Applications for the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) Grant Funding Round close this week.

This is the final opportunity to submit applications under the current arrangements, before a new Aboriginal-led corporate Commonwealth entity, the Northern Territory Aboriginal Investment Corporation (NTAIC), is established.

The ABA is a Special Account that benefits Aboriginal people living in the Northern Territory (NT) established under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. The ABA receives monies from the Commonwealth based on the value of royalties generated from mining on Aboriginal land in the NT.

ABA Open Grants fund NT projects for the benefit of Aboriginal people. Grant proposals should align with the objectives of supporting Indigenous enterprises; community; culture, language and leadership; or supporting land, sea and waters management and use.

The new Northern Territory Aboriginal Investment Corporation (NTAIC) is being established to invest funding from the ABA. The existing ABA grants process will be replaced with a new payments process managed by the NTAIC. The NTAIC is developing a new process so people can apply for funding in the first half of 2023. Advice on what the new process looks like and how people can apply will be published when available.

Applications for this Aboriginals Benefit Account Grant Funding Round close at 11:59pm (AEDT) Sunday 2 October 2022. Further information is available on the ABA Grants Information and Application Process page.