Community Grants Program

Community Grants Program is sponsored by Australian Embassy, Nepal. Supports local projects fostering community development, social inclusion, entrepreneurship, and export readiness within Nepalese communities.

Kathmandu Community Grants 2026 - This system will be undergoing scheduled maintenance between and and may be unavailable during this time. Your session is about to expire For security reasons, your session will end in 1200 seconds due to inactivity. Before you are logged out, any information you have entered on this page will be automatically saved as a draft.

To keep working, select Extend Session . Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally SmartyTip: Don’t miss any of your deadlines! This is one of the busiest times of the year for applications that are due by June 30 (end of financial year for many funders).

Plan ahead now to avoid any rush and submit your application well before its due date. Kathmandu Community Grants 2026 Submissions are now being accepted. Submissions close at midnight (end of day) 9 November 2026 (AEDT).

IMPORTANT: Please read the information below to assist you in completing your submission. Welcome to the Community Grants (DFAT)'s online grant application service, powered by SmartyGrants. If this is the first time you are applying using SmartyGrants, click ‘Start a Submission’, then ‘Register here’.

Click here Direct Aid Program | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to view the guidelines. For queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or questions in the form, please email at austembassy. kathmandu@dfat.

gov.au with Kathmandu DFAT Community Grants 2026 in the subject line. If you need help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant FAQ's . Navigating through the form On every page of the form you will see a Form Navigation panel.

This links directly to each page of the form, so you can click a page name to jump directly to the page you want. You can also click 'Next Page' or 'Previous Page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the form. Please ensure you save your form as you go.

Your form will save each time you click ‘Next Page’, ‘Previous Page’, or any page name on the Form Navigation panel. If you wish to leave a partially completed form, click 'Save and Close' and log out. You can reopen your draft form and continue where you left off.

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You need to review your form before you can submit it. You will not be able to submit your form until all the required fields are completed and there are no validation errors. Once you have reviewed your form and corrected any errors you can submit it by clicking on the Submit button at the top or bottom of the screen.

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If you don't see a confirmation page or receive a confirmation email then you should presume that your form has NOT been submitted. Hint: also check the email hasn't landed in your spam or junk email folder. You can return to the My Submissions page of your account to view the submission status of the form.

You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device. You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file.

Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time. Collaborating on your submission A number of people can collaborate on a submission as long as you have created a SmartyFile Organisation and only one person is working on the form at a time. Ensure you save as you go.

For security reasons, your login session will expire after 20 minutes of inactivity. Saving your form or navigating to another page resets the timer. You’ll be prompted 90 seconds before your session expires, with the option to extend your session or log out.

If you don’t respond to the prompt in time, your form will be automatically saved before your session ends. Even so, we recommend saving your form regularly – especially when working on longer responses – to avoid losing any work.