auDA 2024 Community Grant Program
Applications close 12 September 2024
auDA’s 2024 Community Grant Program will fund initiatives that promote digital inclusion and innovation to improve the utility of the internet across five priority groups. These groups include rural, regional, and remote Australians; Australians living with a disability; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; older Australians (65 years and over); and young Australians (aged 12 to 24 years). The 2024 grant round will award $40,000 to each of 15 successful applicants.
auDA has announced the return of its Community Grant Program for 2024. The auDA Community Grant Program provides an annual grant round that delivers responsive, short-term funding designed to enable grassroots community, research, and education projects. The aim of the Program is to improve the utility of the internet to benefit key groups in the Australian community.
auDA’s 2024 Community Grant Program will continue to fund initiatives that promote digital inclusion and innovation to improve the utility of the internet across five priority groups:
Rural, regional, and remote Australians
Australians living with a disability
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Older Australians (65 years+)
Young Australians (12-24 years)
The 2024 grant round will award $40,000 to each of 15 successful applicants. Not-for-profit organisations and research institutions registered with ACNC are eligible to apply. Read the Community Grant Program Guidelines for more details.
auDA Public Benefit Program Committee Chair Sandra Davey stated, “This is an important milestone showing auDA’s commitment to innovation for the internet. I look forward to receiving applications for a range of community-led initiatives and multi-year partnerships that will deliver meaningful impact for communities Australia-wide.”
auDA CEO Rosemary Sinclair AM added, “auDA’s grant programs build on our critical role delivering the .au domain and championing an open, free, secure, and global internet for the benefit of Australians. We recognise the vital importance of digital connectivity and are delighted to support this important mission through our Public Benefit Program.”
Total funds available for the 2024 grant round are $600,000 AUD.
The panel will assess all eligible proposals against the following criteria:
Delivers digital inclusion and/or digital innovation
Addresses a demonstrated need in the Australian community in at least one of the five priority groups
Demonstrated support from stakeholders impacted by the project
Expected positive outcomes/impact for one or more of the defined priority groups
The applicant has the capability to successfully implement the project
Additionally, reviewers will rate all eligible proposals on the following attributes:
Identified need and expected outputs, outcomes, and impact
Innovation
Merit
Accessibility
Potential for sustainability
The .au Domain Administration (auDA) is an Australian not-for-profit organisation responsible for administering the .au internet domain, which is Australian critical infrastructure relied on by millions of internet users in Australia and around the world. Learn more at www.auda.org.au.