CFAs: Environmental Research Grants Program 2024-25 (Australia)

Priority Areas

• Natural environment (NE):
  • Identifying and quantifying pollutant loadings, including diffuse sources
  • Effectiveness and impacts of management strategies
  • Monitoring of seagrass distribution and quality
  • Foreshore areas
  • The application, implementation and refinement of monitoring tools and models
  • Transfer of metals and nutrients between sediment, bacteria, water and biota
  • Biodiversity
  • The influence of subsidence on catchment erosion, ecosystems and biodiversity
  • The impacts of tourism, recreational fishing and boating
  • Biodiversity offsetting to address the loss of biodiversity values
  • Environmental heritage research
• Environmental Health:
  • Mosquitoes and their impacts on health
  • Air Quality
  • The behaviour of lead in the environment and effects on communities
  • Environmental health
• Climate change impacts and adaptation:
  • The impacts of climate change on environmental, economic and social systems and adaptation responses
• Waste:
  • Waste and quarry rehabilitation
• Transport:
  • Impacts of transport
• Energy and water:
  • Alternative sources and efficient use of energy and water
• Resource consumption (RC) and natural hazards:
  • Sustainability behaviours and an evaluation of the effectiveness of environmental education activities
• Sustainability metrics and reporting:
  • Research on techniques to track progress toward sustainability goals
  • Use of smart technology to future sustainability goals

Funding Information

• Successful applicants can receive up to $8000, and higher sums have been approved in special circumstances.

Eligibility Criteria

• University researchers (students and academics) and research-based organisations are encouraged to apply.

Selection Criteria

• The selection criteria for submissions are as follows:
  • a the outcomes of the project has clear benefits for the city
  • the potential for the outcomes to have application in environmental management of the city
  • the quality of the submission
  • scientific rigor of the proposed research
  • value for money (including the budget of the project and any in kind contributions)
  • researcher and/or supervisor’s expertise and experience
  • how the proposed research fits within the priorities for the city
  • degree to which the project fosters and supports academic achievement for the lake Macquarie residents

Application Requirements

• Your submission for grant funding must demonstrate the practical application of the proposed research project and should include:
  • details about yourself and/or organisation (a resume including qualifications, experience etc. of each applicant);
  • an itemized budget indicating the way in which the grant money is proposed to be spent;
  • an outline of the proposed research project (include aims, method and objectives for the project);
  • supporting information on the reasons for the research and how it will benefit Lake Macquarie City;
  • a tentative timetable for the research project/ thesis;
  • name and contact details of the supervisor nominated for the project;
  • names and contacts for two referees.

For more information, visit Lake Macquarie City Council.