Individual Grants
The Individual Grants Program supports residents of the City of PAE to participate in personal development, leadership or competition opportunities they have been selected, recommended, chosen for or demonstrated a particular talent in.
Guidelines
Please read the Grant Guidelines carefully before applying. Many documents on this site are displayed as PDF files. If you have problems accessing, reading or understanding these documents please contact us on 8405 6600.
Individual Grant Guidelines(PDF, 713.44 KB)
Timeframes
Applications are processed as they are received. We aim to notify you within four weeks following your submission. Funds will be available until exhausted.
Applications for Individual Grants are now open
What Funding options are there?
Applicants can receive a maximum of one grant per 12 month period.
Funding is capped as follows:
- $200 for intra or interstate opportunities
- $300 for international opportunities hosted in Australia
- $400 for international opportunities overseas
Eligibility & Assessment criteria
Only City of PAE residents are eligible to apply for an Individual Grant to assist in the participation of significant activities or opportunities. Please see our guidelines for ineligible applicants.
What are we looking for?
Some examples of eligible activities include the following but are not limited to:
- Participation in a national or international level sporting competition;
- Participation in Youth Adventure Day Sails;
- Participation in a festival, exhibition, competition or conference;
- Participation in a youth development opportunity
How to apply
We provide an online application tool to help you prepare and submit your application. It's called SmartyGrants and it's available via the Apply Now button below. If you're a new user, you will need to start by registering a new account. Once registered and logged in you will be redirected to the "Before you Begin" page where you can start your application.
Applicants can only apply online when funding rounds are open. Support or access to computers and the internet can be provided if required.
Success Stories
The following is a list of (but not limited to) activities that eligible applicants were approved to participate in:
- All Star Cheerleading Championships in USA
- Athletics Championships
- Badminton Championships
- Basketball Championships
- Bhutanese Interstate Soccer Tournament
- Calisthenics Championships
- Combined Australia Netball Association Carnival
- Craig Foster Inter Futsal Cup
- Cross country Championships
- Darts Championships
- Dragon Boat Championships
- Drilldance Australia Championships
- DSSA National Swimming Championships
- Exhibition in Milan Design Festival
- Figure Skating Championships
- FISAF World Championship
- Hockey Championships
- Indoor Bowls Championships
- Indoor Cricket World Cup Dubai
- Inter Cadet Sailing Championships
- Irish Dancing Championships
- Lacrosse Tournament
- Math Championships in Bangkok
- Mundialito 2018 Inter Youth Soccer Tournament
- Pan Pacific Masters Games
- Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
- School Sport Australia AFL U15 Girls Football
- Softball Championships
- Special Olympics
- Surf Life Saving Championships
- Victor Harbor Art Show
- Volleyball Schools Cup
- WPF Martial Arts World Cup
- YMCA Youth Parliament
- Youth Baseball Championships