Disaster Ready Fund Round Three 2025-26

Overview

Important Notice: Due to significant disruption caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, as well as weather events in other states and territories, the closing date for project proposals to Lead Agencies in all jurisdictions has been extended from 2 April to 16 April 2025. Key dates for subsequent application and assessment processes have also been adjusted accordingly. A revised version of the Guidelines reflecting these changes is at Addendum 2, together with Frequently Asked Questions. The Disaster Ready Fund Round (DRF) is the Australian Government’s flagship disaster resilience and risk reduction initiative Round Three (2025-26) of the DRF will build on previous rounds by making a further $200 million available for natural disaster risk reduction and resilience initiatives in 2025-26. Of the total amount available: $138,000,000.00 notionally allocated for infrastructure investment (infrastructure funding stream) encompassing the following primary project activity types as defined in the Glossary to the Guidelines:  investment in grey infrastructure  investment in green-blue infrastructure (including nature based solutions)  investment in social infrastructure  investment in natural hazard monitoring infrastructure  $59,000,000.00 notionally allocated for other eligible project types, and  $3,000,000.00 notionally allocated for administrative support for Lead Agencies.  There is no maximum grant amount, but grants cannot exceed the total available budget. The minimum total project value is $500,000 for infrastructure funding stream projects, with no minimum for other types.