Wettenhall Environment Trust: Small Environmental Grant Scheme (Australia)
Deadline: 01-Oct-2020
The Wettenhall Environment Trust has announced a call for proposals for the Small Environmental Grant Scheme.
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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.
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The Small Environmental Grants Scheme is proudly supported by private donors, the RE Ross Trust, the Albert George and Nancy Caroline Youngman Trust, Biophilia Foundation, Diana and Brian Snape AM, The Williams Fund, Purryburry Trust, Vera Moore Foundation, and The William Buckland Foundation.
The Trust is looking for projects around:
flora and fauna conservation (Australia-wide)
threatened mammal conservation (Australia-wide)
These projects should involve any of the following:
monitoring, recording and sharing data
delivering community education
providing community capacity building (e.g. training)
research and science
Funding Information
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.
The Trust fund:
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
The Trust does not fund:
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.
Eligibility Criteria
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/