About the Author

About the Author

About Author

Mike Palmer from the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia has been a business adviser for over 30 years.

He has worked in and for many companies and organisations, both on a contract basis and on salary for short periods.

Over the last few years he has applied for over $4.5m in Government Grants for clients and community groups.

Mike’s successful applications currently total over $3m. This grant funding has made a huge difference to, and added tremendous value to clients’ businesses and the community groups he has worked with.

He has made application to many programs, some of which are listed here and some of which have been discontinued by Government.

Federal Government Programs:

  • Dairy Regional Assistance Program
  • Export Market Development Grants
  • Research and Development Tax Concession (now called R&D Tax Credit Program)
  • Commercial Ready
  • COMET
  • Regional Partnerships
  • Australian Research Council
  • Food Producers Regional Assistance Program
  • National Food Industry Strategy
  • Community Water Grants
  • Food and Fibre Supply Chain Project

State Government Programs:

  • Queensland Industry Development Scheme
  • Jupiter’s Casino Gambling Community Benefit Fund
  • Gambling Community Benefit Fund
  • Qld Regional Business Development Scheme (Cyclone Larry Special Program)
  • Small Business Accelerator Program

Mike has a background in Agribusiness and small/medium size business development and now focuses on

  • Business and strategic planning;
  • Financial management;
  • Commercialising of new technologies;
  • Preparing submissions for Government, Banks, Equity Investors, etc.
  • Business growth and sustainability
  • Internet marketing

Mike decided to prepare this ebook about Government Funding and how to go about it in response to many requests for advice on where to start; what programs are available; how not to stuff it up; how the whole process works; what risks they might face; etc

These things and more are addressed in the ebook and it will be useful to those who know about a particular program as well as to those who don’t really know where to start.

Some of the more common programs are discussed in some detail, and there are lists of available programs with corresponding links for Federal and State programs – business as well as community, arts and sports programs.