Grant Categories
All grant applications must demonstrate their focus on one or more of three themes. These themes reflect NIEA Natural Heritage priorities set out in the Natural Heritage Strategic Plan and other plans relating to, for example, landscape and biodiversity.
Priority Themes;
Nature - Biodiversity and Geodiversity - Conserving the diversity of wildlife, geology and landforms
Tomorrow's Landscapes - Maintaining and improving the landscape quality of the countryside and supporting its sustainable management
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Access and Countryside Recreation - Providing and promoting opportunities for sustainable access and countryside recreation
The criteria relating to each of these themes are:
All grant applicants must demonstrate that their project focuses on at least one of the three themes and describe how they contribute to each of the relevant criteria.
As part of the grant assessment we will score applications against the relevant themes and criteria. Not all themes or criteria will be relevant to every project. Applicants are therefore asked to identify the relevant themes and criteria and describe how their project contributes to these.
