Funding to deliver innovative projects to improve the quality or availability of cyber security professionals in Australia

Funding for industry and education providers to deliver innovative projects that quickly improve the quality or availability of cyber security professionals in Australia.

Grants support collaborative projects that grow the skilled cybersecurity workforce.

To be eligible you must:

- have an Australian business number (ABN)

- be registered for the goods and services tax (GST)

and be one of the following entities:

- an entity incorporated in Australia

- an incorporated association

- an incorporated not for profit organisation.

Each application must be a joint application with a lead organisation, who is the main driver of the project and is eligible to apply, and at least one other project partner.

A state, territory or local government department is not eligible as the lead applicant, but may be a project partner in a joint application. The eligibility criteria refer to the lead organisation only.

We can only accept applications:

- where you can certify that your board supports the project (or chief executive officer or equivalent if there is no board), and that you can complete the project and meet the costs of the project not covered by grant funding

- where you provide a letter from each of your project partners supporting the project

- where you include all mandatory attachments as per the application form.