Funding to conserve and promote the heritage of the ACT
Find out how to apply for Heritage Grants. This grant helps the community to take care of the heritage of the ACT.
Applications close at 5.00 pm on 15 August 2025.
ACT Heritage Grants
This grant helps the community to:
- take care of and improve access to places and objects listed on the ACT Heritage Register
- engage with our unique natural, First Nations, cultural and historic heritage.
Find out about development and works at heritage places and get free heritage advice.
Who this is for
The grant is for individuals, community groups and organisations.
What you get
Around $200,000 in total funding.
Check if you can apply
You can apply if you're:
- an individual
- a community group
- an incorporated non-profit or private organisation.
Community organisations associated with ACT Government owned places or objects must apply with the relevant ACT Government agency.
What you can do
Your project must:
- align with the grant funding priorities in the grant guidelines
- focus on the heritage of the ACT and be of benefit to our community
- relate to places and objects listed on the ACT Heritage Register or Aboriginal heritage protected through the Heritage Act 2004.
Funding priorities are:
- conservation works
- conservation management plans
- community engagement projects
- Aboriginal heritage projects.
Examples of projects include:
- restoration and conservation projects
- conservation management plans
- interpretive signage
- oral histories
- digitisation and publications.
Before you apply
Check what you’ll need to apply
You may need to provide:
- written permission from the landowner if your project takes place on land not owned by you
- written support from the ACT Government if your project involves an ACT Government managed place or asset
- relevant heritage approvals or permits
- proof of public liability insurance.
Apply
To apply online:
- Register or log in to your account.
- Follow the instructions to complete your application.
- Submit your application by the closing date.
After you apply
We'll assess your application and let you know the result in around 8 weeks. You'll be notified by email.
Assessing your application
Your application will be assessed against the assessment criteria in the grant guidelines.
The assessment panel is made up of people with broad experience and qualifications covering:
- architecture
- archaeology
- natural and built conservation
- community engagement
- Aboriginal cultural heritage management.
If you get the grant
You'll need to sign a Deed of Grant with the ACT Government.
The Deed of Grant will include details on:
- the agreed project
- the grant amount
- the term of your project
- how to report on your project and expend the funds
- how to acquit your grant when you have completed the project.
Past projects
Find out about recent grant recipients and projects.
You can find past grant recipients in our annual reports.
- Canberra and District Historical Society, Digitisation of Limestone Plains photographs – $780
- Canberra Baptist Church, Conservation management plan – $15,525
- Cuppacumbalong, Roof and guttering conservation works – $63,500
- Free Serbian Orthodox Church St George, Mural restoration works – $9,500
- Hall Heritage Centre, Lyall Gillespie and the story of Ginninderra (publication reprint) – $3,225
- Nick Swain, A History of the Mugga Lane area (publication) – $5,040
- Theatre Organ Society of Australia (ACT), Compton Organ, Albert Hall, Maintenance refurbishment – $4,680
- Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association, Oral histories in the modern era – $22,200
- Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association, Rock Valley conservation works – $17,000
- Trevor Lipsocombe, Griffin Weston Forest Trail guidebook – $2,500
- University of Canberra, A City by Design (exhibition and publication) – $32,500
- Woodlands and Wetlands Trust, Canberra Tracks Geo Heritage Trail at Mulligans Flat – $20,200
- Yarralumla Residents Association, Discovering and Valuing Yarralumla’s Heritage – $9,850
Other heritage and environmental grants
Contact us
ACT Heritage Grants Team
If you need help or have questions, contact us.
Phone: 02 6205 9454