Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO6750

Please Note:

The Community Grants Hub Hotline will be unavailable from 3:00 pm Thursday 28 March 2024 until 9:00 am Tuesday 2 April 2024. During this period, emails can be sent to support@communitygrants.gov.au; however, they will not be actioned until Hub staff return on Tuesday 2 April 2024.

The Australian Government is inviting organisations via an Open competitive process to apply to deliver projects under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program – Capacity Building Grants Round 1.

Objectives:

The Capacity Building grants will contribute to the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program’s outcomes by supporting farmers to increase their awareness, knowledge and skills of best practice climate-smart sustainable agriculture approaches. It will also increase the capacity and capability of community, 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.

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 Entity 
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority 
• Partnership 
• Person 
• 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.

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 - September 2024 

End date of grant activity - 31 March 2028 

To apply you must:

• complete one application form for each project proposal, available on GrantConnect, please see 'Submit Application'
• 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 28 March 2024.

Please see addendum notice

Please use:

• Capacity Building Grants Round 1 - Grant Opportunity Guidelines - version 2
• Capacity Building Grants Round 1 - Questions and Answers - version 3