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Funding to develop capabilities to win work for the Joint Strike Fighter Program
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The outcomes of this grant process may not be made until the end of the caretaker period.
Joint Strike Fighter Industry Support Program – Production and Modernisation Grants
The program closed to receiving new applications on 8 August 2024. Please contact us for any enquiries.
What do you get?
Grants from $150,000 to $1.5 million to fund up to 50% of eligible project expenditure.
Who is this for?
An Australian company, university, research organisation or cooperative research centre.
About the program
This grant provides funding to develop new or improved capabilities to win work in the production and modernisation phases of the Joint Strike Fighter Program.
The intended outcomes are a strong, skilled and successful defence industry that:
- is committed to increase, identify and make the most of business opportunities within Australia and overseas
- has improved competitiveness by developing skills of the workforce, fostering innovation and boosting productivity.
Eligibility
What are the eligibility criteria?
To be eligible you must:
- have an Australian business number (ABN)
- be registered for the goods and services tax (GST).
You must be one of the following entities:
- an entity, incorporated in Australia
- an Australian university
- a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO)
- a cooperative research centre.
You must provide:
- evidence of ownership, access to, or the beneficial use of, any intellectual property necessary to carry out the project
- evidence from your board (or chief executive officer or equivalent if there is no board) that the project is supported, and that you can complete the project and meet the costs of the project not covered by grant funding
- an Accountant Declaration that confirms you can fund your share of the project costs.
You are not eligible to 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
- income tax exempt
- an individual
- partnership
- unincorporated association
- any organisation not included in section 4.1 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines
- a Commonwealth, state, territory or local government body (including government business enterprises)
- a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.
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Key documents
Project budget template
xlsx · 0.05 MBAccountants declaration template
docx · 0.04 MB