Deadline: 12-May-23
Applications are now open for the 2023 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants, funded by the Victorian Government’s Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.
Biodiversity is what they know as nature – the variety of plants, animals, insects, and all living things in their natural environment.
The Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants provide funding for projects that involve and educate young people in valuing and actively caring for Victoria’s biodiversity and natural environment. These grants provide young Victorians with an opportunity to participate in biodiversity focused hands-on projects and/or learning activities.
Supporting young Victorians to care for their natural environment
Priorities for funding – Focus Areas
- Funding is available for the following types of activities or projects under two focus areas. Projects can be for either of the two focus areas or a mixture of both:
- Focus Area 1 – Biodiversity focused on-ground projects: improving biodiversity through creating, enhancing, or restoring habitat for Victoria’s native plants and animals.
- Focus Area 2 – Biodiversity focused education activities: educating, involving, and engaging young people in valuing and actively caring for Victoria’s biodiversity and natural environment.
Funding Information
- Eligible applicants can apply for grants of up to $5,000 (excluding GST).
- The Victorian Government is providing funding of up to $450,000 for the 2023 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants.
Eligible Projects
- Focus Area 1 – Biodiversity focused on-ground projects: improving biodiversity through creating, enhancing, or restoring habitat for Victoria’s native plants and animals.
- Examples of Focus Area 1 activities or projects that can be funded include:
- planting indigenous vegetation to create and improve habitat for Victoria’s native animals
- removing weeds to address threats to biodiversity
- creation of an outdoor classroom (at a school) that includes planting indigenous vegetation.
- Examples of Focus Area 1 activities or projects that can be funded include:
- Focus Area 2 – Biodiversity focused education activities: educating, involving, and engaging young people in valuing and actively caring for Victoria’s biodiversity and natural environment.
- Examples of Focus Area 2 activities or projects that can be funded include:
- a biodiversity focused educational incursion by a scientist working in wildlife conservation
- an excursion to undertake an education program at a wildlife sanctuary
- citizen science activities by students to collect data about the natural environment
- design and installation of interpretive signage for an area of indigenous plants
- a biodiversity focused art project that involves young people in creating the art.
- Examples of Focus Area 2 activities or projects that can be funded include:
Eligibility Criteria
- The grants are open to all schools, kindergartens, childcare centres, Scouts, Girl Guides, youth groups, and Junior Landcare groups in Victoria.
For more information, visit Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants.
