It will provide grants of up to $5 million to ecosystem partners, such as accelerators, for multi-year programs that help businesses aligned to ARENA's mandate to build capability, grow and progress toward commercialisation, including through stronger investor, customer and deployment pathways.

This round can support organisations to:

• Help more Australian renewable energy startups build stronger technologies, business models and commercial pathways.
• Address capability gaps that funding alone may not solve, including commercialisation, business setup, regulatory processes, customer development, investor engagement, technical development, engineering and project delivery.
• Build stronger startup support programs and networks, with more certainty for high-impact programs and delivery models that can scale.
• Help startups become more investment-ready and better positioned to attract private capital or public sector funding.

ARENA will host an information webinar on this round at 2:30-3:30 pm, 23 September 2026.

Register for the Ecosystem Funding Round information webinar

Program launch -16 September 2026
Applications close - round remains open until available funds are exhausted
Successful applicants announcement - expected from December 2026

• Email: Launchpad@arena.gov.au