Deadline: 9-Jul-25
The Looking after Country Grant Program provides funding to First Nations communities to conserve and manage environmental and cultural heritage on country.
The program supports projects that engage First Nations communities to prepare for and deliver on-ground conservation work on Country and to build organisational capacity to care for Country through strengthened skills, knowledge, and collaborative partnerships.
Funding Information
- Total funding of $500,000 is available.
- Project funding of up to $75,000 (GST exclusive) is available.
Eligible Activities
- Projects can include a wide range of activities. These can include (but are not limited to):
- cultural heritage management, of sites or other values (including recording, protection and training).
- habitat restoration.
- fire management.
- threatened species monitoring and conservation.
- feral animal management (including exclusion fencing).
- erosion control.
- the development of country plans or management plans to guide future on-ground conservation.
- activities to support inter-generational cultural knowledge transfer
Eligible Projects
- The project expenditure can include:
- wages and on-costs
- materials and equipment
- training
- project administration (up to 15% of total project costs).
- contractor costs
- some infrastructure and assets costs
- domestic travel costs for project participants
- incidental expenses.
Ineligible Projects
- Project expenditure that will not be considered for funding includes:
- administration fees of more than 15% of total project costs
- infrastructure costs of more than 20% of the total project value (including contributions from other
- sources)
- infrastructure costs, where the infrastructure would require significant ongoing maintenance
- assets of more than $15,000 in value
- long term lease or purchase of motor vehicles
- overseas travel
- conference or seminar attendance.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations that operate in Queensland and meet the following requirements are eligible to apply for funding under the LACGP:
- Not-for-profit organisations incorporated under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.
- Not-for-profit organisations with a majority membership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people on their governance and incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981, Corporations Act 2001, Aboriginal Land Act 1991, Torres Strait Islander 1991 or other legislation.
- Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) community councils or Aboriginal Shire Councils that are applying on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following organisations are not eligible to apply for funding under the LACGP:
- Organisations that receive funding for the employment of Indigenous rangers under the Queensland Indigenous Land and Sea Ranger Program, or the Indigenous Ranger Program funded through the National Indigenous Australians Agency, unless they can demonstrate that the application is made on behalf of Traditional Owner groups that are not engaged in the organisation’s existing ranger program.
- Organisations that currently have overdue acquittals or reports in relation to any grant funding provided by the Department of Environment Science and Innovation (DETSI)
For more information, visit Queensland Government.
