Grant opportunities

Research Partnership Grant to build the evidence base for achieving gender equality in Australia

The Australian Government is providing up to $5 million from March 2025 to June 2030 to fund a partnership with a research institution. The purpose of the partnership will be to build the evidence base on what works to achieve gender equality. Drivers of women’s economic equality will be given particular attention. The partnership will also develop a mechanism to hear directly from the Australian community –particularly women – about their experiences, concerns and priorities.

A single organisation or consortium will be selected to form a research partnership with the Australian Government, represented by the Office for Women within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

The grant opportunity closes on 23 September 2024.

Information briefing

The Office for Women hosted an information briefing for all potential applicants on Tuesday, 20 August 2024. The purpose of the briefing was to: 

outline the program priorities and desired outcomes
highlight the core eligibility requirements
provide an opportunity for consortia partnerships to be considered.

The recording for the information briefing and a transcript can be viewed below.

Video transcript: Research partnership information briefing

How to apply for funding

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Grant announcements

All Working for Women Program grants awarded are published on GrantConnect within 21 calendar days of agreements commencing, in accordance with the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines.

National Women’s Alliances – this opportunity is now closed

The Australian Government is increasing funding to strengthen the National Women’s Alliances program to deliver expert and strategic advice on the solutions required to meet the vision of Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality (the Strategy).

Up to $10.88 million over 5 years (from December 2024) is available for up to 6 organisations to be funded for 5 years to provide collaborative, intersectional, evidence-based gender expertise and strategic advice to the Australian Government to inform ongoing progress of the Strategy’s outcomes.

Alliances will focus on elevating the lived experiences of women in all their diversity and bringing together the expertise of the women’s sector and expert stakeholders. Cross-alliance collaboration will be a central feature of the program, to ensure advice to the Australian Government is intersectional and prioritised.

Organisations and consortia are encouraged to apply in the open competitive grant round to represent one or more of the following themes and/or diverse groups consistent with the priorities of the Strategy:

gender-based violence
women’s economic equality and leadership
migrant and refugee women
First Nations women
women living in rural, regional and remote areas
women with disability.

Applications for this grant opportunity closed on Wednesday 3 July 2024.