Deadline: 15-May-23
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment is inviting applications for the Environmental Research Program to provide funding for applied research in priority environmental themes to help address contemporary environmental problems in New South Wales.
Objectives
- The objectives of the program are to:
- increase knowledge and advance techniques to solve general environmental problems in New South Wales
- assess and test application of innovative solutions to decrease environmental degradation in New South Wales
- discover new methods of operation for NSW industries that are less harmful to the environment and enhance public good.
Priority Themes
- Since 2020, the Trust has been implementing its Strategic Plan 2020–24. Expressions of Interest for the 2023–24 round are required to focus on at least one of the following immediate funding priorities:
- supporting threatened species recovery
- addressing climate change impacts on the natural environment – both mitigation and adaptation.
- Grants are available for biophysical, social, or economic research relating to these priority areas.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $200,000 for collaborations undertaking applied research in priority environmental themes.
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Total: $1,000,000
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Minimum: $50,000
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Maximum: $200,000
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Duration: Up to 3 years
Eligibility Criteria
- They offer grants to eligible applicants who work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders. Eligible applicants include:
- universities
- government agencies (including councils)
- incorporated community organisations or groups
- Local Aboriginal Land Councils.
- Applicants must demonstrate that they have the capability to undertake the applied research.
- Applicants must also include relevant collaborators and end-users as project partners for the proposed research. Collaborators are partners who can help deliver the project. End-users are partners who will use the research findings in a meaningful way.
- Organisations may lodge a maximum of 2 EOIs under each priority theme (maximum of 4 in total). Each lead organisation is responsible for conducting their own prioritisation process to determine which EOIs are submitted for assessment. This should be coordinated through a single source within the organisation. Organisations that submit more than 4 EOIs will be contacted and asked to identify proposals to be withdrawn.
For more information, visit NSW.