Infrastructure Education and Training Charitable Trust
2025 Grant Round – March
IMPORTANT: Please read the information below to assist you in completing your application online. Applicants should carefully consider the criteria, which may be varied from time to time.
The Trust was established by a Deed dated 26 November 2021, by the Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation Incorporated (known as Connexis). Public Trust is the Trustee of the Trust.
The Trust purpose is to distribute income and capital to develop, promote and facilitate education and training within the infrastructure industry so as to increase the general and specific competencies which contribute to the effectiveness of employees within the industry.
Two grant rounds are to be held each year, one in February and one in July. Grants are for projects, and not for funding of day-to-day expenditure, although this does not exclude operational costs involved in a project.
Public Trust will screen all applications against trust funding criteria. All applications that meet trust criteria will be provided to the Advisory Panel.
Advisory Panel
An Advisory Panel will decide on the grant applications. The Advisory Panel consists of representatives of the organisations named below, together with Public Trust as the non-voting Chair.
Applications are open from 7am 17 Febraury 2025 until 5pm on 17 March 2025.
Who is eligible? Applications shall only be accepted from:
Grants can only be made to entities who are operating in partnership with Te Pūkenga Work Based Learning Ltd, or Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure WDC, and are based within the infrastructure sectors of civil construction, three waters, energy or telecommunications.
Applicants must show relevant infrastructure industry support (such as from an industry association, large employers group or other industry body).
Individuals are not eligible to apply to the Trust and the Trust does not fund overseas projects.
How much funding is available? Grants paid must not exceed in total $1,000,000 in one calendar year. No single grant shall exceed $500,000. Total grants to organisations that provide scholarships, grants or similar to individuals in vocational training on an infrastructure related qualification shall not exceed $150,000 in any calendar year.
What is funded?
What is not funded?
How are decisions made? The Trustee provides a summary of all the applications to the Advisory Panel and the Advisory Panel decides which applications to approve. The Panel’s decision is final. No further communications will be entered into. This includes providing applicants with the reason why they have been unsuccessful, justifying why an application was successful or reconsidering an application.
A grant may be approved subject to certain conditions, in such circumstances the funds will normally be held by the Trustee until the conditions have been met. It is important that all details on the application form are concise and easy to read. Decisions relating to grant applications are made on the information provided in the application and other general enquiries.
In what circumstances will an application not be considered?
Important dates:
Late applications will not be accepted.
Please note: Successful applicants will need to provide the following:
an accountability report on the completed project or progress on the project within 12 months of receipt of the grant to be uploaded to Smarty Grants. The accountability report to cover; project budget; project actual costs; and one to two pages on the project.
Contact us: Any questions should be directed to Public Trust Charities by email to funding@publictrust.co.nz or by phone on 0800 371 471.
How to apply
Step 1: Determine eligibility
Step 2: Register or login to apply online
First time users will need to register.
Hint: you will need an email address to register. If your organisation has a ‘generic’ email (e.g. info@organisation.org), using this may allow other staff members to use the same login in future (as long as they know the password). Your login can be used for any trust managed by Public Trust granting via SmartyGrants and can be used in future grant rounds.
Note: Please store your login details in a safe place for future reference.
Once registered, you can login to the system and start your application.
Step 3: Complete your application
The application is best viewed/completed on a non-mobile device.
Complete all of the required questions – mandatory questions are marked with an*
Attach all required supporting documents
Note: Our preferred format for attachments is PDF, Excel, Word or JPG. Supporting materials cannot exceed 25MB in size, as files exceeding this will not upload.
Hint: Save your work regularly so it is not lost if you time out or lose your connection. You can save your application at any stage and return to it later. Make sure the spell checker is switched on in your browser to prevent spelling errors.
Step 4: Review and submit your application
When you are satisfied with your application press the review button to ensure that all required sections of the application have been completed (you must do this before the submit button is enabled).
Submit your application.
Note: Once you have submitted your application no further editing or uploading of supporting documents is possible.
Step 5: What happens next?
You will receive an automated email confirming your submission with a copy of your application attached and information about how/when your application will be assessed. This will be sent to the email you used to register.
If you do not receive a confirmation email then your application has not been successfully submitted (don’t forget to check your spam email folder when looking for the email).
We will contact you if we require any further information to consider your application.
We will contact you after the Advisory Panel meeting has been held to consider the applications, whether successful or unsuccessful.
If you need more help using this form, download the help guide for applicants or check out applicant frequently asked questions (FAQ's)
If you have any technical difficulties using the online SmartyGrants portal email service@smartygrants.com.au
