Spaceport Establishment Support Grant: Application Information

To be considered for financial assistance, the application must meet all of the following components of the eligibility criteria:  

• Your business is registered in Australia or be eligible to register for an Australian Business Number (ABN).
  • Businesses without an existing ABN, including foreign owned businesses, must apply or be in the process of applying for an ABN if their application is deemed successful.
  • Foreign-owned businesses are required to provide, as part of their application, a unique business identification number as accepted in their domicile.
• Your business is a legal entity and has been a registered business for three years or more.
• Your business is solvent and will pass due diligence checks.
• Your business is in the space industry sector.
• Your business intends to establish a spaceport in Western Australia with site works to commence before 31 December 2029.
• Your business (if not a Western Australian business) will establish a subsidiary in Western Australia if application is successful.
• Your business will contribute at least 50% of the project funding costs.
• Your business confirms that the SES Grant will NOT be spent on business-as-usual operational expenses.
• Your business confirms that the requested eligible expenditure is for services to be provided in the future.
• Your application is submitted on the SmartyGrants platform before the submission deadline.

Spaceport Establishment Support Grant funding can be expended on: 

• Site assessments of the proposed WA spaceport site(s):
  • Grant funding may be spent on expenses related to the undertaking of site assessments and related studies.
  • Examples of site assessments and related studies include:
    • Environmental impact assessment
    • Native title assessment
    • Heritage assessment
    • Bushfire risk assessment
    • Hydrology assessment
    • Emissions assessment
    • Launch and re-entry trajectory analysis
    • Stakeholder consultation.
• Business case development for your WA spaceport:
  • Grant funding may be spent on expenses related to:
    • employing supplier(s) to undertake business case development including market analysis, technical and financial feasibility, infrastructure requirements and risk assessment.
    • employing additional team members to support business case development.

Other expenditure (not listed above) that supports site assessment of the proposed WA spaceport site(s) or business case development for your WA spaceport are also eligible.

Please note all expenditure must be incurred post the project commencement date and consistent with these guidelines.

All applications for the Spaceport Establishment Support Grant require a written online application that must be lodged via the XX portal (link), together with other relevant attachments. 

Applicants must demonstrate that agreements are in place for the matching funds (and/or matching funds in the bank) and that the proposed project can commence shortly upon receipt of funding. 

Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they have received email confirmation that their application has been submitted and should keep this for future reference. 

Applicants are responsible for allowing sufficient time for electronic transmission; incomplete or late applications will not be accepted.

The Department of Energy and Economic Diversification can provide high-level guidance on application requirements prior to lodgement. Enquiries can be directed to space@jtsi.wa.gov.au.