The NSW Environmental Trust is seeking applications for its Environmental Education Grants Program 2020 which is a contestable grants program aiming to support educational projects that develop, broaden and transform the community’s knowledge, skills, and intrinsic motivation to undertake sustainable behaviour and encourage participation in the protection of the environment.

The NSW Environmental Trust is an independent statutory body established by the NSW Government to fund a broad range of organisations to undertake projects that enhance the State’s environment. The Trust’s main responsibility is to make and supervise the expenditure of grants.

Objectives

The objectives of the program are to:

• facilitate change in the practices and behaviour of individuals and groups to improve specific or broad environmental problems
• develop and promote education projects that improve the environment and address sustainability challenges.

Priority Areas

The immediate funding priorities applicants need to address as part of the 2020 Education program are:

• supporting threatened species recovery
• addressing climate change impacts on the natural environment – both mitigation and adaptation.

Funding Information

• Total allocation for the 2020 round is $1,000,000.
• Tier 1 will fund grants of up to $60,000 for projects running for two to three years.
• Tier 2 will fund grants of between $60,001 and $250,000 for projects running from three to five years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Each proposal requires a lead applicant. If successful in securing a grant, the lead applicant will hold primary responsibility for delivery of the project.
• The following organisations are eligible to apply as the lead applicant:
  • Community organisations
  • Community groups
  • Incorporated associations
  • Incorporated non-profit organisations
  • Non-commercial cooperatives
  • State government agencies and/or statutory committees
  • Local councils
  • Local Land Services
  • Universities
  • Regional organisations of councils
  • Other local government-controlled organisations
  • NSW Local Aboriginal Land Councils
  • Registered NSW Aboriginal Corporations
• Collaborators are key project partners and the Trust requires that collaborators are to be actively involved in the project delivery, as well as committing to ongoing use of the project outcomes.
• Collaborators can also help leverage time, expertise, material, resources, and reduce duplication. Collaborators must:
  • be actively involved in designing the project
  • have, and can show, the requisite capabilities and responsibilities to help to deliver the project.

For more information, visit The Trust.