Grants and funding
Apply now to attend the International Rangelands Congress
If you live and work in the pastoral region of SA, there is a unique opportunity to attend an international conference in Adelaide relevant to all things rangelands.
The XII International Rangeland Congress is being held in Adelaide from June 2-6 and the SA Pastoral Board and the SA Arid Lands Landscape Board are supporting land managers and people from the region to attend.
The Boards have 20 individual registrations, valued at $1200 each, to support attendance from the pastoral region. Successful applicants will be selected based on their responses in the expression of interest form which is now live at https://landscape.smartygrants.com.au/IRC
The sponsored ticket includes the welcome reception on Sunday evening (1 June), mid-conference tour on 4 June, and the Congress Dinner. Accommodation, travel and other costs will be the responsibility of the attendee.
EOIs close on 16 March 2025 at 9pm and applicants will be notified if they are successful by Friday 28 March 2025.
For questions or information, please contact Senior Sustainable Land Management Officer Matt Westover on 0438 816 210 or email matthew.westover@sa.gov.au
Applications are invited across the Port Augusta and Quorn districts for initiatives that will increase plantings of native gardens across the district.
Through the Growing Native Gardens project, small grants of $300 will be offered to community groups, kindergartens, pre-schools, primary or secondary schools in the district to purchase local native plants.
Planting native trees and shrubs can encourage birds and butterflies, and provide habitat for wildlife once established.
Applications are now open, with plant purchases and plantings to be completed by 31 May 2025.
More information and the application forms are available here
Native Vegetation Grants
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.
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
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.
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.