Climate-Smart Agriculture Program – Small Grants Round 1
GO ID: GO4745
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Close Date & Time:
4-Jun-2024 9:00 pm (ACT Local Time)
Internal Reference ID: 2023-2070
Primary Category: 111003 - Farming
Publish Date: 30-Apr-2024
Location: ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS
Selection Process: Open Competitive
Description
The Australian Government is inviting organisations via an Open competitive process to apply to deliver projects under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program – Small Grants Round 1.
Small Grants are for small-scale projects at the grassroots and community level that will support farmers and land holders to adopt sustainable agriculture best practices, as well as facilitate and implement practice change. The grants will improve management of our natural resources and increase sustainable on-farm productivity and resilience to climate change.
The grants allow for a wide range of projects and initiatives, providing opportunities for information delivery and extension as well as scaling up of existing local initiatives. New or innovative, as well as tried and tested, climate-smart, sustainable agricultural practices are in scope.
Intended outcomes
Outcome 1: Farmers, land holders and community groups have increased knowledge and skills in implementing best practice, locally applicable, climate-smart, sustainable agriculture approaches, including practices that conserve natural capital and biodiversity.
Outcome 2: There is an increase in the number of farmers, land holders and/or communities that have adopted climate-smart, sustainable agriculture practices.
The grant opportunity will also focus on strengthening First Nations engagement and participation in climate-smart, sustainable agriculture projects and initiatives.
Eligibility
To be eligible you must:
have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
for individuals, be a permanent resident of Australia
have an account with an Australian financial institution
be financially viable
be located in Australia.
You must also be one of the entity types listed in section 4.1 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.
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 of outcomes to successful 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 - November 2024
End date of grant activity - November 2026
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 AEST on 4 June 2024.
