08-04-2025
The STS Program aims is to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel who served in wars, conflicts and peace operations, and their families.
The intended outcome of the program is to provide funding for projects and activities that:
- promote appreciation and understanding of the experiences of service, and the role of service personnel
- preserve, or increase awareness, understanding or access to information about Australia’s wartime heritage.
- Projects and activities relating to all wars, conflicts, peacekeeping operations and National Service are eligible.
Community Grants – maximum grants of up to $10,000
Major Grants – between $10,001 and $150,000
The objective of the program is to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel who served in wars, conflicts and peace operations, including Notional Services personnel, and their families.
Community Grants
Grants of up to $10,000 are available for local, community-based commemorative projects and activities. These grants are for projects and activities that are focused on the local community, commemorate the service and sacrifice of local community members, and are primarily accessed by the local community.
Some examples of Community Grants projects and activities include:
- development of a digital honour roll
- restoration of an existing local war memorial
- purchase of a cabinet to display military memorabilia.
Major Grants
Grants of between $10,001 and $150,000 are available for major commemorative projects and activities that are significant from a national, state/territory or broader regional perspective.
Major Grants have a much wider focus than Community Grants. They must commemorate the service and sacrifice of service personnel beyond the local community, and/or consist of elements that are available to the whole nation, or residents of a state or territory, or the broader regional area. A high monetary value project or activity does not necessarily mean that it is significant at a national, state, territory or broader regional level.
Some examples of Major Grant projects and activities include:
- construction of an interactive memorial walking track dedicated to all Australian service personnel
- development of a digital honour roll and interpretive signage to commemorate the history of service personnel from a particular region
- publication of a book commemorating Australian service personnel from the Malayan Emergency
- development of a documentary commemorating Australian Prisoners of War.
To be eligible, you must be one of the eligible entity types listed in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines, which are published on GrantConnect