House of Assembly
Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Parliament of South Australia
House of Assembly
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Estimates Replies
Citizen Science Fund
Citizen Science Fund
In reply to Mr BASHAM
House of Assembly
Finniss
Citizen Science Fund
In reply to Mr BASHAM (Finniss) (19 June 2025). (Estimates Committee A)
The Hon. S.E. CLOSE
House of Assembly
Port Adelaide
Deputy Premier
Minister for Climate, Environment and Water
Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science
Minister for Workforce and Population Strategy
Citizen Science Fund
The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Workforce and Population Strategy): I have been advised of the following:
The biggest tangible outcome of the Citizen Science Strategy is the involvement of many hundreds of local citizens in the processes of scientific enquiry through the delivery of a range of large and smaller projects. These projects engage local communities and improve knowledge and understanding of our biodiversity and condition of our environment, which can inform future investment, policy and management actions.
A summary of both grants awarded is provided below:
Small grants (awarded in 2023):
| Organisation |
Project Title |
Total grant |
| University of South Australia |
Mozzie Monitors in Schools |
$14,700 |
| Flinders University |
How do human disturbancesaffect little penguin numbers, and recovery? |
$14,940 |
| AUSMAP, Total Environment Centre |
Microplastic Mapping: Engaging citizens to find effectivesolutions for the future. |
$15,000 |
| Brownhill Creek Association Inc. |
Yabbies as indicators of the health of a groundwater- dependent ecosystem in Brownhill Creek (Wirraparinga). |
$14,780 |
| Miss Jessica Bamford |
Wild Webcap |
$11,355 |
| Mr Brian Gepp |
A review of the relationship between fire and biodiversity, using previously unknown studies from 1974 and revisits to the same sites in 2024. |
$9,000 |
| Mr Emmanuel Lukingan-Katz |
Citizen Science to restore Coffin Bay's Lost Oyster Reefs. |
$15,000 |
| Friends of Belair National Park |
Support for Bush Buddies Belair. |
$7,200 |
| Birdlife Australia |
Fleurieu Tern Monitoring Program. |
$15,000 |
| Kangaroo lslandNictor Harbor Dolphin Watch |
Informing Conservation through Citizen Science Data Collection. |
$15,000 |
Large grants (awarded in 2024):
| Organisation |
Project Title |
Total grant amount over 3 years |
| Fungimap Inc |
Fungi for function: bushland health indicators. |
$214,888 |
| Austland Management Pty Ltd |
Enhancing resilience in a social-ecological system: citizen scientists building an understanding of arid woodland resilience to natural disturbance through a long-term phenology study. |
$120,955 |
| Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation |
Nha ba Wuna Puwatingara Meritbii—to see and help freshwater turtle on Limestone Country. |
$60,000 |
| Birdlife Australia |
Conservation through Knowledge: empowering citizen scientists in beach-nesting bird recovery. |
$136,587 |
| Trees For Life |
If you build it what will come? Measuring Landscape Health |
$275,438 |
| Flinders University |
Marine Hitchhikers of Eyre Peninsula: Citizen Science Program from Port Augusta through to Coffin Bay. |
$49,990 |
| The Nature Conservation Society of South Australia |
Capacity building of citizen scientists for woodland bird monitoring. |
$77,056 |
| The Trustee for Nature Glenelg Trust |
Limestone Coast community bird monitoring program—building capability for long term biodiversity monitoring to inform adaptive management. |
$80,000 |
| Northern and Yorke Landscape Board |
Waterbug Bioblitzes and Waterwatch SA—Building community capacity through collaborative catchment monitoring across three Landscape SA regions. |
$150,954 |
| Australian Citizen Science Association Inc |
Capacity Building Program for South Australia's Citizen Science Project Leaders. |
$147,456 |