Funding for organisations to do rural industry research

Overview

Agrifutures Australia provides funding to organisations to conduct research for rural industries that do not have their own Research and Development Corporation (RDC), including:

• rice
• chicken
• meat
• honey bee and pollination
• thoroughbred horse
• pasture seeds
• export fodder
• ginger and
• tea tree oil

Funding is also available to help establish and expand new rural industries, including:

• deer
• buffalo
• kangaroo
• camel milk

Each year Agrifutures Australia identifies research priorities across one or more rural industries. Applicants wanting to undertake research in the targeted industry are invited to submit a preliminary research proposal when the open call is announced.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, you must:

• be conducting research which is of direct benefit to the specified Australian rural industry
• comply with all reporting requirements
• agree to disseminate valuable project intellectual property and project material in accordance with the research proposal