Break into the defence industry supply chain!  

Want to boost your chances of securing defence industry funding? Join us for this essential masterclass designed to help small businesses like yours navigate defence grant opportunities. 

This practical workshop will give you:  

• A complete overview of defence funding programs  

• An understanding of the key objectives and priorities of defence funding bodies 

• The knowledge and skills you need to write winning applications  

• Important information about eligibility criteria  

• Valuable insights into the defence sectors funded through grants. 

This Defence Grant Writing Masterclass is the first in the City of Cockburn’s Defence Readiness Workshop Series of five essential workshops, which is running throughout 2025. This series is specifically designed to help local businesses enter the defence supply chain.  

Why attend the workshop? 

The opportunity for local small businesses to become defence industry suppliers is huge.  

Cockburn is home to a $15 billion marine infrastructure cluster including major players like Austal, BAE Systems, Civmec and Luerssen Australia. Henderson’s Australian Marine Complex is one of only two naval shipbuilding locations in Australia and WA set to receive a significant share of an $11 billion defence shipbuilding investment.  

Who is the workshop for? 

This workshop is ideal for small-business owners looking to enter the defence industry or expand their defence industry opportunities. 

About the presenter 

The workshop series is funded by the City of Cockburn and delivered by Rachel Falzon, the Director of Novel Management Defence Consultancy, who has 15 years’ defence industry experience and specialises in helping businesses enter the defence industry supply chain. 

Participants can register for individual workshops or the complete series. 

Want to register for the full series?  

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This workshop is part of the Defence Industry Readiness Series. Register for the other workshops in the series:  

• Defence Procurement Pathways (Thursday 8 May)  

• Defence Quad Chart Development (Thursday 12 June)  

• Defence Industry Security Program (Thursday 14 August)  

• Exporting in Defence (Tuesday 4 November).