Disaster Ready Fund

Applications now open - Disaster Ready Fund Round 4

Applications are now open for funding to support projects that reduce disaster risk and strengthen resilience across Australia.

Learn about NSW priorities, how to apply, and the information you need to get started in our webinar at 10am on Friday, 5 June before submitting your application via SmartyGrants by 5:00pm (AEST) 1 July 2026. Visit our dedicated webpage for more information.

On 7 September 2022, the Australian Government announced its flagship disaster resilience and risk reduction initiative, committing $1 billion nationally through the DRF over five years, from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2028.

The DRF provides investment in disaster mitigation across infrastructure and systemic disaster risk reduction projects, to address one or multiple natural hazards, including extreme weather events and geological hazards.

Only Australian state and territory governments are eligible to apply to the DRF and the NSW Reconstruction Authority is the jurisdictional lead agency and applicant on behalf of NSW.

Funding rounds

Program objectives

The DRF supports projects that:

increase the understanding of natural hazard impacts, as a first step towards reducing disaster impacts
increase the resilience, adaptive capacity and preparedness of governments, community service organisations and communities to minimise the potential impact and reduce future natural disaster risks
reduce the exposure to risk, harm and severity of impacts, including reducing the recovery burden for governments, vulnerable cohorts, and affected communities.