Grants, awards and scholarships

The Dr (Aunty) Mary Atkinson Scholarship Program provides $30,000 per year for up to 4 years. Up to 8 scholarships are funded at any one time to support both undergraduate and postgraduate Victorian Aboriginal students to undertake full-time study in a range of fields related to the portfolio areas of the department.

Find out more about the Dr (Aunty) Mary Atkinson Scholarship Program.

Grants and support

Creative Victoria offers a range of grants and support to develop Victoria's creative industries. Programs and initiatives are available to support individual creative practitioners, micro-businesses and collectives, small and large organisations, and creative projects and events.

To remain informed about funding opportunities, and other creative sector opportunities, subscribe to Creative Victoria’s eNewsletters or follow Creative Victoria on social media.

Victorian Premier's Design Awards

The Victorian Premier's Design Awards recognise and reward Victorian designers and businesses using design effectively and sustainably.

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards celebrate and promote Australian writers. The suite of awards culminates with the Victorian Prize for Literature, Australia's most valuable award for writing.

Business Victoria offers a range of grants and programs to support businesses. To find one for your business, see: Grants and programs.

The mRNA Victoria Research Acceleration Fund Grants took place in 2021 and 2022. For more information, including grant recipients, visit: mRNA Victoria.

The department manages several grant programs to help the state’s advanced manufacturers to innovate, grow production and capitalise on new opportunities. Find out what’s on offer at Business Victoria.

The Premier's Awards for Health and Medical Research recognise the exceptional contributions of Victoria’s early-career health and medical researchers.

The Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame recognises excellence in manufacturing. There are a number of categories under which manufacturers can submit nominations including the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Honour Roll.

Recreational Fishing Grants Program

Every year the Victorian Government, through the Recreational Fishing Licence Trust Account, reinvests Recreational Fishing Licence fees into projects to improve recreational fishing in Victoria. Since its inception in 2001, the program has funded over 600 projects, worth more than $21 million throughout Victoria.

For more information, visit: Recreational Fishing Grants Program.

Recreational Boating Structural Maintenance and Recreational Boating Access & Dredging Grants Program

The Victorian Government is reinvesting boaters’ licence and registration fees back into projects to improve access and facilities through the Recreational Boating Grants Program. Annual grants programs have been available to ramp managers to undertake dredging, improve access and conduct structural maintenance at their facilities.

Sustainable Hunting Grants

The Sustainable Hunting Grants are helping to promote responsible, safe and sustainable game hunting practices.

Sport grants

Sport and Recreation Victoria provides a wide range of grants and funding programs to increase participation and maximise the economic and social benefits provided by sport and recreation to all Victorians.

Events funding

The Victorian Government provides funding for a range of major events and regional events through its tourism marketing and events company, Visit Victoria. It also provides funding for business events through Melbourne Convention Bureau and Business Events Victoria.

Tourism infrastructure

The Victorian Government provides a number of grants and programs for tourism businesses to support the delivery of Victoria’s renowned and varied tourism destinations.

Governor of Victoria Export Awards

The Governor of Victoria Export Awards (GOVEA) are the state's most prestigious export awards that acknowledge and celebrate Victoria's most outstanding businesses engaged in international trade.

Open to all Victorian exporters, GOVEA winners are automatically placed as finalists in the Australian Export Awards – the national awards ceremony.

Study Melbourne Scholarships

There are a variety of scholarships for international students in Victoria.

Venture Growth Fund

The Victorian Government has committed $25 million to establish the Venture Growth Fund. This fund offers eligible high-growth start ups access to venture credit of between $50,000 and $5 million, helping create jobs and driving economic growth.

Victorian International Education Awards

The Victorian International Education Awards support the international education sector and raise awareness of the sector’s benefits to the broader community and recognise the outstanding accomplishments of the students, staff and institutions that make up Victoria’s thriving international education sector.