Grants and funding
Natural Resources Awareness Grants
The successful applicants of the Natural Resources Awareness Grants for 2012 have been announced. More than $100 000 has been allocated to 19 community projects to help promote the importance of natural resource management.
Eastern Deception Bay Grants Program 2011
Expressions of Interest are now closed for one-off grants to share in total funding of up to $500 000 to undertake and maintain community and environmental infrastructure projects in the Eastern Deception Bay area.
The grants are available for community and natural resource management groups, schools, tertiary institutions, businesses and local government, to fund such projects either alone or in partnership with like-minded organisations.
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ClimateSmart Business Clusters funding opportunity
The ClimateSmart Business Cluster Program helps Queensland businesses team up with a Cluster Leader to identify opportunities and increase knowledge on how to save energy, water and waste.
Funding of $10,000 is now available for approved Cluster Leaders to bring together clusters of 20 businesses to progress through an 8-month efficiency improvement process.
For more information on how to apply for the funding visit the ClimateSmart Business Cluster Application site
Indigenous cultural heritage grants
Two cultural heritage grant programs administered by DERM offer funding formanaging and protecting Indigenous cultural heritage sites and helping registered Indigenous cultural heritage bodies fulfil their legislative role.
Incentives for natural resource management
Visit the Natural Resource Management Incentives database for information on grants offered by industry and federal, state, and local governments for natural resource management activities.
Queensland Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund
The Queensland Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund helps Queensland-based organisations to develop innovative technologies for reducing consumption of fossil fuels, water or greenhouse gas emissions.
Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative
The Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative provides financial assistance to landholders to rehabilitate bores and replace bore drains with piped systems, which help preserve water and restore artesian pressure.
Other grants
Visit Queensland Government—Grants, or call Smart Service Queensland on 13 QGOV (13 74 68)* for information on current funding and grants for all Queensland Government departments.
* Local call costs apply
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Koala disease research fund
The Koala Disease Research Fund offered grants to support high quality research that will guide DERM management actions to mitigate the effects of disease on wild populations of koalas.
Last updated 2 February 2012