Up to €5,000
Grants can be used for biological recording and for collation and dissemination of data related to the Natural History of Ireland. Applications covering all areas of Irish Natural History are welcome – all semi-natural and natural habitats or native species can be covered by grants.
The types of costs that can be covered under the grant scheme are:
- Fieldwork expenses (travel and subsistence) within Ireland. Fieldwork expenses outside Ireland will not generally be covered, but may be eligible where there is a demonstrable benefit to Natural History recording in Ireland
- Purchase of specialist fieldwork equipment, books and keys. Note such purchases can only be funded where used for voluntary, non-commercial projects over their full life-cycle. Please include in your application information on the ownership and use of any equipment/books after your grant is complete
- Costs of running workshops and training courses
- Costs of attending specialist training courses
- Costs of visits to museums to do research in collections
- Publication of atlases, field guides or keys. Note sample text or pages should be submitted with the application
- Websites and online databases
- Discrete elements of larger projects (including projects that have already started)
Registered as a charity or local community/volunteer group, annual income of less than €2m, and up to date governing documents, annual accounts, and child safeguarding policies.
Only eligible applications will be fully assessed by the Department and evaluated against general award criteria which will include:
- Benefit to Natural History recording in Ireland such as capacity building and generation of new information
- Quality of the proposal
- Feasibility and timescales
For further information check www.npws.ie.
All information is accurate at the time of writing; however, we recommend visiting the individual websites of the funding organisations for the most current and up-to-date information on their specified schemes.