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Grants and opportunities

The SA Government and the Coast Protection Board provide grants for local councils and community groups to help fund projects that sustain, restore, and protect our precious coastal resources.

Grant Program	*Coast Protection Grants*	*Coastal Community Participation Grants*
Who can apply?	Coastal councils	Volunteer group in partnership with coastal council
Funding	$1 million/year until 2022-23	$49,000 (up to $10,000 per grant)
Applications	Open: 1 July 2020 Close: 14 August 2020	Round 1 Open: 21 August 2020 Close: 14 September 2020 Round 2 Open: 27 November 2020 Close: 1 February 2021

The recent New life for our coastal environment Research and Development Grant Program provided funding for researchers, coastal councils, community groups, businesses, and NGOs to undertake practical reseach and development projects. Find out more about the successful projects.

Acknowledgement of Country

The Department for Environment and Water acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

The Department works in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and supports their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.