Funding to support current and emerging regional leaders to develop leadership and resilience skills

The Building Resilient Regional Leaders Initiative (Pilot) provides organisations with funding to deliver place-based leadership training that builds leadership and resilience skills among current and emerging regional leaders and facilitates development of regional networks.

The program supports activities that strengthen participants’ capacity to contribute to their region’s long-term resilience and recovery from crises such as COVID-19 and bushfires.

To be eligible you must have an Australian business number (ABN) and be one of the following entities:

an entity incorporated in Australia

a company limited by guarantee

an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust

an incorporated association

an incorporated not for profit organisation

a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO) as defined in section 14

an Indigenous Corporation (under the Corporation (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth)).

Your project has at least $250,000 in eligible expenditure.

You must complete your project by 31 May 2023.

Joint applications are acceptable, provided you have a lead organisation who is the main driver of the project and are eligible to apply.