Entity
Grains Research and Development Corporation
+$57m (+17.1%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$234m falls in 2026-27, equal to 60.4% of this total: $234m in contracts and $0 in grants. estimate: annualised
From AusTender contract notices and GrantConnect grant awards published since 2022-07-01. Each contract’s or grant’s value is spread evenly from its start to end date. These values are commitments, not payments, and records published before 2022-07-01 are not included yet.
By program
| Program | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Share | Removed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program 1.1: Grains Research and Development Corporation | $330m | $387m | +$57m +17.1% | 100.0% | – |
Worth a closer look
Patterns in this agency’s contract notices published in 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date. Each is a measurable pattern with common legitimate explanations; none is a finding of wrongdoing. How these are defined.
- Value increased after award 1 contract · $5.7m
The contract’s value rose after it was first published. - Published long after it started 29 contracts · $43m
The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date. - Grew past the open-tender threshold 1 contract · $422k
A contract awarded by limited tender below the open-tender threshold later rose in value to the threshold or above. - Supplier’s ABN was new 1 contract · $660k
The supplier’s ABN had been active for less than three months when the contract started or was published.
Who gets paid
Contracts active in 2026-27, from AusTender. Amounts for the year are each contract’s value spread across its term. estimate: annualised
- Contracts active
- 495
- Suppliers
- 165
- Limited tender
- 52.0% of value · 232 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $17m across 45 amended contracts
Largest suppliers
Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why
| Supplier | Contracts | 2026-27 est. | Limited tender |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE | 23 | $38m | 92.1% |
| COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL AND RESEARCH ORGANISATION | 39 | $34m | 62.6% |
| Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | 13 | $13m | 67.4% |
| The University of Queensland C/- Accouts Receivable | 25 | $12m | 30.0% |
| Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | 15 | $11m | 28.4% |
| Murdoch University | 14 | $7.6m | 27.8% |
| The University of Sydney | 8 | $7.0m | 88.7% |
| University of western Australia | 11 | $6.7m | 58.0% |
| Department of Primary Industries | 20 | $6.1m | 52.9% |
| Department of Energy Environment and Climate Action | 8 | $5.8m | 39.4% |
| UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE | 8 | $5.8m | 58.6% |
| ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY | 5 | $5.0m | 2.5% |
| Eurofins Kalyx Pty Ltd | 6 | $3.8m | 13.0% |
| Flinders university | 2 | $2.9m | 0.0% |
| Charles Sturt Univerity | 9 | $2.7m | 26.9% |
Largest contracts
Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why
Professional services by kind of work
Contracts active in 2026-27 that AusTender files under “management and business professionals”, sorted by an AI model reading each contract’s description. AI-classified estimate: annualised