Grants Approval Committees
All project proposals submitted in response to a BCAF Call for Proposals will initially be reviewed and have due diligence completed by IUCN and two external experts. Following this, project proposals will be forwarded to a Grant Approval Committee, who will then select the winning projects.
Grants Approval Committee for the Readiness Support II Call for Proposals
Launched in May 2023 and closed for submissions in July 2023
Mat Vanderklift
Senior research scientist at CSIRO and Director of the IORA Blue Carbon Hub
Catherine Lovelock
Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, School of Biological Sciences
The University of Queensland
Dan Friess
Deputy Director of the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions
National University of Singapore
Chenae Neilson
A/g Director Blue Carbon and International Partnerships, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Government of Australia
Grants Approval Committee for the Implementation Call for Proposals
Launched in July 2022 and closed for submissions in September 2022
Catherine Lovelock
Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, School of Biological Sciences The University of Queensland
Dan Friess
Deputy Director of the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions National University of Singapore
Steve Clark
A/g Director Blue Carbon and International Partnerships, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Government of Australia
Grants Approval Committee for the Readiness Call for Proposals
Launched in March 2022 and closed for submissions in May 2022
Catherine Lovelock
Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, School of Biological Sciences The University of Queensland
Dan Friess
Deputy Director of the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions National University of Singapore