IMPORTANT: Queensland Hydro is currently accepting grant applications from the Borumba Project community (Gympie and Somerset local government areas). Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.
Welcome to Queensland Hydro’s online grant application service, powered by SmartyGrants.
You may begin anywhere in this application form. Please ensure you save as you go.
For queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or questions in the form, please contact us on 1800 433 939 (Borumba Project) during business hours or email community@qldhydro.com.au and quote your submission number.
If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's).
Queensland Hydro has also allocated initial community benefits funding for the proposed Pioneer-Burdekin Project in recognition that we are already creating impacts and disruption to our project communities.
Several early initiatives have been identified through ongoing consultation with community members and feedback received as part of the draft community benefits framework consultation. These early initiatives will deliver immediate benefits to the Pioneer-Burdekin community while the project goes through the approvals process.
To ensure transparency and consistency, the early initiatives will be evaluated against the community benefits assessment criteria and reviewed by an external independent verifier. The assessment criteria are a three-step evaluation process considering the strategic fit, community value, and deliverability of the initiative.
Following an investment decision on the proposed Pioneer-Burdekin Project, a Community Grants Program will be launched in the local project area and a Community Benefits Panel will be established.
For further information on the early initiatives under consideration, please contact the project team on 1800 875 099 (Pioneer-Burdekin Project) or email: pioneer-burdekin@qldhydro.com.au.
On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the application. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.
You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.
If you wish to leave a partially completed application, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and continue where you left off.
You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.
You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.
Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.
Once you have submitted your application, no further editing is possible.
When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.
If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.
Hint: also check the email hasn't landed in your spam or junk email folder.
A number of people can work on an application using the same log in details as long as only one person is working at a time. Ensure you save as you go.
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