Gift of the GAB - September 2024

Modified on Tue, 14 Jan at 10:14 AM

Gift of the G.A.B - September 2024 (Grants Admin Bulletin)
Before you start: contact the Grants Front Door Portal. They'll get the right people together to talk to you about what you need. FUSION We’re looking for any NIAA staff to be part of the FUSION Super User Group. Staff can express their interest to systemsupportreporting@niaa.gov.au Next FUSION-CRM Forum will be 26 Sept, all NIAA staff are welcome! REMINDER to GMU & Engagement staff Please complete the Decision Tracker for every funding decision. Missing data has significant impacts on Senate Estimates reporting and reporting to the Senior Executive. Please ensure GPS financial record match the Funding Decision record.  This will ensure accuracy and compliance. New Commonwealth Grant Rules and Principles coming soon! Heads up that the new Commonwealth Grant Rules and Principles 2024 (CGRPs) will come into effect from 1 October 2024. The CGRPs build on existing mandatory requirements and best practice principles contained in the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines 2017 (CGRGs). Key changes include:  new requirements when briefing ministers who approve grants new reporting requirements when ministers approve grants clearer criteria for the use of one-off ad hoc grants.  clearer expectations about third parties involved in grants processes inclusion of two new key principles The Department of Finance website provides a number of resources to assist you to understand how the changes will affect you. They have also developed fact sheets that explain the changes in more detail in a number of areas including: Summary of changes Briefing and reporting changes GrantConnect New key principles One-off ad hoc grants Third Parties Variations	Streamlining and harmonising how we do things: NIAA draft grant agreements to be included with Grant Opportunity Guidelines on GrantConnect What’s changed? For any new grants designed on or after 31 August 2024, policy and program areas will need to commence drafting the grant agreement in the Grant Design Strategy stage of the Design phase in the grant lifecycle. This new requirement has been endorsed by Executive Board and is consistent with a standard procurement approach and applies to new tailored grant opportunities (not direct approach using the Agency Collaborates GOGs currently available on GrantConnect). Benefits for potential applicants and the NIAA: Including the draft grant agreement will provide potential grant applicants with an insight into what they will be signing up to, while retaining the flexibility for the NIAA to update the document if needed, taking into account business needs and specific risks. It will also lead to savings in time and effort in negotiations at the Establish phase of the grant lifecycle. What you will need to do differently when designing a grant opportunity: The Grant Design Phase has 2 main stages: Developing a Grant Design Strategy (GDS), and Developing new Grant Opportunity Guidelines (GOGs) The GDS template will include new advice to commence drafting the grant agreement for tailored grant opportunities. The template will be available soon, so please contact the Grants Front Door to enquire about. Drafting of the grant agreement will continue in the developing new Grant Opportunity Guidelines stage, with a final draft to be included with the approved GOGs on GrantConnect. All resources are available on Grants Front Door Portal.	Upcoming Grant Opportunities with other agencies Attention Regional and Program staff: Each month we will promote any new GOGs released (including by other agencies) and published on Grant Connect that may be relevant to your stakeholders. Registering on Grant Connect is easy ? This month there are two new GOGs, details below GO ID: GO7114 Title: 2024 NHMRC-CIHR Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA): Indigenous Health Research Grant Opportunity Agency: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Primary Cat: Medical Research Description: NHMRC will support Canadian-Australian collaborative teams undertaking research that advances the field of research in any of the recognised forms of dementia, specifically in Indigenous populations, focusing on either: The development, implementation, evaluation and/or scaling of Indigenous-led, and/or culturally appropriate and Indigenous-grounded approaches to risk reduction, early detection, diagnosis, and assessment of age-related neurodegenerative diseases; and/or The development, implementation, evaluation and/or scaling of Indigenous-led, and/or culturally appropriate and Indigenous-grounded approaches to different models of care for age-related neurodegenerative diseases in Indigenous Peoples and communities. Close Date: 12 December 2025 GO ID: GO7133 Title: Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Program - Ranger Capability Building Grants – Round 3 Agency: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Primary Cat: Indigenous Employment and Business Description: The Australian Government is inviting applications from Ranger organisations with current fee-for-service contracts with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department), via a restricted process, to apply for a grant under the Ranger Capability Building Program, Round 3. For Round 3 of the Ranger Capability Building Grants, $2.2 million (GST exclusive) is available over the 2024–25 and 2025–26 financial years. Grant agreements will be up to 2 years in length. The Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Program helps protect Australia’s more than $80 billion agriculture industries by partnering with Indigenous Rangers to provide vital surveillance needed for the early detection of biosecurity threats across northern Australia. In addition to protecting Australia at the biosecurity frontline, the Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Program provides skills, employment pathways and economic opportunities on Country for First Nations people in remote and regional communities. Close Date: 15 October 2024