Application Guidelines
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The application procedure below applies for the Foundation Grants and the RE Ross Trust Small Victorian Rural Grants. You can only apply for one or the other. Before you consider applying, ask yourself about your project - is its primary focus biodiversity preservation? Mission
Principles
The more closely your project is aligned with the above principles, the more likely you are to be considered. Individuals as well as organisations are invited to apply. Exclusions
1. Please contact the Executive Officer for pre-approval. Send a small summary of your project by email. Contact details appear below. 2. Once you have been given approval to submit, please carefully follow the guidelines below. We have tried to make the application procedure as simple as possible, but please use the sub-headings given in point 4. Applications from academic institutions to adhere to point 7. 3. Your application MUST contain the following information on the FIRST page of your application. This is not a cover sheet, but page one of your application.
4. In no more than three pages, applicants are asked to provide a brief description of the proposed project, using these sub-headings:
5. Where appropriate, the submission should indicate the project's relevance to the local community and provide evidence of local support. Please supply 2 reference letters. 6. Where the project involves a publication, details should be provided on the quantities concerned and intended modes of distribution. Bids to support any form of publication will only be considered where a case can be made that it fills a gap in existing literature.7. Applicants from academic institutions seeking funding should include a curriculum vitae and a recommendation from their Supervisor or Head of Department. Grants should not exceed $5,000. Research needs to be part of a wider, collaborative project and show how it will directly benefit the natural living environment. 8. Please email your application. There is no need to send an additional hard copy once you have received verification that your application was received electronically by the Executive Officer. We are trying to reduce paper usage in the office. Therefore, our Trustees view applications on an internal website - we do not make paper copies. Additional materials that can't be made into PDFs can be viewed at the meeting, but please check first before sending extra material. If you can't email your application, send on disc, or email the Executive Officer for help. 9. Please DO NOT send ATO certificates, incorporation certificates, annual reports or other certificates. You are not required to have DGR or TCC status to receive a grant. Unless asked, do not supply additional information. 10. Keep your PDFs small - save as small size please. If you can, try and save all your documents in one PDF. Save your file with your organisation name. The Foundation meets quarterly. Closing dates and Trustee meeting dates appear below. You will be contacted by mail about your application after each meeting. Feedback on your application is not given.
Where a project's commencement is conditional on other sources of funding, the Foundation's grant will not be released until written confirmation is received of a grantee's success in gaining additional funding. If part funding is granted, again, the Foundation's grant will not be released until written confirmation is received of a grantee's success in securing the other part of the budget.
Applications should be addressed to:
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