Funding to conserve and protect National Heritage Listed places

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN), unless you are not entitled to an ABN, and
• be the site owner of the listed place/s, or
• if you are not the site owner, provide a current letter of support from the site owner of the listed place/s with your 2025-26 application

and are one of the following entities:

• an Australian state/territory government agency or body
• an Australian local government agency or body (refer section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines)
• 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 (PRFO)
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
• an individual.

We can only accept applications where you:

• can meet your share of project costs (a minimum 20 per cent of total eligible expenditure) unless you are requesting an exemption
• provide evidence of how you will meet your share of project costs, that confirms you can fund your share of the project costs, including any ineligible expenditure, unless you are requesting an exemption
• agree to carry out an eligible project under this program that includes eligible activities
• agree that you will deliver your project in accordance with relevant legislation, policies and industry standards
• agree that you have, or will obtain, any licences or approvals required to undertake the project
• provide the relevant mandatory attachments.

You can’t apply if you are:

• any organisation not listed in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines
• 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 unincorporated association
• a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust)
• a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.

Partner with other organisations

You can partner with one or more other organisations that also meet the eligibility criteria. But you must decide who the lead organisation is.

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.

We encourage you to thoroughly review the grant opportunity guidelines for further information on partnering with other organisations.

You must complete your project by 31 March 2028

Your project must:

• be located in Australia
• maintain, protect or conserve the National Heritage Values
• repair essential infrastructure impacted by severe weather events where repairs are not covered by insurance and are essential to the maintenance, protections and/or conservation of the National Heritage Values 
• improve engagement with, and awareness of, the National Heritage Values
• manage access to the National Heritage Values of a listed place.

You can apply for a grant between $25,000 and $400,000.

You can use this grant funding for:

• labour costs for personnel directly employed for project activities
• labour on-costs of up to 30 per cent on direct labour cost to cover employer paid superannuation, payroll tax and workers compensation insurance
• contractor costs or expert advice
• communication and promotional costs
• materials and equipment hire/purchase
• domestic travel including the reasonable cost of meals, accommodation and transportation
• catering required to conduct project activities such as workshops at the Heritage site locality
• project contingency costs up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the eligible project costs
• administrative costs related to the project capped at 10 per cent of eligible project costs.