Deadline: 23-Aug-21
The Victoria Law Foundation is seeking applications for Knowledge Grant Program to support community legal organizations to respond to legal needs by building their skills in collecting and applying data.
Knowledge Grants seek to improve organisational confidence and experience across the spectrum of data practices, including data collection, analysis, and use, as well as data quality issues. The insights this work generates can then be shared with other organisations, legal and non- legal, so there’s an agreed understanding of what works best to meet the needs of the community.
Funding Information
Knowledge Grants up to $50,000 are available.
What types of projects do they fund to achieve this?
Knowledge Grants are made for the following types of projects:
- Investigation of a specific civil legal issue through collection and collation of data and information.
- Using a range of datasets to better understand priority groups and/or community legal and related need. For example, service data, ABS data, data dashboards, as well as community or client feedback.
- Piloting a new approach to legal service models, practice and data, particularly those which present opportunity to collect new or additional data and information about clients and their needs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Knowledge Grants are available to community legal organisations to conduct projects that build data capability and research skills.
- They only fund organisations – individuals are not able to apply.
- Research organisations, courts, tribunals and statutory bodies may not apply on their own, however, may like to partner with a community legal organisation to provide guidance and expertise to undertake a research project.
- Priority will be given to projects that
- develop a new understanding of the legal needs of Victorians through collection of data and information
- improve capability of the organisation to collect, analyse and use data and information about particular audiences
- share information with other organisations or agencies which results in a better understanding of the target group and ways to address need effectively.
Grant Exclusions
Generally, they do not fund:
- studies to obtain a degree or diploma
- government organisations with the exception of independent statutory bodies
- recurrent or core operational costs
- purchase of major items of equipment
- international travel costs
- commercial or profit-making activities
- litigation of any kind
- projects that primarily support political activity and lobbying
- costs incurred prior to grant approval
- grant applications previously deemed unsuccessful by the foundation unless invited to reapply.
For more information, visit https://victorialawfoundation.org.au/news/supporting-research-in-the-sector-though-grants/