Student Experience Network

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.
