Grants and funding programs

The Biofutures Industry Development Fund is a $5 million repayable fund to help well-advanced industrial biotech proponents to get large-scale projects through the final stage of financial due diligence to secure financing from investors.

The fund helps companies with new projects reach a point at which they can better access venture capital, supporting companies pursuing innovative industrial biotech and bioproducts projects and enhancing Queensland’s reputation as a supportive investment location for the biofutures industry.

The Fund has a two-stage process with the first stage being eligibility. If the project is deemed eligible, then a more detailed application will be invited.

The Biofutures Industry Development Fund guidelines ( 273 KB) were updated in July 2017. To find out if your project might be eligible for support, download the guidelines and make your submission by filling out a Biofutures Industry Development Fund Eligibility Application ( 239 KB). You can lodge your application and supporting documentation through our application portal.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and applicants will be advised of outcomes as decisions are made.

The Queensland Government’s Biomedical Voucher Program supports the development of ground-breaking innovations and technology that attracts new businesses and improves the state’s global competitiveness.

Round 1 funding included:

• Patheon Biologics Australia Pty Ltd, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific - $250,000 to develop biomanufacturing solutions.
• National Biologics Facility (The University of Queensland) - $13,882 to manufacture potential novel therapies for cancer treatment and inflammatory disease.
• TetraQ (The University of Queensland) - $65,485 to undertake toxicity studies of a novel radiopharmaceutical.

Round 2 funding includes:

• Eight Mile Plains company AnteoTech - $65,000 to develop technology for application in diagnostic tests to better detect diseases including for Flu and Covid-19.
• Brisbane CBD company Microba - $250,000 to research links between gut bacteria and mental health.
• University of Queensland - $55,000 to develop a paralysis tick vaccine for animals and $83,792 to research and develop a vaccine for brain cancer.
• Queensland University of Technology - $76,815 to help treat Type 1 diabetes.

This program offers Queensland-based businesses up to 50% of the fees (capped at $250K excluding GST) that would be charged to develop an international or interstate client’s biomedical product in Queensland.

The Queensland Biomedical Voucher Program is an initiative under the Queensland Biomedical 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan ( 1.2 MB) aimed at attracting domestic and international business to Queensland to boost collaborations and enhance the industry’s national and global competitiveness.

The $365 million Building our Regions program supports local government infrastructure projects in regional communities that create flow-on economic development opportunities and jobs.

The program has a strengthened focus on delivering more enduring economic outcomes for regional communities, targeting funding toward job-creating infrastructure that will improve economic conditions and liveability.

Round 5

Round 5 of Building our Regions has approved funding towards 48 construction and planning projects to be delivered in partnership with 39 councils across the state, generating an estimated 347 jobs.

Funded projects

Rounds 1–5 of Building our Regions has allocated funding towards 264 construction projects and seven planning projects across 67 local government areas in regional Queensland, supporting an estimated 2767 jobs and attracting additional investment of over $538 million from councils and other organisations.

Read more about the funded projects.

Eligibility

Each regional local government is eligible for funding under one of three funds managed by the department.

Read more about fund eligibility.

More information

For more information about the Building our Regions program:

• call the program team on 07 3452 7377 or 13 QGOV (13 74 68)
• contact your local regional office.

Infrastructure matters for new PDAs are outlined in the format of a Development Charges and Offset Plan (DCOP).

Planning, funding and timely delivery of trunk infrastructure and implementation programs is key to progressing development in Priority Development Areas (PDAs).

Trunk infrastructure is the high-level, shared infrastructure that services large catchments in PDAs. It includes:

• transport (e.g. roads, pathways, ferry terminals and bus stops)
• stormwater (e.g. pipes and water quality treatment devices)
• water supply and wastewater (e.g. reservoirs, pipes and sewage treatment plants)
• public parks (e.g. parks and sporting facilities)
• land for community facilities (e.g. land for libraries and community centres)
• other infrastructure depending on the PDA.

Charges and terms for infrastructure in PDAs

Fragmented land ownership in PDAs and the significant cost of trunk infrastructure means it may not be feasible for any one developer, land owner or government entity to fund the trunk infrastructure required to service the PDA.

Infrastructure charges provide for the cost of trunk infrastructure to be shared between the users of the infrastructure.

The Minister for Economic Development Queensland (MEDQ) may fix charges and terms for trunk infrastructure in PDAs, under the Act. The MEDQ may also fix charges which are used to support economic and community development within PDAs.

Infrastructure charges for PDAs are set in either:

• the Infrastructure Charging Offset Plan (ICOP)
• the Development Charges and Offset Plan (DCOP)
• the Infrastructure Funding Framework (IFF).

Infrastructure Funding Framework and supporting policies

The Infrastructure Funding Framework (IFF) and its supporting policies set development charges for identified PDA infrastructure. This ensures new development contributes fairly towards the shared costs.

The current Infrastructure Funding Framework ( 1 MB) took effect on 1 July 2020.

The IFF should be read in conjunction with the following policies:

• The relevant PDA development scheme infrastructure plan (each development scheme includes an Infrastructure Plan).
• The Infrastructure Funding Framework Crediting and Offset Arrangement (IFFCOA) ( 972 KB) for greenfield PDAs only (Greater Flagstone, Yarrabilba, Ripley Valley and Caloundra South PDAs).
• Applicable Infrastructure Charging Offset Plan (ICOP) for the following PDAs:
  • Greater Flagstone PDA ICOP
  • Ripley Valley PDA ICOP

Development charges and offset plans

Infrastructure matters for new PDAs are outlined in the format of a Development Charges and Offset Plan (DCOP).

A DCOP incorporates infrastructure charges, infrastructure planning and offsets processes into one document for each PDA.

Where a DCOP applies to a PDA, the DCOP prevails over the Infrastructure Funding Framework (IFF) and its supporting documents.

Currently, DCOPs apply to these PDAs:

• Bowen Hills PDA DCOP
• Herston Quarter PDA DCOP
• The Mill at Moreton Bay PDA DCOP
• Queen’s Wharf Brisbane PDA ICOP (equivalent to a DCOP)
• Townsville City Waterfront PDA ICOP (equivalent to a DCOP)

Infrastructure charges and offsets register

The Planning (Infrastructure Charges Register and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019 (QLD) was passed in October 2019. It outlines requirements for local governments to publish charges and offsets within their local government areas.

As part of our dedication to transparency and accountability, EDQ is publishing its own register of infrastructure charges and offsets collected in Priority Development Areas administered by EDQ.

• Download the infrastructure charges and offsets register ( 108 KB)

You can filter the register to customise your view. Use our register to see:

• infrastructure charges collected for EDQ-administered PDAs
• offsets approved and allocated to an infrastructure charge notice.

For delegated PDAs, contact the appropriate assessment authority for information on charges collected and offset.

The following PDAs have infrastructure agreements that partly or entirely override the requirement to pay infrastructure charges. Charges collected in these areas may differ to the charges indicated in the applicable charging instrument.

• Caloundra South
• Yarrabilba
• Greater Flagstone
• Maroochydore

Apply to claim an infrastructure offset

To claim either a provisional or a final infrastructure offset use the online form. Please refer to the application checklist before completing the online form.

Historical infrastructure charges policies

Previous versions of infrastructure charges policies are available below for guidance on infrastructure charges within PDAs.

2019–20 financial year
Document	Type and size	Version	Applicable dates
Infrastructure Funding Framework – March 2020	1 MB	1	01/03/2020 – 30/06/2020
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2019	1 MB	1	01/07/19 – 29/02/2020
Bowen Hills DCOP – July 2019	1.9 MB	1	01/07/19 – 30/06/2020
Herston Quarter DCOP – July 2019	485 KB	1	01/07/19 – 30/06/2020
Queen’s Wharf Brisbane ICOP – December 2017	285 KB	1	20/12/17 – current

2018–19 financial year
Document	Type and size	Version	Applicable dates
Infrastructure Funding Framework – November 2018	1 MB	2	30/11/18 – 30/06/19
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2018	1 MB	1	01/07/18 – 29/11/18
Bowen Hills PDA DCOP – June 2019	2.5 MB	1	21/06/19 – 30/06/19
Herston Quarter PDA DCOP – December 2017	486 KB	1	22/12/17 – 30/06/19
Queen’s Wharf Brisbane ICOP – December 2017	285 KB	1	20/12/17 – current

2017–18 financial year
Document	Type and size	Version	Applicable dates
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2017	2.4 MB	1	01/07/17 – 30/06/2018
Herston Quarter PDA DCOP – December 2017	486 KB	1	22/12/17 – 30/06/19
Queen’s Wharf Brisbane ICOP – December 2017	285 KB	1	20/12/17 – current

2016–17 financial year
Document	Type and size	Version	Applicable dates
Infrastructure Funding Framework – February 2017	1.9 MB	2	28/02/17 – 30/06/2017
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2016	927 KB	1	1/07/16 – 27/02/17

2015–16 financial year
Document	Type and size	Version	Applicable dates
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2015	1.7 MB	1	29/6/15 – 30/6/16

2014–15 financial year
Document	Type and size	Version	Applicable dates
Infrastructure Funding Framework – February 2015	636 KB	4	26/2/15 – 28/6/15
Infrastructure Funding Framework – December 2014	495 KB	3	11/12/14 – 25/2/15
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2014	1.0 MB	2	27/10/14 – 10/12/14
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2014	1.0 MB	1	8/7/14 – 26/10/14

2013–14 financial year
Document	Type and size	Version	Applicable dates
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2013	1.0 MB	4	4/6/14 – 7/7/14
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2013	1.0 MB	3	12/2/14 – 3/6/14
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2013	882 KB	2	9/12/13 – 11/2/14
Infrastructure Funding Framework – July 2013	451 KB	1	30/9/13 – 8/12/13

More information

For more information about infrastructure charges policies contact Economic Development Queensland on 07 3452 7688.

The $150 million Jobs and Regional Growth Fund is part of the government’s broader Jobs and Regional Growth Package, targeted at growing regional economies and jobs for Queenslanders.

The fund will help facilitate private sector projects which create employment and economic growth opportunities in regional areas outside South East Queensland facing significant economic and employment challenges.

Financial assistance ranging from $100,000 to over $10 million is available for proponents to apply directly. Applications will be assessed under an appropriate set of criteria and the type and level of assistance will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Applications will be considered across a broad range of medium to large businesses, for both new projects and expansion of projects in Queensland that maximise benefits for regional employment and economic growth.

How to apply

Applications for financial assistance are invited directly from proponents. For more information on how to apply contact us:

• Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Phone: 1300 785 106

More information

To find out if your project might be eligible for support and for further information on the fund, view the jobs and regional growth brochure ( 231 KB).

The Maturing the Infrastructure Pipeline Program (MIPP) is a $30 million infrastructure planning program that supports the development of a robust project pipeline by enabling projects to be matured from conceptually good ideas into solid proposals.

The MIPP is being delivered in two phases of work.

MIPP 1

Phase 1 involved:

• Rapid assessment of all proposals raised through consultation and future opportunities from the 2016 State Infrastructure Plan. These reports have all been completed.
• Early stage assessments of 40 new infrastructure proposals submitted by 22 local governments – currently underway.

MIPP 2

Phase two of MIPP involved a competitive grant program open to all Local Governments. Submissions have been assessed and funds have been allocated to 70 projects across 67 Local Governments. These grants fund activities across two broad categories:

• strategic planning for infrastructure – funding studies and investigations that will assist local governments to form a strategic view of their key infrastructure priorities and needs
• business cases and/or detailed designs for the development of local government infrastructure proposals to provide better clarity on investment decisions.

The MIPP is an infrastructure planning program and does not commit the Queensland Government to progress or fund further planning or to provide funding for the delivery of projects.

Establishing and expanding Hacker/Maker spaces is an important initiative within our Advanced Manufacturing Roadmap and Action Plan.

Hackerspaces are community-operated places where people with common interests share skills and knowledge. They provide a platform to raise awareness about available technologies. They also have the potential to strengthen the manufacturing industry in Queensland.

The $450,000 Queensland Hackerspace Grant Program provides funding to groups and organisations that want to establish or expand in their communities.

Round two recipients

Round two will award 13 hackerspaces with funding of up to $20,000. The program will assist five new hackerspaces to open and eight hackerspaces to expand:

New hackerspaces

• Canvas Co-working, Toowoomba
• Cloncurry Hackerspace, Cloncurry
• Impact Community Services, Bundaberg
• Make the Maker, Bundaberg
• Smart Precinct NQ, Townsville.

Expanding hackerspaces

• Gold Coast Tech Space, Mudgeeraba
• HSBNE, Eagle Farm
• Makerspace Mackay, Mackay
• Substation 33, Kingston
• Sunshine Coast Makerspace, Warana
• Split Spaces, Mackay
• The Arc, Fortitude Valley
• TheMakers.Org, Cairns.

Round one recipients

In Round one, ten hackerspaces received a share of $170,000 in funding:

• Gold Coast Techspace Inc, Mudgeeraba
• Hackerspace Ipswich
• Hackerspace Brisbane, Eagle Farm
• Hackerspace Ipswich
• Hackerspace Brisbane, Eagle Farm
• Makerspace Mackay
• Maleny Makers, Maleny
• Split Spaces, Mackay
• Sunshine Coast Makerspace, Warana
• The Arc, Fortitude Valley
• TheMakers.org (Cairns)
• YFS (Substation 33), Kingston

Manufacturers and makers are encouraged to engage with their local hackerspace. This way, industry and communities can collaborate on projects, learn new skills and embrace new technology.

For more information

Contact 13 QGOV (13 7468) or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Queensland’s beautiful coastline and world-class marine environments are the envy of the world, and among our state’s leading tourism attractions. These advantages, along with our skilled workforce and excellent marine infrastructure, make us a prime location for superyacht activity.

The Queensland Superyacht Strategy 2018-23 ( 2 MB) sets out our support for growing this high-value industry under four priority action areas:

• supportive, clear and well-communicated policy
• promote infrastructure to facilitate industry growth
• promote Queensland as a global superyacht destination
• support and develop Queensland’s superyacht supply chain.

The Superyacht Strategy envisions that by 2023, Queensland will be recognised as the Asia-Pacific region’s key superyacht hub with its share of the global superyacht market having increased by 10%. This growth is expected to create thousands of new highly skilled jobs across the state and contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to our state’s economy.

Superyacht Industry Development Fund

The Superyacht Industry Development Fund supports Queensland’s small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and not-for-profits in the superyacht supply chain to:

• acquire internationally recognised industry certification and accreditation that enhance their ability to win superyacht contracts
• engage with overseas markets and international supply chain opportunities, including increasing participation at international trade shows.

The second round of the fund opened on 17 December 2019 with two streams of funding available.

Stream 1: Industry Certification and Accreditation

Applications for stream 1 funding closed on Friday, 14 February 2020.

Stream 2: International Market Engagement

We’re partnering with Queensland’s two superyacht peak bodies, Superyacht Australia and Super Yacht Group Great Barrier Reef, to deliver stream 2 of the fund.

Superyacht Australia is leading consortia of eligible Queensland SMEs to the Tahiti Superyacht Rendezvous (June 2020), Monaco Yacht Show (September 2020) and Fort Lauderdale Boat Show (November 2020). The Super Yacht Group Great Barrier Reef will also lead consortia of eligible SMEs to the Tahiti Superyacht Rendezvous (June 2020) and Fiji Superyacht Rendezvous (August 2020).

Eligible businesses may participate in up to three tradeshows and we’re providing up to $3,000 in matched funding for businesses to offset eligible costs incurred from participating in these international market engagement events.

Also, Super Yacht Group Great Barrier Reef will host an international delegation to the Great Barrier Reef in May 2020 to showcase the region’s attractions and services. We’re contributing funds to help promote the capability of local Queensland businesses that service the global superyacht industry. This will include a Superyacht Information Forum featuring resident industry specialists and tours of local superyacht facilities and shipyards.

For more information about how you can participate and benefit from these opportunities, contact:

• Superyacht Australia on (02) 9956 8906 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Super Yacht Group Great Barrier Reef on 0458 794 001 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Frequently asked questions

Fund recipients 2018-2019

Recipients from the 2018-2019 funding round are:

• Gold Coast City Marina and Shipyard (Coomera)
• Rivergate Marina and Shipyard (Murrarie)
• Abell Point Marina (Airlie Beach)
• Seaspec Marine Services (Coomera)
• Trinity Fire Services (Cairns)
• Carter Marine Agencies (Cairns)

Superyacht Strategy Champion

Mr Michael Healy MP, Member for Cairns, is the Queensland Government’s Superyacht Strategy Champion. He works across the state to help implement the strategy's actions.

Further information

We’re committed to fostering emerging and priority industry sectors with global growth potential. Sectors like the superyacht industry help to diversify our state’s economy and create the knowledge-based jobs of the future. Find out about Queensland’s other priority industry sectors.

The Queensland Waste to Biofutures (W2B) Fund provides $5 million in 2019 to support the development of waste to biofutures projects in Queensland. The fund is aligned with the Advance Queensland Biofutures 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan ( 1.2 MB), and provides targeted grants for pilot and demonstration or commercially scalable projects in Queensland that use conventional waste streams or biomass to produce bioenergy, biofuels and high-value bioproducts.

Expressions of interest have closed.

Applications are now being assessed. Successful projects will be announced once assessments have been completed.

Two funding pathways, one objective

Dollar-for-dollar grants of between $50,000 and $1 million are available towards eligible project costs under two funding pathways.

Pathway one – plant and equipment

Funding Pathway One aims to build on the state’s existing pipeline of new biofutures projects by offering grants for the purchase and installation of plant and equipment.

This pathway provides up to 50% co-funding for the purchase and installation of plant and equipment for an existing or greenfield facility to produce bioenergy, biofuels and high-value bioproducts. Refer to the guidelines ( 300 KB) for the eligibility requirements.

Pathway two - research collaboration

Funding Pathway Two aims to support research collaboration with the potential to accelerate the commercial readiness of a Queensland-based biofutures facility.

This pathway provides up to 50% co-funding for research collaboration projects that contribute to the commercial development and growth of Queensland’s biofutures industry. Refer to the guidelines ( 300 KB) for the eligibility requirements.

More information

Read our frequently asked questions ( 271 KB) and guidelines ( 300 KB)

For information on the W2B Fund or your application, please contact the W2B Fund project team through 13QGOV (13 74 68) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Remote Area Boards (RABs) undertake development activities in remote regions of Queensland. RABs bring together key economic development stakeholders to provide a single voice on strategic issues, and act as a community forum to decide economic priorities.

RABs are recognised as playing a strong enabling role in delivering economic projects and collaborating on strategic priorities in remote areas with limited resources.

Funding the RABs supports regional economic development projects and employment opportunities and maintains economic coordination and capability.

Queensland has five RABs:

• South West Regional Economic Development,
• Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planning and Development Board,
• Gulf Savannah Development
• Mount Isa to Townsville Economic Zone Incorporated, and
• Torres and Cape Indigenous Councils Alliance

2018-21 funding

Funding of $2.25 million (GST exclusive) over three years was announced on 29 August 2018 to support the RABs to undertake economic development projects in their remote regions

Each RAB initially had access to $150,000 for approved projects. The remaining funding is to cover the period until 2020-2021.

2016-18 funding

Between July 2016 and June 2018, the department provided $1 million (GST exclusive) to support delivery of economic development projects in remote regional communities.

The $100 million Resource Recovery Industry Development Program (RRIDP) ( 982 KB) supports our goal to make Queensland a world leader in recovery projects. It provides funding to Queensland’s resource recovery industries through support for projects and initiatives that divert waste from landfill, reduce stockpiling and create jobs.

Funding is available to local governments, established businesses and not-for-profits looking to use proven resource recovery technologies to improve existing operations or bring significant new facilities to Queensland. Applications are also welcome from consortia offering integrated supply chain solutions.

Funding proposals may be operations or facilities anywhere along the entire supply chain—from collection and transfer to sorting and remanufacture—as well as waste to energy.

Read more about the Resource Recovery Industry Development Program ( 982 KB).

The program supports the Queensland’s Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy.

Funding opportunities

There are three steams of funding available under the RRIDP. They are:

• Stream one: provides dollar-for-dollar capital grants from $50,000 to $5 million for facilities and infrastructure projects that align with the RRIDP and its objectives.

  Round 2 expressions of interest have now closed. Successful recipients will be announced once applications have been assessed.

  Announcements are continuing regarding Round 1 funded projects.

• Stream two: provides incentives to attract or expand major resource recovery operations that will divert significant amounts of waste from landfill, reduce or prevent stockpiling and recover substantial resources. Applications include a two-staged process beginning with an expression of interest that can be made at any time.

  • Read the guidelines ( 473 KB) for more information.
  • Begin your expression of interest.

• Stream three: provides support toward capital intensive, long lifecycle projects that require a contribution towards investigations to assist with investment decisions for Queensland. Applications include a single-stage process with applications accepted at any time.

  • Read the guidelines ( 468 KB) for more information.
  • Begin your application.

Contact us

More information, including questions about applications, is available by contacting the project team on 13 QGOV or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Royalties for the Regions program ran over four years from 2012–13 to 2015–16 and provided support for infrastructure projects that addressed identified local needs. The program has now closed, however work continues on delivering projects funded under the program.

The Queensland Government continues to support regional communities by replacing the Royalties for the Regions program with a regional infrastructure funding program called Building our Regions.

Four focused infrastructure initiatives make up the $445 million Building our Regions program:

• Regional Capital Fund
• Royalties for Resource Producing Communities Fund
• Remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Fund
• Transport and Infrastructure Development Scheme.

Read more about the Building our Regions program.

View the details of projects funded under Royalties for the Regions in the table below.

Royalties for the Regions projects

In 2015–16, the Queensland Government established the State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) to boost infrastructure investment, increase business confidence and to fund government priorities.

The now $2.2 billion SIF focuses on infrastructure that will enhance productivity and support jobs as well as projects that are ready to be brought to market quickly, so that we continue to underpin productivity and jobs growth in Queensland.

Some of the core allocations, which have been separately supplemented through the 2017–18 State Budget include:

• $800 million towards the delivery of Cross River Rail and a further $50 million to establish the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority. Through the 2017–18 State Budget, the government committed to fully funding the project – Read more about Cross River Rail.


• $300 million for the Priority Economic Works and Productivity Program (PEWPP).Funding has been allocated to the Department of Transport and Main Roads and Queensland Rail to deliver seven high priority transport projects.


• $180 million for the Significant Regional Infrastructure Projects Program (SRIPP). The SRIPP is delivering 25 social and economic infrastructure projects and programs that respond to a community need or provide increased economic opportunities in key regional centres across Queensland.


• $20 million for the Maturing the Infrastructure Pipeline Program (MIPP) The MIPP supports the development of a robust project pipeline by enabling projects to be matured from conceptually good ideas into solid proposals. A $10 million top-up was provided through the 2017–18 State Budget taking total government funding to $30 million.