Applying for Funding from Project Crimson

Types of Projects Funded

To be considered, a project must provide long-term benefits to the local environment and provide tangible evidence of effective resource management.

Projects Not Funded

Projects designed to generate personal or commercial profit or for capital works are not eligible for funding.

Who Can Apply

Anyone can apply to Project Crimson. Landowners, community, conservation, iwi groups and schools have all successfully applied for funding.

Some examples of types of projects funded previously are:

Conserving existing stands (such as fencing, pest control and survey).
Growing and planting pohutukawa and rata, site preparation and appropriate ongoing care and maintenance.
Research designed to improve understanding of the ecology, or management options for pohutukawa and rata.
Conservation activities for trees, such as soil enhancement, tree surgery and advocacy for protection.

Projects favoured are well-organised long-term, larger scale re-establishment programmes; or that maximise public involvement (such as schools, service organisations, marae committees and local councils); or that offer a significant profile in terms of local conservation achievement.

Actions on private land, while considered, are less favoured unless the owner has agreed to an on-going conservation management programme and the work has wider public value (eg landscape, or conserving especially important trees).

The Trust strongly supports ecological sourcing of seed and trees, and therefore forward planning is essential in order to ensure the correct ecological stock is available.
Funding decisions made by the Project Crimson Trust are final, with no rights of appeal or review.

Please download and complete the Application Form and fax or post to Project Crimson before the annual deadline of 01 March.  Any appllications received after this date will be considered in the following year's funding review.