Applications for project funding by the Botanical Education Trust will close on September 30, 2024. No late submissions will be considered.
The Botanical Education Trust is fully registered and approved as a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO).
Its objectives are:
1. To advance education and research in the field of indigenous South African flora and factors influencing it, for example natural environmental factors, alien invader plants, etc. This item will be the main objective of the Trust and preference will be given to funding work likely to have a positive influence on indigenous plant conservation.
2. To assist in funding the publication of literature pertaining to indigenous South African flora and factors influencing it.
3. To promote indigenous South African flora in any way the Trustees see fit.
Funding of all the following are specifically excluded:
1. Any education, research or publication that does not have as a main objective the promotion of indigenous South African flora.
2. Any item which will not be of direct benefit to indigenous South African flora. (For example research into indigenous flora which will only benefit the agricultural sector.)
3. Attendance at conferences, seminars and meetings.
4. Travel, subsistence and living expenses (except when such expenses form an integral part of achieving the objective of an approved project).
5. Entertainment of whatever nature.
6. Registration and tuition fees, as the Trust awards grants, not bursaries.
Recipients of awards from the Trust must be resident in South Africa, with preference given to South African citizens. In the case of associations, preference will be given to public benefit organisations registered in South Africa.
The cost of clearing of alien vegetation is only considered in exceptional circumstances, as indigenous vegetation in general should not only benefit a small geographical area.
Because demand on funds always outstrips supply, preference is given to applications for smaller amounts, and awards in excess of R40 000 are rarely considered.
Grant applications forms, or any further information required, can be obtained from the Trust’s chairman, who can be contacted by e-mail at charlesbotha@gmail.com. Suitable applications are invited from any part of the country.