Support is given to projects that enhance or maintain the vitality and diversity of the Australian natural living environment.

The application procedure below applies for the Foundation Grants and the RE Ross Trust Small Victorian Rural Grants. You can only apply for one or the other. Before you consider applying, ask yourself about your project - is its primary focus biodiversity preservation?

The objectives of the Foundation are:

• to build capacity in local communities to effect long-term beneficial change in the natural environment
• to support and encourage research into, and monitoring of, all aspects of Australia's natural environment
• to support education relating to our natural environment

Wherever possible, funded projects will:

• be innovative and serve as a model for future projects
• show collaboration with other groups, particularly community groups
• result in long term improvement of the natural environment
• indicate clearly, and thoughtfully, how advice of the project's outcomes will be shared

The more closely your project is aligned with the above principles, the more likely you are to be considered. Individuals as well as organisations are invited to apply.

Applications should be addressed to:

Elizabeth Mellick (Beth)

Executive Officer

The Norman Wettenhall Foundation

PO Box 669

Castlemaine VIC 3450

PH/FAX: 03 5472 1316

MOBILE: 0431 219980

EMAIL: beth@nwf.org.au

http://www.nwf.org.au/grants/applications.htm