Grants and funding
Grassroots Grants
Aboriginal Rangers will monitor endangered mound springs flora and Buffel Grass infestations and Mountain Daisies will be monitored near Quorn as two of 18 projects valued at almost $150,000 to receive funding in the latest round of the Board’s Grassroots Grants program.
Community workshops and events, weed control and protection of endangered native flora have also been funded in the 2024/25 grant round.
Work has begun on funded projects, which will be completed by the end of June 2025.
See which projects were funded with Grassroots Grants in 2024/25.
Past Grassroot Grants rounds
Twelve projects valued at almost $10,000 were funded in the SAAL Landscape Board's 2023-24 Grassroots Grants program. The successful projects address the board's priorities of climate resilience, water management, sustainable land management, protecting and enhancing biodiversity and people and partnerships.
See the projects funded in 2023/24.
See the projects funded in 2022-23.
SA Arid Lands region landowners can apply for a share of $5.1million in State Government grants to help restore and enhance native vegetation on their properties.
Two new grants from the Native Vegetation Council will help protect and improve habitat for threatened species, boost biodiversity and restore ecosystems.
The Restoration Grants Program 2024-2026 will support long-term projects lasting up to 10 years and will also be offered in the Northern and Yorke and Eyre Peninsula regions. These three regions have been subject to higher levels of native vegetation clearance in recent years to enable important energy and resources projects as well as road infrastructure to be built.
Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to:
• Revegetation of local native species
• Pest plant and animal control and management of over-abundant native species
• Fencing to exclude stock or other activities that impact biodiversity.
Applications close on 22 November, with a second funding round expected to be announced in early 2025.
Incentive Grants encourage landholders to establish new Heritage Agreements to protect native vegetation on their land.
Heritage Agreements are conservation areas on private land that help contribute to restoring or protecting native vegetation and biodiversity.
These grants will help fund short-term projects (1-5 years) and are available to all SA landholders.
Applications can be submitted any time up to 30 June 2026, however, landholders are encouraged to apply early.
More information is available from the Native Vegetation Council website: https://bit.ly/4fYEfMl
FRRR Grants
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) is a not-for-profit organisation that provides funding to regional communities.
FRRR has a range of grants targeted at regional communities that support a variety of initiatives. These grants can be used to improve and build infrastructure, to fund community gardens, fund events and almost anything to do with wellbeing.