Grant Amounts:

Tier 1 (min. $100,000 revenue for the 2023-24 FY):
Up to $30,000 per financial year for up to 2 years

Tier 2 (min. $500,000 revenue for the 2023-24 FY):
Up to $50,000 per financial year for up to 2 years

Tier 3 (min. $1,000,000 revenue for the 2023-24 FY):
Up to $80,000 per financial year for up to 2 years

Grant amounts are for the 2025-25 and 2026-27 FYs; no funding is available for the 2023-24 FY. The total grant amounts will be subject to available funds and the overall demand for the grant.

Eligibility Criteria:

The applicant must:

• Have a valid ABN operational for at least 2 years
• Own the Intellectual Property (IP) or have the rights to sell the product/service
• Have an assessable income of less than $20 million (for the 2023-24 FY)
• Prove it has the capacity to spend at least $20,000 per financial year
• Be tax-compliant and fit to receive a grant
• Tier 3 applicants must target specific countries
• Be exporting or promoting at least one of the following to overseas buyers:
  • Goods made in Australia
  • Goods made outside Australia where Australia could derive a significant net benefit
  • An Australian tourism service
  • Intellectual property generated from work done in Australia
  • A trademark owned, assigned, or first used in Australia
  • Know-how from work mainly done in Australia
  • An event held in Australia

Eligible Expenses:

• Maintaining a representative in a foreign country (e.g. engaging an international representative in a foreign country for a minimum of 6 months to conduct market research or promotional activities of your product/service)
• Short trips to a foreign country (e.g. economy airfares, accommodation, food and ground transport for up to 21 days of an overseas trip for you or a company representative)
• Consultants (e.g. engagement of a consultant to conduct market research or promotional activities of your product/service in a foreign country)
• Short trips within Australia (e.g. food, accommodation and transport related to marketing your eligible product to potential foreign buyers)
• Foreign buyer visits to Australia (e.g. paying for the economy airfares, accommodation, food & other incidentals for a prospective foreign buyer visiting Australia)
• Soliciting for business in a foreign country (e.g. exhibiting at an international trade show)
• Free samples (e.g. costs incurred to send sample products overseas)
• Promotional and advertising material (e.g. Facebook/Instagram/TikTok/Google Ads advertising expenses in an overseas market such as the United States)
• Intellectual property rights (e.g. the registration of patents or trademarks in foreign countries)
• Training activities – Tier 1 applicants and representative bodies only (e.g. training of staff to better market goods/services in foreign countries)