Protecting Queensland’s Threatened Species: Applied Research Grants

The Protecting Queensland’s Threatened Species: Applied Research Grants provide funding between $50,000 and $150,000 (excluding GST) to eligible recipients to undertake research projects to ensure Queensland has the facts and knowledge of Queensland’s threatened flora and fauna species to protect and conserve them for future generations. A total of up to $1,000,000 in funding is available in this round of grants.

For the purposes of this grants program, threatened species are classified as those listed as threatened under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) or those that occur in Queensland and are listed as threatened under the Commonwealth Government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

Projects funded will be those that undertake applied research activities and develop actionable information to assist with the on-ground recovery of one or more threatened species in the wild; this can include on private land, public estate, or at the private-public interface. Projects should be aligned with the Research Prospectus for Queensland Threatened Species and Conservation Estate and may include, but are not limited, to:

• developing effective methods for mitigating threatening processes
• determining interactions between threats, threatened species and threat mitigation actions
• developing novel and innovative methods to improve monitoring, threat mitigation and management actions
• addressing identified knowledge gaps in threatened species biology and ecology to improve recovery.

Application process

Applications for funding under this Program closed on 3 November 2025.

More information about the program can be found in the Program guidelines (PDF, 614.2 KB) .

Applicant outcome

All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application in writing by email following the department’s assessment process, funding recommendations will be made to the department’s Chief Executive who is the financial delegate and will make a final decision on the funding proposal.

Successful applicants will be contacted by the Grants Coordinator regarding funding arrangements, grant agreements and other documentation/approvals that may be required. Funding is expected to be available once all parties have signed the grant agreement and provided all required documentation to the department. Projects must be completed by 30 June 2029.

Unsuccessful applicants can request feedback on their application by emailing the Grants Administration Unit at grantsadministration@detsi.qld.gov.au. Applicants may lodge an appeal with the department for any decisions made relating to their grant application by emailing the Grants Administration Unit at grantsadministration@detsi.qld.gov.au.

More information

For further information, please email the Threatened Species Operations team at threatened.species@detsi.qld.gov.au.