Grants & Opportunities

Judges' work, place and psychological health - a national view. This project aims to address the human, juridical and financial costs of judicial officers’ work-related psychological harm. This harm is implicated in early retirement, sick leave and suicide. It threatens appropriate courtroom conduct, procedural fairness and impartial adjudication. The project seeks to generate new knowledge of the stress judicial officers experience and the individual and institutional mechanisms for managing stressors, combining socio-legal and psychological approaches. Expected outcomes include evidence-based understandings to inform recruitment and retention strategies specific to this highly specialized workforce. This should provide significant benefits for judges’ work capacities and courts' delivery of justice.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 1801 - Law. Lead: Prof Prudence Vines

The Safer Communities Grant aligns with Council’s Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan and Domestic and Family Violence Action Plan to fund innovative, evidence-based projects that enhance community safety, reduce crime, and support individuals affected by DFV.

This program provides scholarship assistance to First Nations Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, and Taribelang Bunda tertiary students (University, Cert IV, and Diploma) to support their higher education, health, economic wellbeing, and ability to contribute to their community.

This program provides annual grants to organisations for activities that advance legal education for the community, disseminate legal information, and improve access to legal services in Western Australia.

Targeted funding for First Nations communities and organisations working to end cycles of disadvantage. Supports Indigenous-led initiatives across education, health, community development, and social justice.

The program aims to enable Aboriginal Medical Services, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations and Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations to lead the development of community-identified cancer research priorities.

This grant program supports community and government organisations to achieve lasting, positive impacts on the NSW environment by protecting, conserving and restoring our natural resources.

This grant opportunity is available for Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations in NSW. Up to $250,000 is available to establish place-based Digital Inclusion Hub under Closing the Gap Socio‑Economic Outcome 17.

A partnership with the Australian Communities Foundation, this grant round supports small-scale and/or early-stage programs aimed at preventing or reducing contact with the justice system, with a focus on diversionary measures and supporting post-release needs.

Funds research projects promoting First Nations cultural heritage and knowledge.

Funds initiatives supporting economic equity, safety, and justice for women and girls.

Funds the establishment of micro-businesses in remote Aboriginal communities.

Provides resources for vulnerable families, focusing on income generation and children's healthcare needs.

Designed for smaller grassroots organisations and organisations new to the foundation. Maximum request is $25,000. Focus areas include mental health, education equity, homelessness, family violence, addiction, food insecurity, disability inclusion, and arts/culture.

Get up to $1,000 towards the cost of workplace health and safety items.

Projects must result in sustainable benefits related to caring for Country, supporting cultural practice, renewal or cultural education, and/or development of First Peoples art forms. Thematic priorities for 2025/26 include cultural knowledge transfer and practices (intergenerational), and truth telling in historic or contemporary contexts.

Projects must focus on First Peoples personal and/or collective healing and wellbeing, ideally scalable and/or of national significance. Thematic priorities for 2025/26 include truth telling leading to healing, and social and emotional wellbeing for young people.

This scholarship covers full HECS fees for up to four years for graduating Year 12 students from Catholic colleges within the Diocese of Cairns who are pursuing a full-time, four-year Bachelor of Education degree, and guarantees a teaching position for two years within the Diocese upon completion. First Nations students are strongly encouraged to apply.

This scholarship is for new girls entering Year 7 from disadvantaged or low socio-economic backgrounds, with priority given to students from under-represented communities, such as First Nations students or those with a refugee background, who demonstrate academic competence and enthusiasm for school activities.

Scholarships for 2027 entry across various categories including Social Justice (Y7-Y12), Accessibility (Prep-Y12) for financial assistance, Entrepreneurship (Y7-Y12), Creativity & Innovation (Y7-Y12), Humanitarian (Y7-Y12) for children of refugee or asylum seeker families, and for children of Australian Indigenous families. The Niall Foundation 'Changemaker' Scholarship is also offered for Year 11 students focusing on community service and leadership.