Drought Preparedness Grants
Drought Preparedness Grants offered up to $50,000 as a co-contribution grant to assist primary producers undertake new permanent infrastructure activities that will improve the drought preparedness of their property.
The Drought Preparedness Grant Scheme closed for applications on 16 June 2025 as current scheme funding has been exhausted.
Please note, the recent Queensland State Budget included a new funding round to be open in the 2025-26 financial year.
The Queensland Government allocated $22 million over four years 2022-2025 to support the improvement of Queensland primary producers’ drought preparedness and resilience.
A grant of 25 per cent of the cost of purchasing new permanent capital infrastructure to a maximum cumulative amount of $50,000 over five years was available under this Scheme.
For more information about how the Scheme operated, see the scheme guidelines.
For drought readiness activities please consider QRIDA’s Sustainability Loan.
A QRIDA Sustainability Loan may be used for drought preparedness activities and may help you to mitigate the impact of drought by improving the water and feed infrastructure of your primary production enterprise. Learn what property developments you can carry out to reduce the impact of drought on your farming business by getting in touch with the QRIDA team.
QRIDA administered the Drought Preparedness Grant Scheme on behalf of the Department of Primary Industries.
Frequently asked questions
Your project should commence within 90 days and should be completed, with approved funding drawn within six months from entering into a letter of offer with QRIDA. If your Farm Business Resilience Plan outlines projects over a longer duration, these should be the subject of another application for grant funding after completion of the current project.
QRIDA is committed to ensuring due administrative processes are undertaken with the decisioning of applications for Government assistance.
When making decisions on applications, as well as the internal review of a decision, QRIDA follows the QRIDA Decision-Making Policy and Procedure.
You can view this Policy and Procedure on the Reviewing a decision page.
