DEADLINE: Climate-Smart Agriculture Program – Capacity Building Grants Round 2

Applications for the second round of Capacity Building Grants open on 18 February 2025 and close 9pm AEDT on 31 March 2025. This round will provide up to $16.58 million over three years from 2025-26 to 2027-28.

Grants between $250,000 and $3,000,000 will be made available.

The objectives of the Capacity Building Grants round 2 are to support farmers to have better access to knowledge and skills relating to best practice climate-smart sustainable agriculture approaches.

The grant opportunity will fund projects that:

• increase awareness, knowledge and skills of best practice climate-smart sustainable agriculture approaches
• assist community organisations, Landcare groups, First Nations peoples and industry to support farmers and land holders adopt climate-smart and sustainable agriculture practices
• provide opportunities, initiatives and information resources to assist the agriculture sector to increase adoption of climate-smart and sustainable agriculture practices at scale.