IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.
The $25 million Growing Tourism Infrastructure (GTI) Fund 2020/21 is a key element of Queensland’s Economic Recovery Strategy: Unite and Recover for Queensland Jobs, to help accelerate the State’s recovery from COVID-19.
This funding boost aims to fast-track the development of new and improved tourism infrastructure projects that will strengthen Queensland’s tourism industry and deliver economic benefits to Queensland.
The key objectives of the Fund are to:
The Department of State Development, Tourism and Innovation (DSDTI) is responsible for administering the GTI Fund 2020/21.
To be considered under this Fund, all shovel-ready projects will be required to have a Project Registration submitted by an applicant between 10 June 2020 and 24 June 2020.
Eligible applicants with registered projects may be invited to complete and submit a Full Business Case application through the SmartyGrants portal.
The Applicant must read and understand the Fund’s Industry Guidelines and indicative Terms and Conditions prior to submitting an application. An Applicant who is approved for funding is required to enter into a Financial Incentive Agreement with DSDTI.
Click here to view the Fund’s Industry Guidelines and an example of the Financial Incentive Agreement’s indicative Terms and Conditions.
The Queensland Government collects and collates information from the application form to assess applications for the Fund. Only authorised Departmental offers and approved grant assessors have access to this information.
Applicants should note that broad details of successful proposals, agreed outcomes, progress and the level of funding awarded may be published by the Queensland Government. Some information may be used to promote funded projects.
Personal information will not be disclosed to any other third party without consent, unless required by law or for the purposes of Information Privacy Act 2009.
For audit purposes, the Queensland Government is required to retain the applications and other supplied supporting material.
The provisions of the Right to Information Act 2009 apply to documents in the possession of the Queensland Government.
You may begin anywhere in this application form. Please ensure you save as you go.
For queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or questions in the form, please email GrowingTI@ditid.qld.gov.au and quote your submission number.
If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the application. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.
You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.
If you wish to leave a partially completed application, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and start where you left off.
You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.
You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.
Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.
Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.
When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.
If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.
Hint: also check the email hasn’t landed in your spam or junk email folder.
You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.
You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.
A number of people can work on an application using the same log in details as long as only one person is working at a time. Ensure you save as you go.
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