Funding to develop technologies for the decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• are registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST)

and are one of the following entities:

• an entity, incorporated in Australia
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust.

We can only accept applications:

• where project activities are undertaken in both Australia and Austria
• where you provide all mandatory attachments
• where you identify an Austrian project partner that will or has applied for funding under the Australia-Austria Call 2024: Industrial Decarbonisation (Austrian applicants only).

You can’t apply if you are:

• an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
• an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
• an individual
• a sole trader
• a partnership
• an overseas resident/organisation
• a university or research organisation or an entity whose primary purpose is to undertake research (however, they can be a partner in a joint application)
• an unincorporated association
• a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust)
• a Commonwealth, state, territory or local government body (including government business enterprises)
• a non-corporate Commonwealth entity
• any other organisation not included in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines.

Partner with other organisations

You can partner with other Australian research organisations, universities or companies with operations in Australia. But you must appoint a lead organisation.

The lead organisation must fill out the application form.

If we give your group the grant, the lead organisation:

• signs the grant agreement
• is responsible for making sure your group follows the rules in the grant agreement.

You must complete your project by 31 March 2028.

To be eligible your project must:

• have at least $600,000 in eligible expenditure
• advance the development and deployment of innovative technologies, processes or solutions required to support net-zero emissions in energy-intensive hard-to-abate sectors
• be, or be directly linked to, a physical demonstration or pilot/test plant and have a Technology Readiness Level of 5 to 8
• be delivered in Australia and Austria.

You can apply for a grant between $150,000 and $3,500,000.

You can use this grant funding for:

• direct labour and labour on-costs
• contractors
• domestic travel
• overseas travel
• staff training
• financial auditing of project expenditure
• costs to obtain planning, environmental or other regulatory approvals
• contingency costs.

Other specific expenditures may be eligible as determined by the program delegate.