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Environmental Initiatives Fund
Environment Waikato’s Environmental Initiatives Fund provides one-off grants to projects, which directly enhance and/or benefit the environment or provide environmental education.
Guidelines for applicants
How much money is available?
Up to $40,000 is available to any one project.
Who can apply?
Anyone can apply to the fund. However, proposals designed to generate personal or commercial profit or compensate individuals are not eligible for funding.
What types of projects can be funded?
Projects must be in keeping with council’s mission, goals and its statutory functions and duties as a regional council. Funding can be provided to specific projects designed to:
- enhance the environment
- promote and/or contribute to sustainable management of the environment
- raise community awareness of environmental issues
- provide environmental education.
Assessment criteria
How are applications assessed?
Applications are assessed by Environment Waikato staff according to how well they meet the following criteria:
To receive funding applications must:
- have clear objectives that are consistent with council’s statutory functions, Regional Policy Statement and environmental outcome objectives
- have clearly assigned responsibility for the ongoing promotion or viability of the initiative; the administration of fund money in accordance with standard accounting procedures and the presentation of a report to council outlining the progress of the initiative
- not lead to a conflict of interest for council as a consent authority
- not be designed primarily for commercial or personal profit or to compensate individuals.
In addition applications should:
- be designed to become self-supporting without ongoing financial contributions from the council
- not involve activities that are the core business of council or other agencies
- demonstrate the necessary skills and experience to undertake the project
- seek contributions from other sources if appropriate
- promote community involvement or awareness in environmental issues
- be a new initiative, new to the particular area or an extension of an existing project. Ongoing operational costs of existing activities will not be funded.
What are the deadlines?
Applications for $5000 or less will be considered as soon as practical after they are received. Applications for more than $5000 will be processed twice a year and must be received by October 1 or April 1. Applications will be notified in the following month. Exceptions to these deadlines will be allowed in cases of special need.
How to apply
Download the Word version, fill in the form and email it to kevin.collins@ew.govt.nz:
- Open the Word document below.
- Save the Word document to your hard drive.
- Type in your details and answers to the questions, then save the document.
- Attach the document to an email and send it to kevin.collins@ew.govt.nz (email is strongly preferred over paper copies).
EIF Application Form
(82 kb, 11 seconds to download, 56k modem)
Preparing for an application
The following questions should be considered before you start preparing your application. The more complete the information you supply, the easier it will be to process your application.
Should you require any assistance in preparing your application please contact us.
- Describe the project.
- What are you trying to achieve through the project?
- What are the specific objectives of the project?
- How will these objectives be achieved?
- What is the time frame for the project?
- Describe your organisation or the ‘owner’ of the project.
- What is the purpose and function of the organisation or group?
- How long has the organisation been going?
- How many members does the group have?
- Who will benefit from the project?
- What is the geographic area covered by your project?
- Who will benefit from the project and in what way?
- What arrangements have been made for the long-term management of the project?
- How will the project be funded in the future?
- Who will be responsible for the ongoing management of the project?
- How much will your project cost?
- What is the total cost of the project?
- How much funding is sought from the Environmental Initiatives Fund (excluding GST)?
- Could you itemise all costs you are requesting funding for?
- What other agencies/organisations are contributing funding to the project?
- How much are these other agencies/organisations each contributing?
- Are there in-kind contributions?
- Does the project involve the community?
- How does the project involve and/or encourage community input?
- Why is your project special?
- Do similar projects exist in the Waikato Region?
- How does this project differ?
Enviroschools Grant Fund
Environment Waikato's Enviroschools Grant Fund assists Enviroschools with environmental projects. The fund provides one-off grants to projects that directly enhance and/or benefit the environment or provide environmental education.
Guidelines for applicants
How much money is available?
Up to $35,000 annually.
Who can apply?
Enviroschools can apply to the fund. However, proposals designed to generate personal or commercial profit or compensate individuals are not eligible for funding.
What types of projects can be funded?
Projects must be in keeping with council's mission, goals and its statutory functions and duties as a regional council. Funding can be provided to specific projects designed to:
- enhance the environment
- promote and/or contribute to sustainable management of the environment
- raise community awareness of environmental issues
- provide environmental education.
What are the application deadlines?
Applications for $5,000 or less will be considered as soon as practical after they are received. Applications for more than $5,000 must be received by 1 April each year.
Assessment criteria
How are applications assessed?
Applications are assessed by Environment Waikato staff according to how well they meet the following criteria:
To receive funding applications must:
- have clear objectives that are consistent with council's statutory functions, Regional Policy Statement and environmental outcome objectives
- have clearly assigned responsibility for the ongoing promotion or viability of the initiative; the administration of fund money in accordance with standard accounting procedures and the presentation of a report to council outlining the progress of the initiative
- not lead to a conflict of interest for council as a consent authority
- not be designed primarily for commercial or personal profit or to compensate individuals.
In addition applications should:
- be designed to become self-supporting without ongoing financial contributions from the council
- not involve activities that are the core business of council or other agencies
- demonstrate the necessary skills and experience to undertake the project
- seek contributions from other sources if appropriate
- promote community involvement or awareness in environmental issues
- be a new initiative, new to the particular area or an extension of an existing project. Ongoing operational costs of existing activities will not be funded.
How to apply
- Open the Word document below.
- Save the Word document to your hard drive.
- Type in your details and answers to the questions, then save the document.
- Attach the document to an email and send it to dean.king@ew.govt.nz (email is strongly preferred over paper copies).
Enviroschools Grant Fund Application Form
(80 kb, 11 seconds to download, 56k modem)
Preparing for an application
The more complete the information you supply, the easier it will be to process your application. Should you require any assistance in preparing your application please contact Dean King.
Dr Stella Frances Scholarship
The Department of Conservation and Environment Waikato are pleased to announce the establishment of a scholarship for students in the final year of a masters degree at the University of Waikato. The Dr Stella Frances Scholarship, to the value of $5,000 per year, is available to students studying environmental issues in the Waikato region. The scholarship is intended to defray research expenses.
You can view the applicants' information in PDF below:
Dr Stella Frances Scholarship - Information for applicants
(483 kb, 69 seconds to download, 56k modem)
The 2006 winner of the scholarship was Sonja Gruebmeyer for her project, 'Environmental ethics of decision makers and policy analysts within the public policy development process'.
Applications for the 2007 year will close at 5pm on Wednesday, 31 October 2007.
Other funding sources
For information on other funding for environmental and conservation projects, check out the funding database on the Envirofunz website.