Forster school children with and their self grown vegetables
The NSW Environmental Trust is offering ten competitive grant programs in 2009. Applications to all programs will open on 21 March 2009. Grants are available to community organisations, universities, research institutes, non-profit associations, state and local government organisations, schools, any Aboriginal community group or organisation and to any NSW Council. The programs being offered, who can apply and closing dates for this year are:
Environmental Research
Two-stage application process – expression of interest then application by invitation only for the major and minor research grant categories.
- Major category – Grants up to $200,000 - Hazardous Substances and Waste Scientific
- Minor categories – Grants up to $100,000 – Waters and Catchments and Environmental Noise
- Seeding grants – one stage application process. Grants up to $20,000 for 'proof of concept' projects.
Grants are available in any of the following categories: Hazardous Substances and Waste, Waters & Catchments, Environmental Noise, Air and Biodiversity.
Research grants are available to:
- community organisations
- universities
- research institutes.
Total funds for research programs are $1 million.
Closing date for Research expressions of interest and Research Seeding Grant applications 5pm 24 April 2009
Environmental Education
Two-stage application process – expression of interest then application by invitation only.
Grants of $5,000 to $100,000 are available to:
- community organisations and non-profit associations – total program $500,000
- state and local government organisations – total program $500,000.
Closing date for Environmental Education expressions of interest 5pm 24 April 2009
Eco Schools
60 grants of $2,500 each – total funds for Eco Schools program $150,000.
Schools who did not receive an Environmental Trust grant in 2008 are eligible to apply.
Closing date for Eco Schools applications 5pm 22 May 2009
Workshops on the Eco Schools program will be offered in 2009 during March and April. Five video conferencing workshops will be held for schools to link into and four face-to-face workshops will be held in Sydney and regional NSW. The workshops are aimed at teachers and school staff who want to access the $2,500 grants for implementing environmental management projects in schools. The workshops will take participants through the application process, Eco Schools program criteria, program priorities and frequently asked questions. Participants will also be able to bring their own questions to the workshops.
This year the NSW Environmental Trust will be making use of the video conferencing facilities available in most NSW public schools with five workshops being dedicated to attendance by video link. Up to 20 schools can 'plug in' to each video conferencing workshop and those that participate via video conference are encouraged to invite colleagues from other local schools to join them in the video conferencing room. Four traditional workshops will be held to cater for those who cannot use the video link, one in Sydney and three in regional NSW.Â
Video conference workshops
All video conference workshops will be hosted by the Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre in Sydney. They will be offered on the following dates and will commence at 3.30pm and conclude at 5.00pm.
- 30 March
- 6 April
- 8 April
- 4 May
- 11 May
Face to face workshops
Workshops will be offered on the following dates at the noted location. Venues will be provided at time of registration. All face to face workshops will commence at 3.30pm and conclude at 5.30pm.
- 8 April Lismore
- 4 May Orange
- 5 May Sydney CBD
- 6 May Queanbeyan
- 11 May Parramatta
- 12 May Newcastle
To register for the video conference or face to face workshops simply:
- complete the registration form available from the 'Workshops' page on the Trust website
- email the completed registration form to info@environmentaltrust.nsw.gov.au
You will receive confirmation of your booking and venue details by email. If you require assistance please call (02) 8837 6320
Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation
Grants of $5,000 to $100,000 available to:
- community organisations and non-profit associations – total funds for program $1.5 million
- state and local government organisations – total funds for program $1.5 million.
Closing date for Restoration and Rehabilitation 5pm 29 May 2009
Protecting our places
Grants of $2,000 to $35,000 are available to any Aboriginal community group or organisation – total funds for protecting our places program $500,000.
Closing date for Protecting our Places 5pm 5 June 2009
Children painting Aboriginal flag
Workshops for the Protecting our Places program will be held across NSW. In 2009 a series of 11 information sessions and workshops will be held throughout March, April and May to help applicants prepare a quality grant application and provide information and hints on project management.
The objectives of the workshops are to help Aboriginal communities develop project ideas, to provide assistance in writing good applications and to go through the program guidelines. The workshops will be a practical project planning experience where we hope to have a number of other agency experts available to assist in the development of an outline for applicant’s environmental projects.
Workshop dates are as follows:
- 23 March 2009 at Yamba
- 24 March 2009 at Port Macquarie
- 31 March 2009 at Sydney
- 7 April 2009 at Newcastle
- 16 April 2009 at Wagga
- 21 April 2009 at Broken Hill or Bourke
- 28 April 2009 at Glen Innes
- 4 May 2009 at Cowra
- 5 May 2009 at Narooma
- 12 May 2009 at Narromine
- 13 May 2009 at Coonabarabran
To register phone (02) 8837 6399
Urban Sustainability Seed Funding for Sustainability Planning
Grants of $20,000 are available to individual councils.
Grants of $50,000 are available to alliances of councils.
Any NSW Council can apply – total funds for the program $200,000.
Closing date for Urban Sustainability Seed Funding for Sustainability Planning 5pm 15 May 2009
Lead Environmental Community Groups
The Lead Environmental Community Groups program aims to assist eligible lead environmental community organisations in NSW by contributing towards their administrative costs. Grants of up to $80,000 per annum or up to 50% of total eligible administrative costs, whichever is lowest, are available.
Closing date for Lead Environmental Community Groups 5pm 5 June 2009
For further information on any of these grant programs please visit the Environmental Trust Website