Threatened species grants

Further information on the closed Round 1

Further information, can be found in the program guidelines: Queensland Threatened Species Research Grants – Round 1 guidelines (PDF, 595.2 KB) .

Applicant outcome

All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application in writing by email.

Successful applicants will be contacted by the Grants Coordinator regarding funding arrangements, grant agreements and other documentation/approvals that may be required. Funding is expected to be available from May 2024, once all parties have signed the grant agreement and provided all required documentation to the department. Projects must be completed by 30 June 2026.

Unsuccessful applicants can request feedback on their application by emailing grantsadministration@des.qld.gov.au

Applicants may lodge an appeal with the department for any decisions made relating to their grant application by emailing grantsadministration@des.qld.gov.au

More information

For further information, please contact the Threatened Species Operation team on threatened.species@des.qld.gov.au

Successful grant recipients for Round 2

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

Successful grant recipients for Round 1

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