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Native Vegetation Council - Research Grants
Application Form
Applications must be forwarded to:
Closing date for the 2011 Native
Vegetation Council Research Grants:
Project Officer
Native Vegetation Council Secretariat
GPO Box 1047
ADELAIDE SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8303 9566
Fax:
(08) 8303 9780
Email: nvc@sa.gov.au
26 August 2011 at 5.00pm
This form can be completed either electronically
or by hand.
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Project number (admin use only)
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Project title (in 8 words or less)
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NRM Region/s the project will be delivered in (please mark ‘X’ in appropriate box/es)
Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
Alinytjara Wilurara
Eyre Peninsula
Kangaroo Island
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Northern and Yorke
South Australian Arid Lands
South Australian Murray-Darling Basin
South East
Specific project location
Include Latitude and Longitude
District Council (if applicable)
Please provide a map of the project location (i.e. http://www.naturemaps.sa.gov.au provides maps
which are user friendly). Additional information such as maps, photos, etc are not required but can be
included as attachments if desired.
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Applicant details
Applicant Name
Company
Address
Email
Contact person (other than applicant)
Phone
Mobile
Fax
Phone
Address
Email
Mobile
Fax
Is your group incorporated?
Yes
No
Date incorporated
Is your group GST registered?
Applicants signature
Incorp. #
Yes
No
ABN #
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Applicant experience
List the names, qualifications and experience of person/s undertaking the work. Include details of previously completed research or
biodiversity conservation projects should be included and status of previous grants indicated (Duplicate table or use attachment if
necessary).
Name
Qualifications
Experience
Details of prior projects
Status of any prior grants
Name and contact details for two referees
Referee one
Referee two
Name
Name
Address
Address
Phone
Phone
Mobile
Mobile
Fax
Fax
Email
Email
Note: Delete/add in table rows as required.
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Project description
Include a detailed description of the project (attach additional sheets if required). The following headings are provided as a guide to the
type of information required. Please ensure that any acronyms used are defined.
7.1 Project summary (150 to 250 words)
Note: this will form part of an assessment used by the NVC to review applications
7.2 Background information
Include literature reviews, what is already known about the subject and what can be known.
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7.3 Aims and Objectives
Well written aims and objectives will help to provide a sound basis for identifying the content of the project and will assist in
assessing whether or not the project has been successful.
The aims of a project are broad statements of its purpose or intent. They encompass the purpose and philosophy of the
project, specifying its overall direction and content.
Well written objectives are much more specific and should clarify the aims in more detail. Objectives give the project a
clearly defined target and enable the applicant/s to measure the progress towards its stated aims. The most effective
objectives meet the following criteria:
S – Specific – objectives are aimed at what the project does
M - Measurable – the project can put a value to the objective
A – Agreed - by all those concerned in trying to achieve the objective.
R - Realistic – the objective should be challenging, but it should also be able to be achieved by the resources
available.
T- Time specific – they have a time limit of when the objective should be achieved, e.g. by the end of the year.
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Aim/s
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Objective/s:
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7.4 Methodology
7.5 Expected Outcomes
a. Research priority (s) addressed
List all relevant NVC priority(s) and discuss how the project will address these.
Note: Delete/add in table rows as required.
Priority(s)
Discussion
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b. Benefits of the project to regional vegetation conservation and management in South
Australia
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Please provide appropriate output codes for your project activities (see Attachment 1)
Please quantify anticipated outputs against your project activities using output measure 1 and output measure 2 where
applicable (see orange and green columns in Attachment 1)
Project activity
Output code
Output measure 1
Output measure 2
12ha
10km
(see Attachment 1)
eg. Revegetation of degraded D4
land
c. Relevance to other Projects
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Relevance to other Projects
Description
Discussion
d. Publication
Will the project’s results be published, and if so, where?
Publication type
Eg. Scientific Journal, fact
sheet, website
Name of publication
(where relevant)
Estimated date of publication
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Work schedule
Project activity
Person
responsible
Year
Jan
a.
b.
c.
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
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Risk Management
Risk management involves identifying, assessing and responding to project risks in order to minimise the likelihood and impact of the
consequences of adverse events in the achievement of the projects’ objectives.
Risk
Consequence
e.g. Rain on day of
volunteer event
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Low attendance
Incur financial
loss
Chance of
Occurrence
(L,M,H)
M
Impact
(L,M,H)
H
Action
Trigger
Responsibility
Response plan
Weather
forecast two
days before
event
Revegetation
Consultant
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Reserve indoor
space
Recruit extra
volunteers
Develop detailed
plan
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Detailed budget summary and work plan timetable
Project costs (for each activity to be undertaken, please itemise the costs involved) for materials, travel, accommodation etc. include also the value of donated resources.
Vehicle costs to be computed at 76 cents/km for motor car, station wagons and utilities (petrol, diesel or LPG) and 30 cents per kilometre for motorcycles/scooters (adapted
from the Australian tax office guidelines). When filling out this table please separate different types of expenditure. e.g. equipment and consumables, travel and
accommodation, salaries etc. The aim of the table is to separate those items where GST is payable and those where there is not a GST component.
Please note: Funding will not be provided to support the establishment of new positions to enable a project to be undertaken. Funding that will contribute to the
support portions of existing positions that assist in achieving the agreed outcomes may be considered. Salary costs must be justified. The hourly rates must be
itemised and justified using to $27.50/hour as a guide.
Administrative costs and in-house expenditures will be seen by the NVC as an ‘in kind’ contribution of the applying body and should not form part of the funding sought in
the grant application. Please refer to the ‘Guidelines’ for further information in relation to budgetary requirements.
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Describe what will be done, how, the estimated cost and the timing of
each activity (refer to table 8)
Itemise contributions from all sources, including all cash and ‘in kind’
contributions.
All costing is to be GST exclusive.
Project activity
(refer to Table 8)
a.
Column totals
Timing
Start
Finish
Mth/Yr
Mth/Yr
Volunteer
hours
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Clearly identify the intended use of the funding sought from the Research grant. See
the guidelines for items that cannot be funded through this grants program.
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Provide totals for each activity.
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Provide totals for each column.
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Milestone period – initial payment, 6 months, 12 months, beyond 12 months.
Your group
contribution
including
‘in-kind’
($)
Other
contribution
s including
‘in-kind’
($)
NVC
Research
grant sought
($)
Total
activity
costs
($)
Mile
Stone
period
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Project status
Is this work part of a larger project?
Yes
Has the project commenced? (If yes when?)
Yes
No
Date:
No
Proposed Date:
Proposed completion date:
If Yes, please provide further details, including project partners and any links to other current or planned future projects. Please attach any
letters of support.
Other contributing organisations
Please provide details of all other contributors to this project, including the applicant
Name of contributing
Name of representative
Position in
organisation
organisation
Phone number
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Project site approvals
If the project involves works on properties other than those owned by the applicant all landowners and land managers must agree to the proposed activities occurring on
their property. Please provide details of each property and a contact and signature for each landowner or manager. For example, if the project works will be undertaken
on roadsides, which is managed by the local government and on adjoining privately owned land or land under the control of the state government in another section, you
must provide contact details and a signature from an authorised representative from both the local and state governments and any private landowners involved.
Name of property
Area of property (ha)
Name of project site
Area of project site (ha)
Landowner or manager
Phone number
Name of contact
Position (if applicable)
Signature certifying
agreement for proposed
activities
Date
Name of property
Area of property (ha)
Name of project site
Area of project site (ha)
Landowner or manager
Phone number
Name of contact
Position (if applicable)
Signature certifying
agreement for proposed
activities
Date
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FOR ALL APPLICANTS, INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND SPONSORS
by signing below you certify your agreement to the following:
I certify that -·to the best of my knowledge, the information provided in this application is complete and correct and no information is
false or misleading.
I have the agreement of all parties identified in the application to include their details within this application;
 I/the organisation I represent, supports this application and if successful agree to enter into a contract with the South Australian
Government to manage the project and administer the project funding;
 I have obtained the agreement from other organisation(s), if any, to contribute the resources outlined in the project budget.
 I will spend the funding and implement the project in the ways described in the application, unless otherwise agreed by all parties; the
project has not already received funding in part or in full by any other funding source, unless identified within the application; the
project will not commence until all relevant conditions have been met and permits or approvals obtained.
 I consent, on behalf of all parties, to this application being referred to third parties for assessment purposes.
 I understand that the information provided in this application may be disclosed to various parties as deemed necessary by the Native
Vegetation Council, and
 I understand it is an offence under the Criminal Code Act 1995 to provide false or misleading information.
AUTHORISATION - (to be completed by the Department Head or Chief Executive Officer or delegate (if applicable), or by the applicant
if the application is a private project.
If the Native Vegetation Council award the Research Grant, work will be undertaken pursuant to grant conditions.
The Native Vegetation Council’s Research Grant Conditions have been read and accepted by the organisation requesting Research
funds.
Total amount sought from Native Vegetation Fund (GST Exclusive):
Total value of contributions from other sources, including ‘in-kind’ (GST Exclusive):
Name:
Position/Organisation:
Signed:
Dated:
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Attachment 1.
Outputs for Research Grant Applications
Please note: some activities will not fit into the outputs below. This list is not designed to report on every activity, but to capture the most common
outputs.
Codes Output
Output description/ examples
Output measure 1
Output measure 2
(if applicable)
A
Resource Assessment
A1
Decision support tool/information
management systems/models
Number of systems/tools/models
completed
A2
Studies/reports/research
Number of studies/reports completed
A3
Monitoring programs
Number of new monitoring programs
(if applicable)
established
A4
Mapping
Area (ha)
B
Planning
B1
resource management
Includes biophysical, economic,
Number of plans/strategies/guidelines
plans/strategies/best practice
guidelines
social, specie recovery, property,
catchment etc plans and strategies
completed
Includes field days, study tours,
workshops
Number of events
C
Capacity Building
C1
Training/awareness raising events
C2
Awareness raising materials e.g.
factsheet, new websites
D
On-ground works
D1
Conservation agreements
D2
Native vegetation protected/enhanced/ Includes fire management practice,
rehabilitated/managed
exclusion fencing etc.
No of participants
Number of Awareness raising materials
developed
Includes voluntary agreements
Number of agreements
Area protected
Area (ha) protected
Km of fencing (if
applicable)
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D3
Cultural Heritage Site protection and
maintenance
e.g rock holes
No. of sites
Area (ha) (if applicable)
D4
Revegetation
Includes native pastures
Area (ha) revegetated
Km of fencing (if
applicable)
D5
Management of native animal species e.g fencing, translocation programs,
Area (ha) managed
Km of fencing (if
applicable)
D6
Pest plant control
Area (ha) where pest plant control
Species
measures implemented
D7
Pest animal control
D8
Sustainable land management
Includes public and private land, soil Area (ha) treated
and wind erosion management
No. of landholders
involved (if applicable)
D9
Improving water quality
Includes sewage plants, stormwater
Volume (ML) of water
D10
Improved water use efficiency
Area (ha) where pest animal control
measures implemented
Number of construction works
species
quality control devises, constructed
wetlands
that is improved in
quality per year
Includes improved irrigation practices, Volume (ML) of water saved per year
No of landholders
capping groundwater bores, new
involved (if applicable)
stormwater reuse systems.