Open Call for Australian Heritage Grants 2024-25

The Australian Heritage Grants 2024-25 is round 7 of the Australian Heritage Grants Program and will run over the 2024-25 to 2026-27 financial years.

This grant opportunity was announced as part of the DCCEEW’s Portfolio Budget Statement Outcome 2, which aims to conserve, protect and sustainably manage our natural resources including through a nature positive approach; protect and conserve our natural and cultural heritage; reduce and regulate the use of pollutants and hazardous substances; and take a leadership role on these issues internationally.

Objectives

• The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:
  • Support owners and managers of heritage places, along with community groups, and other non-government entities to protect places recognised for their outstanding historic and natural heritage values to the nation
  • Provide funding to strengthen recognition, management, conservation and public engagement of/on places in Australia that are included in the national heritage list.

Funding Information

• For this seventh round of the Australian Heritage Grants Program, up to $5.347 million is available.
• You can apply for, and receive, up to two grants per listed place through this grant opportunity. You must be able to deliver each project independently:
  • The minimum grant amount is $25,000.
  • The maximum grant amount is $400,000.

Eligible Activities

• Eligible activities must directly relate to the project and must include at least one of the following:
  • Activities identified in the management plan for the protection of the National Heritage Values of the listed place.
  • Developing a new, or revised management plan for a listed place, where this is not a statutory obligation under state legislation.
  • Activities that align with strategies and priorities for the protections of the National Heritage Values of the listed place (where there is no management plan in place).
  • Essential/priority building or site works to conserve and enhance National Heritage Values.
  • Activities that enhance the Australian public’s understanding of, engagement with, and access to the National Heritage Values of a listed place.
  • Developing innovative ways to present National Heritage Values of a listed place (e.g. Website or app interactive tours, virtual reality tours) which makes them accessible without needing to be on-site.
  • Improving physical access to areas with the specific aim of fostering awareness of the National Heritage Values of the listed place without impacting on those values.
  • Improving accessibility for people with disabilities including physical alterations (e.g. Ramps, alterations to paths) as well as accessible services such as plain English or large text guides, hearing loops etc.
  • Improving access to a heritage place by specific parts of a community, for example developing education programs or materials targeted at people from other cultures or socio-economic groups.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible you must:
  • Have an Australian Business Number (ABN), unless you are not entitled to an ABN, and
  • Be the site owner of the listed place/s (Appendix A), or
  • Be the site manager of the listed place/s (Appendix A) and provide the current management arrangements or a current letter of support for the 2024-25 application from the site owner, or
  • Where you are not the site owner or manager of the listed place/s, provide a current letter of support for the 2024-25 application from the site owner and/or site manager of the listed place/s.
• And be one of the following entities:
  • An Australian state/territory government agency or body.
  • An Australian local government agency or body as defined in section 14.
  • 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) as defined in section 0
  • An individual.

For more information, visit Australian Government.