Crown Reserves Improvement Fund - 2025-26

The Crown Reserves Improvement Fund Program provides financial support for the maintenance, improvement, or development of Crown reserves.

The Crown Reserve Improvement Fund (CRIF) is a special deposit account that is self-sustained by income generated from interest income on loans, leases, and licences on Crown land, and levies from the operation of coastal Crown caravan parks.

The 2025–26 CRIF annual grant round is now open for applications. This funding round offers $13.5 million for general, pest management and weed management projects. The general project stream will target highly utilised reserves with projects that will have a significant community impact.

The annual grant round consists of 2 key focus areas which have an overarching objective:

General projects

To financially support projects on Crown land (or Crown reserves)  that will have high community impact.

• Minimum general application amount $50,000, maximum amount $1,000,000.
• Check guidelines for full eligibility criteria.

Pest and weed management projects

To assist Crown land managers meet their duty to biosecurity obligations of the reserves they manage under the Biosecurity Act 2015 on Crown reserves only.

• Minimum pest application amount $500, maximum amount $200,000.
• Minimum weed application amount: $500, maximum amount: $200,000.
• Check guidelines for full eligibility criteria.

Note: Operational maintenance items and administrative costs do not meet this objective and are not eligible under this funding stream.