Current Grant Opportunity View - GO8550

The Australian Government is inviting organisations in an open process to apply to deliver services under the Our Marine Parks Grants Program, nationally, from June 2027 to May 2030.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to promote actions that align with the management programs of Australian Marine Parks Management Plans to:

• support Traditional Owners to:
  • document and maintain their traditional knowledge, cultural sites and values associated with Sea Country in and adjacent to Australian Marine Parks
  • participate in the management of Sea Country in Australian Marine Parks and in adjacent waters
• enhance community capacity and participation in marine park management, including through improved understanding of social and environmental values
• protect marine parks from threats and pressures, to minimise damage, and to improve the resilience of marine parks
• support relevant industries to understand and engage in marine park management – commercial and recreational fishing and tourism for example
• improve awareness and understanding of Australian Marine Parks and their management arrangements
• support compliance by marine park users
• improve scientific knowledge through research and monitoring in line with:
  • Australian Marine Parks Science Priorities and/or
  • the demonstrated priorities of First Nations groups with a connection to Australian Marine Parks.

Note: if your project includes a component in adjacent waters, ensure you tell us in your application how this component contributes to Australian Marine Park management.

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

• Company
• Cooperative
• Corporate Commonwealth Entity
• Corporate State or Territory Entity
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation
• Local Government
• Non-corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
• Statutory Entity.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity types as listed above.

Further information on entity types is available on the Community Grants Hub webpage.

Assessment of applications - November – December 2026

Approval of outcomes of selection process - February 2027

Notification to applicants - February 2027

Negotiations and award of grant agreements - April 2027

Earliest start date of grant activity - June 2027

Latest end date of grant activity - 1 May 2030.

To apply, you must:

• complete the online application form on GrantConnect
• provide all the information requested
• address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
• include all necessary attachments
• submit your application/s to the Community Grants Hub by 9:00 pm AEDT on 27 October 2026.

Please use:

• Our Marine Parks Grants - Round 5 - Questions and Answers - version 3