Grants & Opportunities

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Communify Qld. Project: Sustainable gardening workshop series for the New Farm Community Garden. Round: 2014-15.

Determining the links between size and function in phytoplankton. Marine phytoplankton are responsible for around 50% of the carbon fixation on planet. This project will examine how phytoplankton size declines will alter marine food webs and carbon sequestration. Changes in nutrients and temperature will cause phytoplankton to be smaller but the consequences of these changes are uncertain because of a lack of knowledge regarding how changes in cell size affect function within a species. This project will evolve 20 species of algae to be different sizes and estimate the consequences of these size changes for biological functions. The project will then use these data to refine global models of carbon budgets, leading to better predictions about how the global carbon pump will change. . Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3104 - Evolutionary Biology. Lead: Prof Dustin Marshall

Community grants grant. Recipient: Open Minds Australia. Project: To establish "iFitness" for individuals who are particularly vulnerable to preventable lifestyle related illnesses. Funds will enable program coordination, volunteer training/registration, equipment purchase and the establishment of partnerships and information resources to ensure sustainability and growth.. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Native Wildlife Carer. Project: Humidicrib. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Native Wildlife Carer. Project: Carer expenses and humidicrib. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Native Wildlife Carer. Project: Carer expenses and aviaries. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Wolston and Centenary Catchments Inc (WaCC). Project: Pooh Corner Environment Centre establishment, administration and operation expenses, Wacol. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Save Our Waterways Now Inc (SOWN). Project: Operating and administration expenses for the SOWN club facility and native plant nursery, The Gap. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Oxley Creek Catchment Association Inc (OCCA). Project: Connecting community through Creek Care at Salisbury Recreation Reserve. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Myuna Park Bushcare Group. Project: Environmental weed management to promote natural regeneration within Myuna Street Park, Bulimba. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Mt Nebo & Mt Glorious Environment Protection Association Inc. Project: Southern D'Aguilar Strategic Weed Partnership project, Council road reserve, Mt Nebo Road. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers (ATCV). Project: Salvin Creek South Fauna Corridor Revegetation project, Mt Gravatt East. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: The Glenleighden School (operated by CHI.L.D. Association). Project: Extension of the kitchen garden at the Glenleighden School, Fig Tree Pocket. Round: 2014-15.

Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program grant. Recipient: Community Living Association Inc. Project: Development of the Banyo Backyard Community Garden. Round: 2014-15.

This grant program supports community and government organisations to achieve lasting, positive impacts on the NSW environment by protecting, conserving and restoring our natural resources.

Enhancing marine bathymetry using new generation satellite sensors. Highly accurate marine bathymetry are currently lacking in 72% of the global ocean including around Australia, particularly in shallow seas and near-shore coastal zones, contributing to various navigation and marine safety accidents. Ship surveys of the seafloor are time-consuming and expensive. Satellite altimetry data provide an alternative solution. This project will improve Australia’s marine bathymetry by using spatially comprehensive and unprecedented data from new radar and laser satellite sensors. We aim to develop techniques for integration of the new data with other independent data sources, producing the most precise marine bathymetry for coastal terrain mapping, marine transport and safety management.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 0909 - Geomatic Engineering. Lead: Hon A/Prof Xiaoli Deng

Using assisted evolution to win the war against invasive species. Invasive species disrupt ecosystem functioning, causing severe economic costs. This project investigates the use of native insects, alongside assisted evolution, as a novel approach to control invasive plants. Combining experimental and observational data we aim to accelerate adaptation already underway and entrained by selection from interactions between invasive plants and Australian insects. These data will not only address unresolved questions in evolutionary biology but will also provide knowledge on the role native insects can play in the biocontrol of invasive weeds. This will be crucial for conservation managers and agricultural practitioners dealing with plant movement and/or crop development under ongoing environmental change.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 0501 - Ecological Applications. Lead: Prof Johannes Le Roux

High-value functional ingredients from bean processing waste. Legumes are considered highly nutritious and sustainable food. Accordingly, there is a steady growth in the consumption of legumes worldwide, including in Australia. Due to lengthy soaking and cooking times, consumers prefer ready-to-eat canned legumes. The current processing technologies are energy and water-intensive and generate considerable waste. This project investigates the application of non-thermal technologies to reduce processing time, water and energy use and enable the recovery of valuable polyphenols and soluble dietary fibres normally lost in the wastewater. This knowledge will lead to sustainable beans processing, delivering improved productivity to Australian manufacturers and quality food to Australian consumers.. Scheme: Linkage Projects. Field: 0908 - Food Sciences. Lead: A/Prof Sushil Dhital

High activity catalysts for CO2 recycling to valuable chemical products. This proposal targets the development of novel porous solid catalysts, containing highly dispersed metal clusters that provide exceptional activity for the conversion (recycling) of carbon dioxide to fuels and other higher value chemical products. These novel materials will improve the productivity and/or reduce the energy required to facilitate the CO2 conversion, thereby reducing costs for industry, whilst also providing environmental benefit by carbon dioxide utilisation.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4004 - Chemical Engineering. Lead: Prof Akshat Tanksale

New Silent Anchors for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in Calcareous Sand . Reliable wind energy sites are in deeper waters and require offshore floating structures to harness the wind energy. Such floating structures require a reliable anchoring system that is secure and environmentally friendly. Calcareous sands, rich in carbonate content, pose unique challenges with their behaviour difficult to predict. In this project, a novel silent anchoring system is investigated that can be installed with minimum noise and vibration compared to more traditional counterparts. Through the state of the art development in numerical modelling and centrifuge modelling, this project will advance Australian Science and Practice in designing floating wind turbines in carbonate rich soils offshore and help energy transition.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4005 - Civil Engineering. Lead: Prof Yuxia Hu

Enabling wider use of mechanistic models for biodiversity forecasts . Forecasting species distributions is challenging yet necessary. The pattern-based models commonly used are error-prone. Mechanistic models, best equipped for the task, are limited by lack of data. This project aims to enable wider use of mechanistic models by developing new methods for dealing with incomplete trait data and uncertainty. It expects to generate new knowledge about how species’ traits define the environments in which they persist. Anticipated outcomes include enhanced capacity to apply mechanistic models to conservation problems, methods for communicating uncertainties and models for tens of species of immediate conservation interest. This will enable more reliable biodiversity forecasts, supporting better decision-making. . Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4104 - Environmental Management. Lead: Prof Michael McCarthy

Supporting the sustainability of Australia's local news ecosystem. This project aims to understand how Australia’s main public broadcaster, the ABC, can best support public interest journalism in rural and regional communities, with a specific focus on fragile and underserved areas of the nation’s local news ecosystem. The project will develop new knowledge around media power and how news providers can work together to secure the sustainability of local news. Expected outcomes include a framework to identify and define areas of news need, an assessment of existing interventions and road-tested approaches to improve information quality. The project should provide benefits by supporting forms of local journalism that ultimately enhances the demographic health and social fabric of small towns and cities. . Scheme: Linkage Projects. Field: 4701 - Communication and Media Studies. Lead: Prof Kristy Hess

The Australian Government is inviting applications through an open process to apply to deliver services under 1.12 Rural.... Rural Development

Councillor grants grant. Recipient: Northey Street City Farm. Project: Winter Solstice Festival. Round: 2014-15.

Creative and history grants grant. Recipient: Flipside Circus Ltd. Project: Freshwaters— A Professional Circus Opportunity for Young First Nations Artists. Round: 2025-26.