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Grants

Export Market Development Grants (EMDG)

Status

Status not published

No round is open at the time of verification: 'Currently there are no grant rounds open to applications' and 'EMDG Round 4 is closed'. Austrade states 'We will update our website when timing of the next grant round is confirmed.' The programme runs in recurring multi-year rounds.

Check with the funder

Amount

Not published

Grant amounts differ by tier and are set in the guidelines for each round; no amount is published on the current programme page, so none is recorded here. Four streams exist: Tier 1 (SMEs ready to export), Tier 2 (exporting within existing markets), Tier 3 (exporting to new key markets) and representative bodies.

Funder

Austrade (Australian Trade and Investment Commission)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — No round is open at the time of verification: 'Currently there are no grant rounds open to applications' and 'EMDG Round 4 is closed'. Austrade states 'We will update our website when timing of the next grant round is confirmed.' The programme runs in recurring multi-year rounds.

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Stage: seed, Series A and growth
Locally registered entity required

'The EMDG program provides grants to Australian small and medium enterprises and their representative bodies to: market and promote their goods and services globally [and] undertake export training.' Turnover ceilings and tier tests are defined in the round guidelines, which we did not read.

How to apply

Check eligibility and read the EMDG guidelines and legislation. — link
Wait for the next grant round to open and apply through the Austrade grants portal. — link
If successful, enter a multi-year grant agreement and acquit eligible marketing/promotion and export training expenses. — link

What you will need

EMDG application form (portal)
Evidence of eligible export promotion expenditure and export plan

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.austrade.gov.au/en/how-we-can-help-you/grants/export-market-development-grants

"The EMDG program provides grants to Australian small and medium enterprises and their representative bodies to: market and promote their goods and services globally ... Currently there are no grant rounds open to applications."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.austrade.gov.au