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Climate Change Adaptation Grants

Seed-funding of up to $30 million will be provided for research addressing priorities identified through the National Adaptation Research Plans. These funds will be used to lever additional resources.

There is currently a call open for research for Freshwater Biodiversity under the Climate Change Adaptation Grants Program. Keep an eye out for future calls here, and at the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility’s website.

Freshwater biodiversity and climate change expression of interest grants call—closed

Expressions of Interest are invited for grants to support research that will help Australia to prepare its freshwater biodiversity for unavoidable climate change.

Seed funding totalling up to $1.9 million is available to address certain research priorities in the National Climate Change National Adaptation Research Plan: Freshwater Biodiversity for immediate investment. Interested researchers from public or private institutions have been invited to apply, either individually or as consortia.

Expressions of interest (EOI) closed on Friday 3 June 2011. Relevant documents are available from www.nccarf.edu.au.

Contact Frank Stadler at NCCARF on 07 5552 7268, Richard McKellar on 07 5552 7280 or email nccarf-researchteam@griffith.edu.au for more details.

Human health grants—third round—closed

The National Health and Medical Research Council has opened a third round of funding for project grants under the Health Challenges of Climate Change special research area. Up to $4.1 million is available in this third round for new project initiatives that address the priorities in the Climate Change and Human Health—National Adaptation Research Plan.

The third round call opened on 13 December 2010 and applications closed on 8 March 2011. Read more

Human Health grants—second round research projects

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) have announced a second round of research projects to be funded under the Health Challenges of Climate Change special research area.

These three projects are funded under a collaborative arrangement between the NHMRC, in partnership with the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility under the NHMRC 2010 Research Grants Scheme. The research projects are:

Projection of the impact of climate change on the transmission of Ross River virus disease with the research to be undertaken by Professor Shilu Tong, Queensland University of Technology.
Dengue transmission under climate change in Northern Australia: linking ecological and population based models to develop adaptive strategies with the research to be undertaken by Associate Professor David Harley, Australian National University.
Health impacts of climate change on Indigenous Australians: identifying climate thresholds to enable the development of informed adaption strategies with the research to be undertaken by Dr Donna Green, University of New South Wales.

The health risks from climate change range from greater incidences of infectious diseases to more heat related illnesses and greater threats from increasing events such as storms and bushfires. These projects will examine some key areas of concern in health in relation to climate change.

Visit the NHMRC website for more information.

Primary Industry Expression of Interest grants call—closed

Research grants for Primary Industries provide seed funding up to $2 million to address three priority research areas for immediate investment. Interested researchers from public or private institutions have been invited to apply, either individually or as consortia.

Expressions of interest (EOI) closed at 5.00 pm AEST 14 March 2011. This will be followed by an assessment of the EOI and call for full proposals.

Relevant documents for the Primary Industries call are available from www.nccarf.edu.au.

Contact Mr Frank Stadler at nccarf-researchteam@griffith.edu.au or by phone on 07 5552 7268 for more details.

Download the National Adaptation Research Plan: Primary Industries (PDF 1 MB)

The Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions of Climate Change Expression of Interest grants call—closed

Research grants for Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions of Climate Change provide seed funding up to $5 million to address priority research areas for immediate investment. Interested researchers from public or private institutions have been invited to apply, either individually or as consortia.

Expressions of interest (EOI) closed at 5.00 pm AEST 21 March 2011. This will be followed by an assessment of the EOIs and call for full proposals.

Relevant documents are available from www.nccarf.edu.au.

Contact Dr Daniel Stock at nccarf-researchteam@griffith.edu.au or by phone on 07 5552 7225 for more details.

Download the National Adaptation Research Plan: Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions of Climate Change (432 KB)

Terrestrial biodiversity grants call—closed

Research grants for Terrestrial Biodiversity are providing seed funding up to $3.3 million to address priority research identified through the National Climate Change National Adaptation Research Plan: Terrestrial Biodiversity. This call addresses five priority research areas.

Download the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan: Terrestrial Biodiversity (1 MB) | Word (2.75 MB)

Marine Biodiversity and Resources funding call—closed

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) has announced a funding call for marine biodiversity, resources and fisheries to address research priorities identified through the National Climate Change National Adaptation Research Plan: Marine Biodiversity and Resources.

This funding call is a collaborative arrangement between the FRDC, NCCARF, and the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. $5.5 million is available for new project initiatives.

Expressions of Interest closed on 7 May 2010. Visit the FRDC website for more information.

Download the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan: Marine Biodiversity and Resources

Settlements and Infrastructure grants—closed

Research grants for Settlements and Infrastructure will provide seed funding up to $6.5 million to address priority research identified through the National Climate Change National Adaptation Research Plan: Settlements and Infrastructure.

Interested researchers from public or private institutions could apply, either individually or as consortia.

Expressions of interest closed on 9 April 2010. Read more…

Download the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan: Settlements and Infrastructure (PDF 471 KB).

Successful Settlements and Infrastructure grants

In late 2010 six projects were announced, with a total investment of $2.87 million, aimed at helping communities across Australia prepare for the impacts of unavoidable climate change on towns, cities, coasts and infrastructure. The projects will be funded for research into:

A better understanding of climate change adaptation needed in the planning of coastal settlements and communities in the Northern New South Wales coastal region (Prof David Brunckhorst, University of New England—$444 601).
A better understanding of the impact of climate change on urban planning in the Rockhampton Regional Council area and neighbouring municipalities (Ms Penelope Fry, Rockhampton Regional Council—$280 000).
Identifying ways to manage key community infrastructure in South Australia against the impacts of unavoidable climate change (Dr Jacqueline Balston, Local Government Association of South Australia)—$320 000).
Developing strategies to manage the impacts of unavoidable climate change on public housing and tenants (Mr Guy Barnett, CSIRO—$650 000).
Developing a framework to assist Australian coastal land use planners and managers assess climate change risk and evaluate adaptation options (Prof Colin Woodroffe, University of Wollongong—$598 172).
Developing information and management tools needed to build the resilience of Australia’s seaports to climate change (Prof Darryn McEvoy, RMIT University—$578 000).

Emergency Management grants—closed

Research grants for Emergency Management provide seed funding up to $2 million to address priority research identified through the Emergency Management and Climate Change—National Adaptation Research Plan.