Climate Research Accelerator (CRX) Funding 2024 & Call for EOIs Collier Charitable Fund

You MUST email foe-research@unimelb.edu.au if you are interested in any of these funding opportunities.

Climate Research Accelerator (CRX) Funding 2024

Opened: Monday 29 April 2024

Closes Friday 31 May 2024

Melbourne Climate Futures (MCF) was established by the University of Melbourne in 2021 to lead on climate change, the first ‘global challenge’ identified by the University under the Advancing Melbourne 2030 strategy. MCF aims to accelerate the transition to a positive climate future, focusing efforts both nationally and globally, especially in the Indo-Pacific Region. MCF builds on decades of UoM climate research, bringing together academics across disciplines to develop practical outcomes for the challenges ahead.   

The MCF Climate Research Accelerator (CRX) is an important part of this solutions toolkit and has funded two rounds of projects thus far. This third round of CRX will fund up to 4 projects that already have some level of establishment (this is not a seed funding round).Each successful project will be granted between $30-50,000 AUD. The projects must be able to demonstrate a high likelihood of making an immediate impact on the climate problem. 

Full application details and documents are available here; you can find information on previous projects here. 

Call for EOIs: Collier Charitable Fund – Education Grants ($30K-$50K)

You MUST email foe-research@unimelb.edu.au if you are submitting an EOI for the Collier Charitable Fund by Monday 13 May 4pm

If you are interested in putting forward a project for consideration, please populate this form by COB Wednesday 15 May.

The Collier Charitable Fund’s grant round is now open and closes on 31 May. UoM is eligible to submit one application for the program area Progressing Educational & Training Purposes in Australia so Advancement is coordinating an internal selection process.

Progressing Educational & Training Purposes in Australia
Collier encourages projects with the below focus: early education initiatives for disadvantaged children; improved education for indigenous, immigrant and disadvantaged communities; the improvement of educational outcomes and the completion of schooling; support for the delivery of vocational training programs that provide alternative education pathways; teaching, training or research carried out by universities or other tertiary institutions into any of the above areas; and initiatives designed to educate the public.

Guidelines:

  • While the maximum you can apply for is $50,000, the average grant size is approximately $30,000. Considered budgets will be favoured.
  • Project must be completed within 12 months of the date of receipt of the grant (generally about November)
  • Grant can only be expended within Australia

Previously funding provided to UoM:

  • Dookie Support Fund (2020)
  • Strengthening Children & Families in Disaster & Emergency Recovery (2018)
  • Impact of classroom environment on auditory comprehension and academic progress in primary school-aged children (2017)

See attached and here for further examples of previously funded projects.