Deadline: 19-Aug-2025
The WILDLABS is inviting applications for its Boring Fund, which supports crucial yet often neglected aspects of conservation technology. This year, the fund is expanding thanks to the continued backing of Arm, allowing more projects to receive support. The mission remains consistent—funding the foundational work that ensures conservation technology is accessible, effective, and sustainable for everyone. Whether it’s training, documentation, or technical upkeep, they want to hear your ideas.
The Boring Fund aims to strengthen the broader conservation technology community by supporting activities often overlooked. Projects can include community management efforts that sustain active networks, cybersecurity solutions to safeguard infrastructure and data, and data mobilisation initiatives to improve access to vital datasets.
Applicants can also propose creating documentation and guides that are useful across the community, expert interventions that elevate collective knowledge, or events that bring people together through workshops or webinars. The fund also supports knowledge transfer, maintaining existing technology infrastructure, and self-led learning through access to courses and materials.
Importantly, the Boring Fund does not support building new features or tech components. That type of work is better suited to the WILDLABS Awards. Instead, it focuses on managing technical debt, improving backend systems, and developing training materials like courses and instructional videos.
A total of $80,000 is available for this grant cycle, with a maximum of $12,500 per project. However, smaller funding requests are encouraged, as impactful projects don’t always require large budgets. Projects should begin by October 2025, and funds must be spent by May 2026.
Eligibility is open to individuals aged 18 and above who are of legal age in their country of residence. Participants must not be part of the project review or selection process. Compliance with local laws is mandatory, and WILDLABS reserves the right to disqualify applicants who violate the terms.
Applications will be judged based on the quality and feasibility of the proposal, how well it fits the Boring Fund’s purpose, and its relevance to the conservation technology sector.
For more information, visit WILDLABS.
