Opportunities such as funding rounds and scholarship programs are promoted on this page when available.
Applications open for Extension & Adoption Specialist
The Grower Group Alliance (GGA) is currently recruiting an Extension & Adoption Specialist to join the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub.
Applications close on 11 October 2024.
Expression Of Interest for Resilience Training Program for Farmers
The Future Drought Fund is forecasting the release of two new grant rounds in 2024
1. Long-term Trials of Drought Resilient Farming Practices Program Round 2
This program builds on the success of the existing Long-term Trials of Drought Resilient Farming Practices Program which is delivering projects to investigate innovative and transformational farming practices to build drought resilience.
$40.3 million will be available through an open competitive grant process for projects between $3 million and $8 million from 2024-25 until 2029-30.
Round 2 will include an expanded list of eligible agricultural industries.
2. Resilient Landscapes Program
The program requires applicants to demonstrate how proven practices, technology and approaches can be used to manage natural resources and contribute to building drought and climate resilience.
$40 million will be available through an open competitive grant process for projects between $2 million and $6 million from 2024-25 until 2029-30.
Hub team support
As per previous FDF grant rounds, the SW WA Hub can provide assistance to Hub consortium partners, stakeholders and grower groups whose applications align with the Hub’s drought resilience priorities.
The Hub team is committed to maximising your chances of success. Here’s how we can assist:
- Letters of support: We can provide letters of support to applicants who engage with the Hub early and align their projects with both the grant criteria and our priority project topics.
- Facilitating collaboration: We can introduce proponents of similar projects, fostering opportunities for co-design and project amalgamation.
- Grant application guidance: Our team offers expert advice on how to best meet the grant criteria, ensuring your application stands out.
In the coming weeks, we’ll be releasing Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for those seeking assistance from our Hub team. The EOIs will capture key information such as:
- Contact Details: How we can reach you.
- Project Summary: A high-level overview of your idea or proposal.
- Industry Focus: The industries you are targeting (e.g., cropping, livestock, mixed).
- Level of Involvement: Your desired role in the project (e.g., consortium lead, partner, service provider).
- Project Scale: Whether your interest is local, statewide, or national.
- Skills and Resources: What you bring to the table (e.g., field trial sites, expertise, equipment) and what additional skills or resources you may need from a collaboration partner (e.g., extension expertise, trial design, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning).
- Alignment with Hub Priorities: Which of the SW WA Hub’s priorities your project addresses.
The Hub has a strong focus on collaboration and our qualified staff and industry connections can provide significant assistance to grant applicants.
Stay tuned for the announcement of when EOIs will open, which will be promoted on this page and in our newsletter.
Further details will be published when the grant rounds open.
Current Transformational Grants
Small Grants Closed
The South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub’s (SW WA Hub) small grants program is now closed. Full proposals are currently being reviewed with project announcements anticipated for later this month.
Led by the SW WA Hub with funding from the FDF, the Hub’s 18 month Transformational Projects Program (the Program) aims to transform current agricultural systems and address drought and climate challenges.
Contact Knowledge Broker Tanya Kilminster with any queries tkilminster@gga.org.au.
Guidelines
Register for SA study tour
September 17 – 22
Join other growers from Sunday, September 17, to Friday, September 22, for a five-day tour looking at innovation in South Australian broadacre agriculture. Look and think ‘outside the box’ while viewing new approaches to soil and water productivity, different ways of unlocking plant potential and examples of efficient input use.
Current Opportunities
Opening January 2023
Future Drought Fund (FDF) grant round: Long-term Trials of Drought Resilient Farming Practices Grants Program
This $40 million grants program will support a limited number of long-term trials to build the drought resilience and profitability of cropping and grazing farmers.
