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About the Grants 

Please note: This grants round is closed.

The principal objective of Unlocking Australia's Potential is to increase the engagement of Australians in science. The program targets people who may not have had interest in or access to science engagement activities.

The Unlocking Australia's Potential grant round makes $5 million available across three categories for projects to be delivered between 2012 and 2014. It is intended to fund a collection of projects that provide a good mix of activities with a variety of approaches, audiences, locations and topics. The grant aims to provide a strengthened, cohesive and sustainable national program of activities.

Priorities

The round supports all principles of the Inspiring Australia (IA) strategy. Priority will be given to areas not already funded by the Inspiring Australia initiative. This is in accordance with the Unlocking Australia's Potential grant guidelines.

This grant round will also encourage:

  1. A strengthened, cohesive and sustainable national program of science engagement activities. These activities will take into account existing projects and projects funded or supported by other means.
  2. A spread of activities across Australia.
  3. A comprehensive mix of activities in relation to delivery approaches, target audiences, geographic locations, and the science topic focus
  4. A focus on priorities such as (but not limited to) youth, Indigenous communities and regional Australia
  5. Innovative approaches to engaging audiences in science.

About applying

You must read the Grant Guidelines and information provided carefully before applying.

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Further information

Unlocking Australia's Potential is part of Inspiring Australia and the grant guidelines were developed from the Ministerial Guidelines [PDF 202KB] [RTF 136KB].