Federal and Queensland programs can cut the cost of an AI project.
Programs come and go, and their rules change. The shapes stay the same.
Claimed through your tax return
Offsets and deductions that reduce what you pay when a project involves research and development, or when you buy equipment and software to run it. Your accountant claims these, and they usually need the project costed and documented as it happens.
You put money in, the program matches it
Federal, state and university programs that match your investment in a defined project, often one that involves research partners or new technology. These open in rounds, carry eligibility rules on turnover and industry, and reward a scoped project with numbers behind it.
Free or low-cost expertise
Advisory sessions, research access and accelerator-style programs funded by government or run through universities and research agencies. A good fit when you want expert input before you commit to a build.
These are the pages the programs themselves are published on.
Federal grants and programs finder
The Australian Government's single list of grants, programs and tax incentives, filterable by state, industry and business size.
Queensland Government grants and support
State programs for Queensland businesses, including the small-business grants that open in rounds through the year.
Tax incentives and deductions
The current rules for research and development incentives and for deducting equipment and software. Your accountant works from here.
Research partnerships for small and medium businesses
Matched-funding and research-access programs for businesses building something new with a research partner.
Regional industry partnerships
Industry partnership and research collaboration programs for businesses on the Sunshine Coast and across regional Queensland.
Support for businesses selling overseas
Export-related grants and market programs, relevant if the AI project supports work you sell outside Australia.
Programs fund defined projects with numbers behind them. That is what the AI Scan produces.
The AI Scan finds the one job worth handing to AI first and sizes it in hours and dollars, with the build described in plain terms.
You and your accountant or grant adviser take that scope to the official sources above and confirm which programs fit and what they need.
Funded or not, the build runs the same way: a live pilot on your own work, with the numbers tracked from day one so the result is documented for any claim.
Often, yes. Federal and Queensland programs support small and medium businesses adopting new technology, in three shapes: tax incentives, matched grants and subsidised advice. The official sources on this page show what is open now.
It depends on your turnover, your industry and what the project involves. The official finders at business.gov.au and Business Queensland let you filter on those, and your accountant or a grant adviser confirms eligibility before you apply.
State and federal programs both apply across South East Queensland, and regional universities including the University of the Sunshine Coast run industry partnership programs for local businesses. Check Business Queensland for state programs and business.gov.au for federal ones.
We scope the project. The AI Scan gives you the job, the hours and the dollars an application needs. The application itself sits with you and your adviser.