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Next Grant Round:
Applications for funding will open early 2025.
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Results of the recent EOI will be notified Dec 2024.
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Welcome
ACCAN works towards achieving communications services that are trusted, inclusive, and available for all.
With this aim, the ACCAN Grants Program funds projects to enable research on telecommunications issues, represent telecommunications consumers, or create educational tools which empower consumers to understand telecommunications products and services and make decisions in their own interests.
On the following pages you will find all the information you need to decide if your project idea is eligible for an ACCAN Grant, and how to apply.
To be eligible, projects must address systemic telecommunications consumer issues. Have a browse through the following ACCAN Grants Projects to get a feel for the type of work that is funded under the Program.
Queensland University of Technology, Digital Media Research Centre
Grant round: 2016
Amount: $59,860
Read more: Australian consumer access to digital media content
Curtin University, Department of Internet Studies
Grant round: 2017-18
Amount: $32,000
Read more: Audio Description in Australia: An Online Resource
WESNET (Women's Services Network) Incorporated
Grant round: 2019
Amount: $49,807
Broadband for the Bush Alliance
Grant round: 2017-18
Amount: $51,005
Read more: Internet and telecommunications services in rural Australia – an evidence based approach
University of New South Wales, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
Grant round: 2016
Amount: $50,000
Read more: Inside job - Security and privacy threats for smart-home IoT devices
Australian National University, Research School of Management
In partnership with IDCare, and the University of the Sunshine Coast, Centre for Human Factors & Sociotechnical Systems.
Grant round: 2016
Amount: $44,965.50
Read more: Understanding Consumer Identity Theft Risks Across Communications Media
University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre
Grant round: 2016
Amount: $59,842.30
Read more: Finding peace of mind: Navigating the marketplace of mental health apps
Financial and Consumer Rights Council Inc. (FCRC)
Grant round: 2016
Amount: $60,000
The Association of Hazaras in Victoria
In partnership with the Victorian Afghan Associations Network
Grant round: 2016
Amount: $7,500
Department of Media and Communications, the University of Melbourne
Grant round: 2015
Grant: $49,267
Monash University
Grant round: 2015
Grant: $14,572
Read more: Going Online on Behalf of Others - an investigation of ‘proxy’ internet consumers
The Communications Law Centre, UTS
Grant round: 2015
Grant: $30,522
Read more: Improving the Communication of Privacy Information for Consumers
Media Access Australia (MAA)
Grant round: 2015
Grant: $55,706
Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media (QRAM)
Grant round: 2015
Grant: $49,600
Australian National University: School of Accounting and Business Information Systems
Project title: Competition and comparability in the consumer mobile telecommunications sector
Grant round: 2014
Grant: $30,806
Read more: Investigating competition in the mobile phone marketplace
Women's Legal Services NSW
Project title: Technology-facilitated stalking and abuse
Grant round: 2014
Grant: $54,123.40
Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media
Project title: Yarning and Learning: Communication use and issues in remote Indigenous communities
Grant round: 2014
Grant: $42,100
Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
Grant round: 2013
Vision Australia
Project title: Document Accessibility Toolbar (DAT)
Grant round: 2014
Grant: $34,158
Justice Connect
Project title: Don't just sign on the dotted line
Grant round: 2014
Grant: $40,113
Royal Melbourne Institute for Technology (RMIT)
Grant round: 2013
Read more: Warrnambool Exchange Fire Consumer Impact Analysis