Future Drought Fund: Drought Resilience Research and Adoption Program - Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs

Grant Category Drought

Grant Status Closed

Delivered on behalf of Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

Selection process Open

State/Territory National

Closing Date/Time 8:00am 30 October 2020 11:00pm 23 December 2020 AEDT

The Australian Government is inviting applications to deliver services under the Future Drought Fund: Drought Resilience Research and Adoption Program – Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs (Hubs).

This program will establish eight regionally-focused Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs. The Hubs will be located in regional areas that reflect the key agricultural and climatic zones across the country. The regions targeted are:

Southern NSW
Southern QLD/Northern NSW
South-West WA
Victoria
Top End NT/WA
Tropical North Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania.

The Hubs will be multidisciplinary and inclusive ensuring that the focus of the Hubs is to support agricultural industries and communities to adapt, reorganise and transform so that they are more resilient to future droughts.

The Hubs will support networks of key stakeholders to work together, including primary producers, grower and community groups, industry, researchers, entrepreneurs, education institutions and governments to:

provide extension, adoption and commercialisation support
plan co-designed and demand driven drought resilience research, development, extension, adoption and commercialisation (RDEA&C).

The total funding available under this grant opportunity is $64 million (GST exclusive) to support eight Hubs and their activities through to June 2024. Each Hub can receive up to $2 million per year (GST exclusive).

More information

More information about the Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs, as well as requirements for applicants, can be found in the following grant opportunity documents:

Grant Opportunity Guidelines
Questions and Answers
Sample Commonwealth Standard Grant Agreement and Grant Conditions
Research, Development, Extension, Adoption and Commercialisation Project Plan template
Risk Management Plan template
Online Information Sessions
Webinar Questions and Answers - Transcription

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