GO8181: Traceability Grants Program (TGP) – Round 4

About the Grant Opportunity The Traceability Grants Program (TGP) is a part of the Modernising Agricultural Trade – Protecting Australia’s Clean, Green Brand initiative.

The grant round will support collaborative traceability projects to assist implementation activities under the National Agricultural Traceability Strategy 2023 to 2033.

Building on the outcomes of earlier rounds, the purpose of the grant round is to better align processes and technologies in capturing and using data to support regulators and farmers, help support agricultural industries to implement interoperable traceability systems, and support the strengthening of agricultural traceability awareness through communication and education campaigns.

The Traceability Grants Program - Round 4 will award grants totalling $4 million GST excl. ($2 million in 2025-26 and $2 million in 2026-27) for grant activities expected to be completed by 30 June 2028.

The program opened for applications on 13 January 2026, and applications must be received by 11:00 pm AEDT on 18 February 2026.

To be eligible an applicant must have an Australian Business Number (ABN); be registered for GST; have an account with an Australian financial institution in the organisation's name; and be one of the eligible entity types listed (or be part of a joint/consortia application with a lead organisation that is an eligible entity).

Eligible entity types include Australian companies, companies limited by guarantee, incorporated trustees on behalf of trusts, incorporated associations, partnerships, Corporate and Non-Corporate Commonwealth entities and statutory authorities, Corporate and Non-Corporate State or Territory entities and statutory authorities, Local Government Entities, not-for-profit organisations, publicly funded research organisations, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporations registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.

Grant activities must address the program objectives and target at least one of the three priority areas for action identified for Round 4, and must explicitly state alignment to objectives and priority areas in the application.