Australian Government | Regional Precincts and Partnerships Program (rPPP)

The Australian Government has launched the new regional Precincts and Partnerships Program with applications now open and the Grant Opportunity Guidelines available.

The program supports transformative investment in regional, rural and remote Australia which will unify regional places, grow economies and serve communities. Unlike traditional grants programs, the rPPP will focus on a partnership approach, bringing together governments and communities to deliver regional precincts that are tailored to local needs and have a shared vision in how that precinct connects to the region.

The rPPP is a grants program that will provide funding through two grant streams to support both the design and development of precincts, and delivery of construction-ready precinct projects. The program is open to state, territory and local government agencies or bodies, regional universities (which may be for-profit), and incorporated not-for-profit organisations. Applications can be accepted at any time throughout the year (i.e. always open).

The program’s guidelines, application portal and the media release can now be accessed via infrastructure.gov.au, GrantConnect and business gov.au.

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts will be facilitating a webinar about the program and its application process at 10:00am to 11:00am AEST on Tuesday 19 September 2023 via Microsoft Teams. Further details for this webinar can be found by clicking the Webinar button below.

Please Note:

The rPPP Stream One guidelines, section 4.2: Additional eligibility requirements (point 5) state that a proposal can only be accepted if the applicant:

• can provide evidence that the following organisations have been contacted to seek their support for the concept of the precinct:

  • the relevant Regional Development Australia (RDA) committee

  • the relevant Traditional Owner/First Nations groups for the area.