Defence and aerospace

• Sovereign Industry Development Fund will work with industry on strategic partnership opportunities that will accelerate industry development in priority industries – defence, biomedical and biofuels. Strategic and Catalytic Investment Partnerships is open to applications until funds are fully allocated.
• Defence Industry Development Grants Program will fund small to medium enterprises to build Australia’s sovereign capability, global competitiveness, technical superiority and national security. Four funding streams are available: Sovereign Industrial Priorities; Exports; Security; and Skilling. The closing dates for the current batches range from 31 August 2025 to 31 October 2025 depending on the stream.
• QDSA Collaborative Research Grants supports collaboration between QDSA member universities (Griffith University, James Cook University, University of Queensland and Charles Darwin University), industry partners and other Australian Defence Science and Universities Network (ADSUN) universities, to foster academic and Defence industry partnerships within Queensland and the Northern Territory. Detailed applications close 20 October 2025.
• Defence Jobs Queensland provides information on how Queensland businesses can become ‘defence-ready’, enabling them to access state, national and global defence supply chain opportunities.
• Joint Strike Fighter Industry Support Program Sustainment Grants provides Australian businesses with funding to develop new or improved capabilities to win work in the sustainment phase of the Joint Strike Fighter Program.
• Space Concession helps companies wanting to develop high technology for the space sector; encouraging the transfer of technology and expertise by providing duty-free tariff on eligible imported goods.