The Local Investments Funding Grant Opportunity enables strategic and rapid response to address local issues to benefit First Nations people and facilitate improved community and government engagement. The objective of a Local Investments Funding grant is to deliver outcomes, aligned to community needs government priorities and Closing the Gap targets by providing funding of no more than $100,000 (GST exclusive) for:
- generally small scale, short-term, one-off proposals to address immediate local need and which have community support;
- a variety of activities, ranging from small scale infrastruture and cultural activities, through to a co-contribution to larger projects; and
- activities that leverage other government funding and may include co-contributions for larger projects with other governments, local councils or organisations.
To be eligible, applicants just be invisted by the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) to apply for funding.