Available grants
The Energy Consumers Australia Grants Program offers three types of grants and two scholarships:
Influence Grants
Influence Grants support advocacy initiatives with a purpose of immediate influence on a specific and achievable goal on matters of material significance to residential and small business consumers.
Find out more about Influence Grants
- Collaboration Grants
Collaboration Grants support complex, multi-year projects with the aim to drive energy systems change. Collaborative research projects will have an intent to contribute to a policy or advocacy outcome and will involve working with advocates and other stakeholders.
Find out more about Collaboration Grants
- Participation Grants
Participation Grants provide up to $15,000 to enable residential or small business consumer advocacy by participation in current or forthcoming government, regulatory, or industry decision-making processes, or for small, targeted research projects.
Find out more about Participation Grants
- Gill Owen Scholarship
The Gill Owen Scholarship supports an individual to travel internationally to research innovative ideas and initiatives that will be relevant to improving outcomes for consumers in the Australian energy market. Energy Consumers Australia will work with scholarship recipients to help them identify appropriate opportunities to communicate the findings of their research, and to help identify relevant international contacts.
Find out more about the Gill Owen Scholarship
- Kelvin Trimper Scholarship
The Kelvin Trimper Scholarship aims to support an individual to build their knowledge or to research innovative ideas that will improve outcomes for consumers in the Australian energy sector. The annual scholarship of up to $10,000 is provided by SA Power Networks in partnership with Energy Consumers Australia. It honours the memory of Kelvin Trimper AM, an important consumer advocate for SA Power Networks customers, who passed away in January 2024.
