Natural Heritage Trust's Climate-Smart Agriculture Program - Capacity Building Grants Round 2
Tender ID: 579131
Tender Details
Tender Description
The Australian Government is inviting organisations via an open competitive process to apply to deliver projects under the Natural Heritage Trust’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program – Capacity Building Grants Round 2.
Objectives:
The Capacity Building grants will contribute to the Natural Heritage Trust’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program’s outcomes by supporting farmers to have better access to knowledge and skills relating to best practice climate-smart sustainable agriculture approaches. It will also increase the capacity and capability of community, regional Natural Resource Management and comparable organisations, Landcare groups, First Nations groups and organisations, and industry partnerships to assist farmers to adopt climate-smart and sustainable agriculture practices.
Intended outcomes:
- Outcome 1: farmers and land holders have increased awareness, knowledge and skills of best practice climate-smart sustainable agriculture approaches.
- Outcome 2: community, Landcare groups, First Nations peoples and industry have increased capacity and capability to assist farmers and land holders to adopt climate-smart and sustainable agriculture practices.
- Outcome 3: the agriculture sector is utilising proven climate-smart and sustainable agriculture practices, initiatives and information sources to increase adoption at scale.
Eligibility:
To be eligible you must:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- be a permanent resident of Australia
- have an account with an Australian financial institution
- be financially viable
- be located in Australia.
Also, you must be one of the following entity types:
- Company
- Cooperative
- Corporate Commonwealth Entity
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Incorporated Association
- Indigenous Corporation
- Local Government
- Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
- Sole Trader
- Statutory Entity.
If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust , the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.
Further information on entity types is available on the Community Grants Hub webpage.
Grant Activity Timeframe:
Assessment of applications - Within 8 weeks from the closing date
Approval of outcomes of selection process - Within 12 weeks from the closing date
Notification to applicants - Within 14 weeks from the closing date
Negotiations and award of grant agreements - Within 20 weeks from the closing date
Earliest start date of grant activity - October 2025
End date for completion of grant activities - 31 March 2028
Instructions for Application Submission:
To apply you must:
- complete one application form for each project proposal, available on GrantConnect
- provide all the information requested
- address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
- include all necessary attachments
- submit your application/s to the Community Grants Hub by 9:00 pm AEDT on 31 March 2025.
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
