Funding opportunities for great ideas

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Funding opportunities for great ideas
Tuesday 8th February Beechworth Jeanie Hall
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• Think beyond the box
• and be realistic

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• Consider leveraging existing opportunities and
  structures
• ANTA, Rural Skills Australia
• www.ruralskills.com.au
• Gordon Griffin Education and Training Advisor
  Victoria and Tasmania.
• 03 5821 1522
• Collaborative funding

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• Useful websites
• www.daff.gov.au
• www.grantslink.gov.au
• www.grantsearch.gov.au
• www.frrr.org.au
• www.rirdc.gov.au
• www.philanthropy.org.au

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• DAFF
• New Industry Development Programme- In Market
  Development Scholarship
• Pilot Commercialisation Programme
• 1300 884 588
• 40 applications last round for PCP, 6 were
  previous scholarship recipients

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• strengthening growth and opportunities by
  investing in projects that strengthen and provide
  greater opportunities for economic and social
  participation in the community
• improving access to services by investing in
  projects that, in a cost effective and
  sustainable way, support communities to access
  services. It will give priority to communities in
  regional Australia with a population of less than
  5,000
• supporting planning by investing in projects that
  assist communities to identify and explore
  opportunities and to develop strategies for
  action and
• assisting in structural adjustment by investing
  in projects that assist specifically identified
  communities and regions adjust to major economic,
  social or environmental change.

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• NEVACC has assisted successful grant applications
  of over 3.65 million in the past 12 months
  totaling over 14.8 million in 9 years
• Check the eligibility guidelines on
  www.regionalpartnerships.gov.au
• Shane OBrien
• NEVACC
• 03 5831 1133
• nevacc_at_sheppnews.com.au

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• Strong applications
• Check eligibility early
• Gather and maintain credible data to support
  applications
• Demonstrate broader community benefits
• Measure outcomes as well as activity
• Supplement activity through grants, dont
  generate it

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• Strong applications
• Develop relationship with the project manager
• Define opportunity and downstream customers.
  How are you going to distribute, who are your
  customers
• Strive to collaborate either side of the fence
• Refer to sustainability of project post funding

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• Investigate other opportunity
• Venture Capital
• Philanthropy
• Collaborative applications
• .traditional finance streams

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• Be focused about where you want to go and
  flexible about how you get there
• Dont fear failure, learn from it
• Leave a footprint
• CELEBRATE all achievements

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• Jeanie Hall
• Small Business Answers Officer
• 5722 4533
• sbaonev_at_bigpond.net.au
• Walt Healey
• Small Business Answers Officer
• 5831 7051
• sbao2nev_at_mcmedia.com.au