• Open: 9.00am Wednesday, 7 April 2021
• Close: 3.00pm  Friday, 7 May 2021

Please read these before starting your application:

• TAC Community Road Safety Grant Program Guidelines
• TAC Standard Funding Terms and Conditions
• Application tip sheet  PDF, 0.08MB

NOTE: Please ensure you are familiar with the What will NOT be funded section of the program guidelines.

The grant program offers grants of up to $30,000 (ex. GST).

Applications are to be submitted and managed online through SmartyGrants, our online grants management system.
You can begin an application when grants open on Wednesday, 7 April, 2021. Apply here.

To be eligible for funding you must be Victorian based, financially viable and one of the following:

• Incorporated community association
• Community trust
• Not-for-profit
• Social enterprise
• Charity
• Local school
• Local government authority

If the organisation is unincorporated (does not have an ABN or incorporation number). it will need an auspice. An auspice is an organisation that meets the eligibility criteria and will receive the money on behalf of the applicant. The auspice will be accountable for the expenditure of funds and responsible for reporting and delivery of the project.

To be eligible for a TAC Community Road Safety Grant, the project seeking funding must:

• Be delivered within 12 months of the project start date (completion by 30 June 2022)
• Align to the 2021 Program Focus benefiting vulnerable road users.
• Follow project-specific guidelines (if applicable)
• Not have been previously been funded by the TAC
• Not align to any of those projects listed in the ‘What projects will not be funded’ section.

NOTE: This program does not provide funding for permanent infrastructure treatments. Local Government Authorities looking to undertake such projects are encouraged to look at the TAC LGA Grants Program.

• Individuals.
• Organisations who are primarily for-profit, including businesses.
• State government departments/organisations (excluding schools).

As per the TAC Community Road Safety Grant Program Guidelines all projects relating to the purchase of Variable Message Signs (VMS) and Community Road Safety Strategy and Actions Plans must align to the following project specific guidelines.

• Variable Message Signs (VMS) Guidelines PDF, 0.06MB
• Community Road Safety Strategy and Action Plans PDF, 0.07MB

• See examples of previously funded projects.
• See examples of case studies of completed projects PDF, 0.48MB.

For more information, or to discuss this grant program, please email the Programs Road Safety Team crsg@tac.vic.gov.au

The TAC is grateful to Land Transport New Zealand for permission to use material from the New Zealand Community Road Safety Program in developing the guidelines.