District Grants

Finalisation of 2025-26 District Grants

Clubs need to complete district grants and submit final reports, expenditure claim and relevant receipts by 31 st May, 2026

Applications for District Grants for 2026-27 open 1 st March 2026

The 2026–27 round of District Grants is currently open for applications from Rotary Clubs in District 9780.  District Grants support small scale local and international projects, scholarships, vocational training teams and related travel that conform to the mission of The Rotary Foundation.  

See https://my.rotary.org/en/take-action/apply-grants/district-grants for more detail.
The District will match funds contributed to the project up to maximum of AU$3,000 per club funded on a 1:1 basis.   If applications are received for funds greater than the amount of District Designated Funds available, the awarding of grants will be on a competitive basis assessed against District 9780 criteria.
Before applying for a District Grant send a copy of the Grant Management Recertification completion certificate and the current MOU documents signed by both the Club President for 2026-27 and incoming President for 2027-28 to the DGSCC as per the address below.
Use this link to access the following documents: project application; project report form; project expenditure form; MOU; RI grant terms and conditions and a short clip on how to find the Grant Management Recertification seminar on the Learning Center. 

Please download the files to work on them on your computer.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/w8zqx559zgnx3inf64z8t/APEx-jKzO0je4j8Y-bt9Qg0?rlkey=92c3vfxzgn9t2hw8k1ylqqc1c&e=1&st=nyav3dlw&dl=0

Further information may be obtained from the Incoming District Grants Sub-Committee Chair Kath Venters by email, Email Link to Kath Venters

The Timeline for application/approval/funding of the District Grants for Rotary year
2025-26 is as follows.
Applications Open 1 st March 2026
Applications Close 31 st May, 2026
Applications reviewed by 30 th June 2026
Block grant application made to TRF in July 2026
Clubs notified of results in August 2026
Funds should be available on 1 st November 2026
No expenditure should be committed before being notified of the outcome of
the grant application as any expenditure prior to the grant being approved is
not eligible for reimbursement.
Reports must be received at the latest by 31st of May 2027.
Reimbursement of the funds expended on a 1:1 basis to the grant maximum will occur on receipt of a completed report.