Deadline: 25-Aug-2025
The Play for Nature is launching its annual call for projects aimed at all biodiversity conservation associations seeking financial support for their projects.
Types of Projects
- Biodiv’World:
- This call supports in situ biodiversity conservation programs, aimed at protecting threatened species and their ecosystems through concrete actions such as scientific monitoring, habitat restoration or other on-the-ground interventions.
- Biodiv’Sport:
- This call supports a biodiversity conservation project aimed at protecting one or more endangered species, using the practice or organization of a sporting event as a lever for mobilization, and integrating awareness-raising actions for local populations.
Funding Information
- The scholarships awarded range from €5,000 to €15,000.
Eligible Projects
- It must be a biodiversity conservation project aimed at protecting a threatened species or ecosystem, or raising awareness of their protection, through the practice of a sport or the organization of a sporting event.
- Any project that would not have an impact on a threatened species will not be considered.
- The proposed project must place biodiversity conservation at the center of its objectives, clearly targeting threatened species or endangered ecosystems. It must also integrate the involvement of local populations in the actions implemented within the framework of the project, whether through awareness-raising and educational activities, or through their direct participation in the activities carried out by the association
- Sport must be integrated into a comprehensive biodiversity conservation project, particularly through educational and awareness-raising activities for citizens and local authorities. This may include the following categories:
- The implementation of sporting events, existing or in the making, by the organization leading the project;
- Partnership with an existing sporting event organized by a sports organization, in favor of the conservation project of the organization carrying the project.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only CSOs dedicated to the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems will be retained, alone or in coalition with a sports organization.
- Projects must involve the conservation or awareness raising of at least one species on the IUCN Red List, in one of the following categories: vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered.
- The structure must have a minimum legal existence of 3 years.
- The amount of support requested must not exceed 50% of the annual budget of the association.
- All mandatory documents must be present.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Play for Nature does not fund:
- Sports projects which do not have a clear objective of conserving biodiversity and/or raising awareness of its preservation, involving at least one endangered species.
- The only structural costs of the organization. The human resources supported must be exclusively allocated to the implementation of the project.
- Species care or conservation centers if there is no reintroduction objective.
For more information, visit Play For Nature.