Funding to conserve and protect National Heritage Listed places

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN), unless you are not entitled to an ABN, and are either:
  • the site owner of the listed place/s on the National Heritage List (NHL), or
  • the site manager of the listed place/s on the NHL, or
  • where you are not the site owner or manager of the listed place/s on the NHL, provide a current letter of support for the 2024-25 application from the site owner and/or site manager of the listed place/s.

You must also be one of the following entities:

• an Australian state/territory Government agency or body
• an Australian local government agency or body as defined in section 14 of the guidelines
• a Commonwealth corporate entity
• an entity, incorporated in Australia (this includes Indigenous land management organisations registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations)
• a registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land council
• a partnership
• a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO) as defined in section 14 of the guidelines
• an individual (if you are applying as an individual, you must be 18 years of age or older).

Partner with other organisations

Joint applications are acceptable, provided you have a lead organisation who is the main driver of the project and is eligible to apply. For further information on joint applications, refer to section 7.2 of the guidelines.

You must complete your project by 31 March 2027.

Your project must carry out one or more of the following at one or more listed places in Appendix A of the guidelines:

• maintain, protect or conserve the National Heritage Values
• repair essential infrastructure impacted by severe weather events where repairs are not covered by insurance and are essential to the maintenance, protections and/or conservation of the National Heritage Values
• improve engagement with, and awareness of, the National Heritage Values
• improve access to a listed place.

You can apply for a grant between $25,000 and $400,000, which will be up to 80% of eligible project expenditure.

You can use this grant funding to support:

• salaries for staff working on the project, direct salary and on-costs (maximum of 30 per cent allowance for on-costs) for personnel directly employed for the project activities (on a pro-rata basis relative to their time commitment)
• contractor costs or expert advice
• research costs
• communication and promotional costs
• costs you incur to obtain planning, environmental or other regulatory approvals during the project period
• materials and equipment hire/purchase
• domestic travel including meals, accommodation and transportation
• catering required to conduct project activities such as workshops at the Heritage site locality
• project contingency costs up to a maximum of 10% of the eligible project costs (note that payments are based on actual costs incurred)
• administrative costs related to the project.