Deadline: 01-Oct-2020
The Wettenhall Environment Trust has announced a call for proposals for the Small Environmental Grant Scheme.
The Small Environmental Grant Program provides support for people undertaking projects that will make a positive difference to the natural living environment, in land, sea or air, rural or urban. The trust supports grassroots organisations and individuals, and academics who are working with on-ground community groups.
In order to preserve and increase vitality and diversity in the Australian natural living environment, the Wettenhall Environment Trust aim to build capacity in local communities, as well as supporting and encouraging research, monitoring and education.
- flora and fauna conservation (Australia-wide)
- threatened mammal conservation (Australia-wide)
- monitoring, recording and sharing data
- delivering community education
- providing community capacity building (e.g. training)
- research and science
- Grants are usually under $10,000, but can be bigger. Don’t put $10,000 in your total line and make your budget add up to this figure. They are nothing like a government agency and they want to see EXACTLY where you need help.
- Universities – you can apply for up to $5,000. But they don’t fund pure research, you must be partnering with an ‘on ground’ group and be able to show it. You must have a community partner.
- Projects that directly make positive changes to biodiversity conservation in Australia.
- Projects should have some short term outputs, but also have long term objectives and values.
- Projects that show the following: enthusiasm, collaboration, passion, innovation
- Projects that use citizen science
- Projects that are about community education relating to conservation
- Art projects
- School projects
- Advocacy
- Tree planting, fencing or pest plant or animal control
- Private property owners or farm projects
- Workshops alone, any workshops need to be a part of a larger project with an ‘action’ component
- Animal or wildlife refuges and their activities
- Invasive monitoring
- Gardens – bush food gardens, sensory gardens, vegie gardens, permaculture, chicken houses, water tanks, arboretums etc (particularly in kinders and schools) – they are too small to fund all these projects around Australia so please don’t apply
- Pure academic research – academic applicants need to show how their research is directly linked to a community group doing conservation work. Research needs to be of benefit to those groups working on habitat or species conservation.
- Is your project about Australian flora and fauna conservation or threatened mammal conservation?
- Do you have partners?
- Is your project ready to go, and can you do it? Be sure before you apply.
For more information, visit https://wettenhall.org.au/grants/small-environmental-grants/