The program is designed to provide funding for projects that promote appreciation and understanding of the experiences of service and the roles that those who served have played, and to preserve, add to the sum knowledge on, or provide access to information about Australia’s wartime heritage.  

There are two categories of grants available under the program:

Community Grants (STS-CG)

Grants to a maximum of $10,000 are available for local, community-based projects and activities.

These small grants are for projects and activities that are focused on the local community, commemorate the service and sacrifice of local community members, and are primarily accessed by the local community

Major Grants (STS-MG)

Grants between $10,001 and $150,000 are available for major commemorative projects and activities that are significant from a national, state, territory and/or regional perspective. These projects may include the construction of new war or peace memorials, where none currently exists, as well as additions to existing memorials.

MG grants will have a much wider focus than CG category applications and must be commemorative of the service and sacrifice of service personnel beyond the local community, and/or consist of elements that are available to the whole nation, or residents of a state, territory, or regional area. A high monetary value project or activity does not necessarily mean that it is of national, state, territory and/or regional significance.

Some examples of CG projects and activities include: 

• development of a digital honour roll 
• restoration of an honour board 
• purchase of a cabinet to display military memorabilia 
• installation of a flagpole to display Australian National Flags on days of commemoration.

Some examples of MG projects and activities include:

• construction of an interactive memorial walking track dedicated to Australian service personnel from the Vietnam War
• development of a digital honour roll and interpretive signage to commemorate the history of service personnel from a particular region 
• publication of a book commemorating Australian service personnel from the Malayan Emergency 
• development of a documentary commemorating Australian Prisoners of War.

To be eligible you must be one of the following entity types:

• Company
• Cooperative
• Corporate State or Territory Entity
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation
• Local Government
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
• Partnership
• Person
• Sole Trader
• Statutory Entity
• Unincorporated Association – grant activities up to $10,000 only.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.

Applications from consortia are acceptable, as long as you have a lead applicant who is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above.

• Phone: 1800 020 283
• Email: support@communitygrants.gov.au