Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7239

The Australian Government is inviting applications via a targeted competitive process to apply to deliver services under the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) program from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2029.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is looking for applicants that have already established or have the ability to create a network of multi-disciplinary skilled researchers with extensive industry recognised experience in Australian biosecurity risk analysis and are able to provide strategic advice to inform government and biosecurity decision makers or biosecurity risk management.

The objectives of the CEBRA program are to deliver practical, rigorous solutions and strategic advice related to biosecurity risk analysis, encompassing the assessment, management and communication of biosecurity risk.

To achieve its objectives under this grant opportunity, the CEBRA program will:

• provide strategic advice and guidance on biosecurity trends and risks, and priority areas for research investment (including new approaches or technologies)
• deliver a balanced portfolio of research and develop new and existing methods relevant to biosecurity risk analysis
• engage a range of disciplinary skills relevant to contemporary risk analysis to ensure governments remain at the forefront of biosecurity risk analysis
• assist in developing Australia’s biosecurity risk analysis research capability, including its collaboration with and connectedness to capabilities overseas
• engage governments, biosecurity decision makers and the broader biosecurity community in its research findings and outputs
• work to promote excellence in biosecurity risk analysis, including collaborating with end users and other research institutions to increase the adoption and impact of research findings and outputs.

To be eligible you must:

• have an already established or an ability to create a network of multi-disciplinary skilled researchers with extensive industry recognised experience in Australian biosecurity risk analysis and providing strategic advice to inform government and biosecurity decision makers on biosecurity risk management

and be one of the following entity types:

• Company
• Cooperative
• Corporate Commonwealth Entity
• Corporate State or Territory Entity (Universities only)
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity types as listed above.

Assessment of applications - December 2024 to January 2025

Approval of outcomes of selection process - January 2025

Notification to applicants - February 2025

Negotiations and award of grant agreements - March 2025 to May 2025

Earliest start date of grant activity - 1 July 2025

End date of grant activity - 30 June 2029.

To apply, you must:

• complete the online application form on GrantConnect
• provide all the information requested
• address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
• submit your application to the Community Grants Hub by 9:00 pm AEDT on 28 November 2024.

Please Use:

• Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis - CEBRA - Questions and Answers - version 2