Apply for Natural Resource Management Expansion funding

Submissions for the Natural Resource Management Expansion Program (NRMEP) are now open.

Eligible organisations

The program is limited to 12 organisations:

  • Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management Ltd
  • Cape York Natural Resource Management Ltd
  • Desert Channels Queensland Ltd
  • Fitzroy Basin Association Ltd
  • Northern Gulf Resource Management Group Ltd
  • Healthy Land and Water Ltd
  • NQ Dry Tropics Ltd
  • Reef Catchments (Mackay Whitsunday Isaac) Limited
  • Southern Gulf NRM Ltd
  • Southern Queensland Natural Resource Management Ltd
  • FNQ NRM LTD
  • Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective Ltd.

Eligible projects

Funding will go to projects that will deliver outcomes within the following priority areas:

  • land and soil—improve landscape condition, resilience and ability to resist and recover from natural disasters and climate change
  • water—support aquatic ecosystems to function effectively
  • biodiversity—support species and ecological communities to thrive.

How to prepare your submission

  1. Read the key documents and information:
  2. Complete the following documents:

Include all required documentation when you submit your application. You can make multiple submissions, but each project proposal will require a separate submission form and plan template.

Check the project submission guidelines for more information.

Key dates

30 June 2025—Project submissions need to be lodged online by close of business.

  • You are encouraged to meet this deadline to ensure submissions can be considered and if approved, funding allocated.
  • There will be an opportunity to submit some projects after 30 June 2025.

29 August 2025—Approvals and deed executions anticipated.

Submit your application

Contact us

Email NRPrograms@resources.qld.gov.au for more information.