Threatened species grants

Threatened Species Recovery Action Grants

The Queensland Threatened Species Recovery Action Grants provide funding to eligible recipients for on-ground projects that contribute towards the recovery of Queensland’s threatened flora and fauna species.

Closed rounds

Round 1

Successful recipients included 7 projects from across Queensland. Total funding of $625,550 (excluding GST) was approved in this grant round, an increase from the $500,000 originally allocated.

Queensland Threatened Species Recovery Action Grants – Round 1 guidelines (PDF, 596 KB)

RecipientProject nameAmount allocated
Friends of Parks Queensland IncorporatedPotoroo Protectors Project: Tackling Threats Head-On$99,870
Reef Catchments (Mackay Whitsunday Isaac) LimitedProtecting a high-priority turtle nesting refuge area on the Mackay Coast$93,405
Kaurareg Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (RNTBC)Ghost Nets Gone$85,900
Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management LtdEnhancing nesting habitat for a newly discovered population of critically endangered turtle in Baffle Creek.$80,000
Chuulangun Aboriginal CorporationTurning down the Heat: Strategic burning for the Kila (Palm Cockatoo) population on Kuuku I'yu Homelands, Cape York Peninsula$69,325
FNQ NRM Limited (T/A Terrain NRM)Keeping Country Connected$97,158
BirdLife AustraliaRestoring and connecting critical habitat for the endangered Eastern Bristlebird$99,892

Threatened Species Research Grants

The Queensland Threatened Species Research Grants provide funding to eligible recipients for research projects to improve understanding of Queensland’s threatened flora and fauna species and to improve their conservation and recovery.

Closed rounds

Round 2

Successful recipients included nine projects from across Queensland. Total funding of $739,902 (excluding GST) was approved in this grant round, an increase from the $500,000 originally allocated.

Queensland Threatened Species Research Grants – Round 2 guidelines (PDF, 578.9 KB)

Round 2 grant recipients
Recipient Project name Amount allocated
Artemis Nature Fund Significant expansion of Night Parrot conservation in Queensland $99,853
Griffith University Assessing interactive effects of bushfire fighting chemicals and disease on Queensland’s threatened frogs. $99,997
Griffith University Assessing risk to fire to the glossy black-cockatoo and its habitats to identify critical areas for conservation $99,060
The University of Queensland Evaluating impacts of major threats to endangered reptiles of the Southern Brigalow Belt $42,140
The University of Queensland Understanding the threats to the endangered seahorse, Hippocampus whitei, in south-east Queensland $70,321
Murdoch University Safeguarding Queensland biodiversity: Training the BushGuardian AI trap to combat feral cat predation $96,448
James Cook University Movement and breeding biology of the black-throated finch at the Townsville coastal plains $64,537
University of Southern Queensland Improving dispersal success of brush-tailed rock-wallabies $100,000
People For Wildlife Filling knowledge gaps for applying Palm Cockatoo recovery and management $67,546

Round 1

Successful recipients included 11 projects from across Queensland. Total funding of $1,255,610 (excluding GST) was provided in this grant round, an increase from the $500,000 originally allocated.

Queensland Threatened Species Research Grants – Round 1 guidelines (PDF, 843.2 KB)

Round 1 grant recipients
Recipient Project name Amount allocated
Artemis Nature Fund Inc A multi-species approach to threat abatement on a conservation significant property: Maximising opportunities to understand the overlapping ecology and processes threatening sympatric populations of Carpentarian Grasswrens, Gouldian Finches and Purple-necked Rock-wallabies on Chidna Station, North-western Highlands. $149,821.00
Australian Wildlife Conservancy Using innovative technology to conserve priority threatened species on Queensland’s outback cattle stations $145,045.00
Biopixel Oceans Foundation Limited Finding the needle in the haystack: The importance of a newly discovered whale shark aggregation, and implications for conservation $90,000.00
Bush Heritage Australia The Missing Piece: Developing standardised methods for Great Artesian Basin spring-dependent threatened species and communities, for effective adaptive management. $149,294.00
James Cook University Population assessments and ecology of threatened Queensland plants $82,500.00

Save the Bilby Fund Ltd

Monitoring the wild bilby and feral predator populations on pastoral stations in south-west Queensland and at Currawinya National Park $149,660.00
Sharks and Rays Australia Research Ltd Spatial habitat use of freshwater sawfish in Rinyirru National Park $149,240.00
South Endeavour Pty Ltd as trustee for South Endeavour Trust Improving knowledge to assist management - Population size and genetic diversity of Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas) colonies in the southern Cape York Peninsula region $104,826.00
University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Sciences Saving the endangered Spectacled flying fox from annual tick paralysis mass mortality events: Investigating the role of adaptive immunity and the development of a Spectacled flying fox-specific paralysis tick vaccine $78,297.00
University of Southern Queensland Investigating the ecology of the New Holland Mouse (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) in south-east Queensland: implications for conservation management $40,257.00
University of the Sunshine Coast Points to populations: using individual spot patterns to track the conservation status of Queensland's grey nurse sharks $116,670.00