Business Boost Grants Program

The Business Boost grants program provides support to businesses to advance improvements in their efficiency and productivity.

This support includes funded activities in 3 project areas:

• Future planning
• Specialised and automated software
• Staff management, development and planning

The program is administered by the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT).

Key Details

Eligible business size: Small businesses

Opening date: 9am, 30 July 2021

Closing date: When funds are exhausted

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for this grant, your business must:

• have fewer than 20 employees at the time of applying for the grant
• have an active Australian Business Number (ABN) and registered for GST
• have a Queensland headquarters
• have a turnover of between $300,000 (minimum) and $600,000 (maximum) in the last financial year (2020–21)
• have a publicly reachable web presence to identify business operations (e.g. business website and/or social media pages)
• not be insolvent or have owners/directors that are an undischarged bankrupt.

Check your eligibility to find out if your business can apply for the program.

Available funding

You may be eligible to receive a grant payment of $15,000 (excluding GST) on completing your proposed project.

Successful applicants must co-contribute at least 30% of the total project costs.

Grant funding will be paid only after compliant acquittal documentation is received.

We will not fund projects with:

• a total cost of less than $10,715 (excluding GST)
  or
• payments made before the approval date (you must be approved before you pay for grant-funded project activities).



For more information visit:

https://www.business.qld.gov.au/starting-business/advice-support/grants/business-boost