The Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF) supports Crown land managers (CLMs) by providing funding for repairs, maintenance and improvements on Crown reserves.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: From $1,000 to $1,000,000
- Application opened: 16 October 2023
- Application closed: 17 November 2023, 5:00 pm
Program objective
Projects that comply with the NSW Invasive Species Plan 2023-2028 and Strategic Weed Management Plan relevant to the project area.
This program is administered by Crown Lands.
Eligibility
Who can apply
The application must be authorised by the official manager of a Crown reserve. The person entering the online application must be either:
1) an authorised person of the reserve’s Crown land manager (see list below), or
2) an interested party of the reserve (eg: a CLM member not on the authorised list below, or a member of a user group on the reserve).
Statutory Crown land manager board - Chair, secretary, treasurer or appointed administrator
Council Crown land manager -General manager or director
Corporate Crown land manager - CEO, CFO or general manager
Other eg. Government agency, perpetual lease - Crown Lands director or area manager
Commons - Trust board - Board executive position holder, primary contact or administrator registered with the department
For more information, please refer to the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund website
Types of projects funded under this grant
Weed projects—works on Crown reserves only
For more information, please refer to the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund website
Types of projects not funded under this grant
For more information, please refer to the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund website
What your application needs to include
Prepare your application with this checklist
- The project must be on a Crown reserve (as defined by section 12.26 of the Crown Land Management Act 2016), showgrounds on freehold land will be accepted for general applications only.
- The application must relate to a project or activity that has not yet commenced
- It has been prepared by either the relevant Crown land manager of the reserve or a person/organisation authorised by the Crown land manager to apply for funding for projects for the maintenance and improvement of the subject reserve(s)
- Non-council land managers (excl. Commons) must have submitted their 2022-23 annual report to the department by the round closing date via the Reserve Manager portal - CrownTracker Portal (nsw.gov.au)
- No outstanding overdue final projects reports
- All applications must address one or more of the CRIF Program objectives
Address the eligibility criteria
Each applicant, as part of an application response, must confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants that do not address the eligibility criteria in full may be excluded from the application process at the department's discretion.
Address the assessment criteria
Departmental expert panel assessment of the best projects that comply with the NSW Invasive Species Plan 2023-2028 and Strategic Weed Management Plan relevant to the project area.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: Minister for Lands and Property
All applications will be subject to a rigorous multi-level assessment process. The official Crown land manager should receive written advice as to the outcome of your application via email by May 2024.
Anticipated assessment outcome date is May 2024
Anticipated date for funding deed execution with successful applicants is May - June 2024
Support and contact
Crown Lands & Public Spaces
T 1300 886 235 (option 2, then option 5) | E reservefunding@crownland.nsw.gov.au
Website: Crown Reserves Improvement Fund