 50km radius (rural/regional areas) of a Dyson Group depot.
Dyson locations:
– Bairnsdale
– Bundoora
– Deniliquin
– Kyneton
– Moama
– Reservoir
– Sale
– Shepparton
– Wangaratta
– Wodonga.

GRANT-QLD - Queensland Pride Grants
2025-07-27
Supports community groups, associations, and committees to establish events and activities co-designed locally for LGBTIQ+ peoples and communities in regional and remote parts of Queensland.

Through a range of supportive measures and partnerships, Queensland Pride Grants provide a safe space to share localised approaches that strengthen the equality, visibility, and well-being of LGBTIQ+ people, families, and communities.
These grants will give your local communities the opportunity to apply for valuable and often much needed funding.

GRANT-SA - Sexual Health Week Community Grants
2025-07-25
Provides five successful organisations with a grant to host an event that raises awareness of sexual and reproductive health.

This year Sexual Health Week is celebrated from 8-14 September and aims to raise awareness of sexual health and relationship wellbeing.
The theme this year is ‘The more you know,’ focusing on the power of accurate sexual health knowledge.
SHINE SA wants to support your organisation or community group to get involved in Sexual Health Week!
SHINE SA will provide five successful organisations with a $2,000 grant (inc gst) to host an event that raises awareness of sexual and reproductive health. SHINE SA can also support your organsation by providing resources (such as posters, condoms, Fact Sheets) and information.
There are all types of events that can help start conversations around sexual health and relationship wellbeing. Here are some ideas to get you started:
– Host a workshop or morning tea where you chat about respectful relationships and sexual health facts
– Run a trivia session with myth-busting questions about STIs, consent, and contraception
– Create a youth scavenger hunt or quiz focused on safety, respect, and sexual health knowledge
– Hand out ‘knowledge kits’ with resources, condoms, and helpful links at your workplace or school
– Invite a speaker or show a short video for a lunchtime info session on a sexual health topic
– Host an event inviting people to share “one thing they wish they’d learned earlier” about sexual health
– Host an art workshop with a session on consent and communication in relationships.
These events could have a theme, for example: ‘contraception options – your choice’ highlighting the various options for contraception and their benefits.
Anyone with an ABN (South Australia only) can apply for a grant. Preference will be given to applicants that meet the following criteria:
– Targets 18–30 year olds
– Broadens an understanding of sexual health and in particular safety, pleasure and respect
– Empowers young people to participate.
Priority will also be given to applicants working with young adults who are culturally and linguistically diverse, are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQA+, have a disability, or live in economically marginalised areas.
Organisations must also agree to the following –
The planned event will:
– Respect diversity and inclusion, including LGBTIQA+ inclusion
– Offer a positive and open view of relationships and sexuality
– Share evidence-based information and be contextually appropriate for the audience.

GRANT-AUS - Play Now Melbourne
2025-07-24
Connects Australian games developers who have a project in active development with local and international publishers, platform holders, and investors.

Taking place during Melbourne International Games Week, Play Now Melbourne is Australia’s preeminent games market. The market is designed to connect local developers with leading
international publishers and game platform holders facilitating meaningful business development opportunities.
Expressions of Interest are open for developers from across Australia who have projects in active development looking to secure funding, publishing services, or marketplace support.
There is no fee for taking part in Play Now Melbourne.
Who is eligible?
Australian individuals or companies with:
– Ownership or control of the rights to any projects submitted as part of this Expression of Interest
– Project pitch materials and / or a playable build demonstrating a project in active development, including early-stage concept, prototyping, vertical slice, or full production
– A team in place capable of delivering the project.
Projects must:
– Be capable of obtaining an Australian classification
– Not contain or have relationships to gambling, exploitative pay-to-win mechanics, play-to-earn mechanics, or high risk and volatile trading products or technologies
– Not be designed primarily for educational, training and simulation, research, marketing, or other business-to-business audiences or purposes.
Teams must be able to attend Melbourne International Games Week and Play Now Melbourne on Thursday 9 October 2025 in person and attend advance briefings (online or in-person).

GRANT-NSW - Gone Fishing Day Grants
2025-07-24
Supports recreational fishing clubs and associated organisations to purchase items required to run their own Gone Fishing Day events, such as casting and fishing activities, on or around Gone Fishing Day.

Gone Fishing Day fishing packages or grants support fishing clubs and associated organisations to run events to promote and celebrate fishing on or around Gone Fishing Day.
Who can apply
– Recreational fishing clubs and associated organisations
Types of projects funded under this grant
– Gone Fishing Day fishing packages or grants support fishing clubs and associated organisations to promote and celebrate fishing through the running of events on or around Gone Fishing Day.
Applicants can apply for grants to purchase or hire fishing gear, bait, food and non-alcoholic drinks, participant giveaways and other equipment required to run a local Gone Fishing Day event and associated activities.
To be eligible for a package the fishing club or organisation must:
– Be a previously established recreational fishing club or associated organisation
– Be able to host a Gone Fishing Day event prior to 30 November 2025
– Only apply for one fishing package per organisation per event
– Complete the application in full (with sufficient detail to enable a sound assessment)
– Show clearly how the project team will deliver the project (including adequacy of expertise within the project team)
– Have submitted final reports and evidence of project expenditure to DPIRD for all past Gone Fishing Day grants (if relevant).

GRANT-AUS - Telstra Footy Country Grants
2025-07-24
Offers grants to regional and metro clubs to help strengthen, sustain and grow local footy.

As the foundation of our great game and the heartbeat of communities, investment in local clubs is vital to ensuring everyone has access to play Aussie Rules and experience the health, social and wellbeing benefits that come with belonging to a club.
The Telstra Footy Country Grants is designed to financially assist initiatives that can support Community Clubs affiliated to the AFL to strengthen the base and secure the future in three key strategic areas:
– Grow and assist volunteer capacity
– Grow and diversify participation
– Improve club environments and experiences.
Whether it’s upgrading to an electronic scoreboard, upskilling volunteers or introducing new initiatives to attract more participants, Telstra Footy Country Grants aims to provide tangible support for clubs and alleviate the challenges they may face.
All Community Football Club’s affiliated to the AFL can apply. Excluded are VFL, SANFL and WAFL clubs as well as umpiring groups.

GRANT-NSW - Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants - Arts and Culture
2025-07-21
Provides funding to support arts and culture infrastructure such as museums, art galleries or cultural centres.

The objective of the Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants program is to fund the costs of construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure to deliver outcomes for disadvantaged NSW communities including regional, remote and drought-affected areas, culturally and linguistically diverse, disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and disaster-affected communities. This grant is one of four Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants administered by the Office of Responsible Gambling.
Who can apply:
– Not-for-profit organisations that will be responsible for operating and/or maintaining the infrastructure
– Schools: applicants must consider if and how the infrastructure project is accessible to the public outside school hours
– Local councils: applicants are required to cash-match the funding amount requested.
You can apply for funding under this stream if your project supports infrastructure such as:
– Cultural maintenance (e.g. Aboriginal keeping place, language centres)
– Film (e.g. cinema, production studios)
– Performing arts (e.g. theatre, performing arts centre, rehearsal and studios)
– Music (e.g. conservatorium, concert hall)
– Historical, nature or science collections (e.g. museum, war memorial, botanic gardens)
– Visual arts and craft (e.g. exhibition or gallery space)
– Literature and writing (e.g. library, writer’s centre)
– Community (e.g. multipurpose hall).
Infrastructure Grants can be used for costs such as construction, the purchase of capital equipment and professional fees. Examples of projects include, but are not limited to, museums, art galleries, or theatres.
Your project will need to be infrastructure that is accessible and available to the public most of the time.

GRANT-NSW - Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants - Sport and Recreation
2025-07-21
Provides funding to support sport and recreation infrastructure such as sports centres, playgrounds and swimming pools.

The objective of the Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants program is to fund the costs of construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure to deliver outcomes for disadvantaged NSW communities including regional, remote and drought-affected areas, culturally and linguistically diverse, disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and disaster-affected communities. This grant is one of four Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants administered by the Office of Responsible Gambling.
Who can apply:
– Not-for-profit organisations that will be responsible for operating and/or maintaining the infrastructure
– Schools: applicants must consider if and how the infrastructure project is accessible to the public outside school hours
– Local councils: applicants are required to cash-match the funding amount requested.
You can apply for funding under this stream if your project supports infrastructure such as:
– Indoor organised sports centre (e.g. indoor cricket, basketball)
– Leisure centre (e.g. martial arts dojo, gymnastics centre)
– Outdoor organised sports facility (e.g. football field, netball courts)
– Recreation space (e.g. playground, skate-park)
– Large-scale purpose-built facility (e.g. stadium, velodrome, motorsports facility)
– Water sports (e.g swimming pool).
Your project will need to be infrastructure that is accessible and available to the public most of the time.
Infrastructure Grants can be used for costs such as construction, the purchase of capital equipment and professional fees. Examples of projects include, but are not limited to, sports centres, playgrounds and swimming pools.

GRANT-NSW - Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants - Community Infrastructure
2025-07-21
Provides funding to support community infrastructure such as a multipurpose community hub or a service for an eligible community group.

The objective of the Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants program is to fund the costs of construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure to deliver outcomes for disadvantaged NSW communities including regional, remote and drought-affected areas, culturally and linguistically diverse, disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and disaster-affected communities. This grant is one of four Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants administered by the Office of Responsible Gambling.
Who can apply:
– Not-for-profit organisations that will be responsible for operating and/or maintaining the infrastructure
– Schools: applicants must consider if and how the infrastructure project is accessible to the public outside school hours
– Local councils: applicants are required to cash-match the funding amount requested.
You can apply for funding under this stream if your project supports infrastructure such as:
– Multipurpose community service or hub
– Service for a CALD community
– Service for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community
– Service for homeless people
– Service for older people
– Service for people experiencing domestic violence
– Service for people with disability
– Service for young people
– Service for women.
Your project will need to be infrastructure that is accessible and available to the public most of the time.
Projects can contribute to, but are not limited to, one or more of the following areas or outcomes: Construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure in the community infrastructure category.
