The Traceability Grants Program is a part of the Modernising Agricultural Trade, Protecting Australia’s Clean, Green Brand initiative. The program will support collaborative agricultural traceability projects that will assist implementation activities under the National Agricultural Traceability Strategy 2023 to 2033 (the strategy).

The Traceability Grants Program has the following objectives:

• Support industry projects that will enhance our agricultural supply chain traceability systems. This includes developing and trialling technologies that digitise information flow.
• Provide an advantage for our exporters in overseas markets that will assist them to maintain their competitive edge.
• Increase opportunities to export Australian commodities.

Round 4 will support collaborative traceability projects to assist implementation activities under the strategy. Building on the outcomes of earlier rounds, the Traceability Grants Program - Round 4 will award grants totalling $4 million ($2 million in 2025-26 and $2 million in 2026-27) and grant activities funded by those grants are expected to be completed by 30 June 2028.

The strategy has 8 strategic objectives and identifies 11 priority areas for action. Round 3 will fund projects that meet the program objectives and focus on the priority areas for action of the strategy that require further investment:

• Priority areas for action 2: Align processes and technologies to capture and use data for multiple purposes, such as regulators and feedback to farmers.
• Priority areas for action 5: Support industry to implement interoperable systems.
• Priority areas for action 8: Implement a communication and education campaign to strengthen awareness of agricultural traceability.

The program opened for applications on 13 January 2026, and applications must be received by 11:00pm AEDT 18 February 2026.

To apply for a grant from the Traceability Grants Program - Round 4 you need to complete the Traceability Grants Program - Round 4 Grant Application Form (available from the GrantConnect website) and submit it via email to the department by 11:00pm AEDT on 18 February 2026 to be eligible for consideration.

Grant applications need to:

• address the program objectives
• target at least one of the 3 priority areas for action referred to in section 2.1 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines, and
• clearly and explicitly state how your project aligns to the objective and the priority areas for action within the application form and associated templates.

Eligible applications will then be assessed by the Selection Advisory Panel (comprised of employees of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, expert(s) from the agricultural sector, and other Commonwealth officers with relevant specialist expertise) against defined assessment criteria. For more information on the application and assessment process please refer to the Traceability Grants Program - Round 4 Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

• Phone: 1800 900 090
• Email: traceability.project@aff.gov.au