Deadline: 31-Jul-24
Applications are now open for the Queensland Biosecurity Grants Program to foster innovation, enhance education, and strengthen preparedness through strategic funding initiatives with stakeholders.
By supporting projects and activities across diverse sectors, the program aims to boost Queensland’s biosecurity resilience and protect the environment, economy, industries and communities from potential biosecurity threats.
The grants support projects and activities across diverse sectors to:
- foster innovation
- enhance education
- strengthen preparedness
- boost biosecurity resilience
- protect the environment, economy, industries and communities from potential biosecurity threats.
Grant Categories
- There are 2 grant categories.
- Education grants
- There are 6 grants of $10,000 each in the education category.
- These grants are for projects that empower individuals and organisations with the knowledge and skills necessary for effective biosecurity practices.
- Types of projects
- Educational programs that target communities and/or industry stakeholders on the importance of biosecurity and use of positive biosecurity practices.
- Training modules and resources that improve biosecurity literacy and adherence to best practices.
- Initiatives that foster a culture of responsibility and collaboration in biosecurity.
- Project criterion
- Your project must do 1 or more of the following:
- Develop a culture of responsibility and collaboration in biosecurity among diverse stakeholders.
- Improve biosecurity literacy and implementation of biosecurity best practices.
- Leverage existing education modules and/or add educational components (biosecurity module) to training.
- Your project must do 1 or more of the following:
- Innovation grants
- There are 3 grants of $25,000 each in the innovation category.
- These grants are for projects that pioneer modern technologies, methodologies or approaches to advance biosecurity practices in Queensland.
- Types of projects
- Cutting-edge technologies for early detection and monitoring of biosecurity threats.
- Research initiatives that contribute to novel strategies for preventing and managing biosecurity risks.
- Collaborative projects promoting innovation across sectors to enhance the efficiency of biosecurity measures or enhance behaviour change.
- Project criterion
- Your project must do 1 or more of the following:
- Build community resilience.
- Enhance diagnostic effort.
- Strengthen response and containment.
- Your project must do 1 or more of the following:
- Education grants
Eligible Projects
- Your project should:
- have appropriate expertise within the project team to complete the project
- represent value for money by incorporating other funding or ‘in-kind’ support
- be technically sound and use best practice
- align to the Queensland Biosecurity Strategy 2024–2029.
- It should also address 1 or more of these priorities:
- Support industry or species-specific strategies or local government biosecurity plans.
- Improve understanding of, or support, traditional or cultural biosecurity activities of First Nations people.
- Support engagement of young people in biosecurity.
Eligibility Criteria
- These organisations in Queensland can apply for a grant:
- community not-for-profit
- clubs/associations
- schools and universities
- councils
- statutory bodies and government agencies
- incorporated bodies/associations.
Ineligible
- The grants program will not fund:
- equipment purchase
- operating or travel costs not associated with a project
- normal business of organisations and clubs (e.g. building premises or improving facilities that are only available to club members
- research or monitoring that doesn’t deliver tangible, practical biosecurity benefits
- staff wages or salaries
- projects already funded by other Queensland government programs.
For more information, visit Queensland Government.