Heritage EQUIP funding

Heritage EQUIP offers funding towards professional advice and seismic strengthening work for earthquake-prone heritage buildings.

The next funding round closes 29 March 2021. Any funding opportunities beyond that date will be published here in May 2021.

  • Funding eligibility tool
    Use this tool to find out if you're eligible to apply for Heritage EQUIP funding. Select the statements that apply to you.
  • How much funding is available?
    Two types of Heritage EQUIP grants focus on different scales of seismic strengthening works.
  • Criteria for funding
    To be eligible for funding, applications need to meet the following criteria.
  • How to apply
    Application forms are submitted to the Ministry for Culture & Heritage. An external advisory panel of experts assesses Heritage EQUIP grant applications.
  • If you’re not ready to apply, submit an Expression of Interest
    If you’re planning to apply later on, we encourage you to submit an Expression of Interest telling the Heritage EQUIP panel that you are likely to apply in the future. Based on your information, we can tell you if you would be eligible for funding. And we can tell you the next dates for submitting applications.
  • What happens after you submit your application
    Once we receive your Heritage EQUIP application, the fund advisors will review. They make sure you are eligible for funding and that your application contains all the required documentation.
  • Funded projects
    Heritage EQUIP funding has been provided to the projects listed below. Use the filters to refine the results by region, year, level of funding or grant type.