Deadline: 20-Apr-21
Applications are now open for the Conservation Fund Small Grants Programme to support conservation efforts in the wild.
The Programme exists to help provide relatively small levels of funding for ongoing projects or pilot programmes with clear conservation value.
Types of Project
Project applications will score more highly during the selection process if they:
- Are likely to have a direct conservation impact
- Are collaborative and involve a local conservation organisation
- Are logistically feasible, and fiscally and scientifically sound??
- Include an assessment of how well the project achieved its conservation objectives
Funding Information
- Small grants will be awarded up to a maximum of NZD$5000. However, in most cases, successful grants will be in the region of NZD$2000 – $4000.
- The amount applied for through the programme should represent a minimum of 25% of the project’s overall budget.
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects must:
- Have a clear conservation value
- Be based in New Zealand or in a developing country (although applicants can be based anywhere in the world)
- Be aligned with the geographic or taxonomic scope of the current small grants round (if applicable). From time to time the Small Grants Programme is focussed on a particular region of the world (e.g the South Pacific) or a particular group of species (e.g. Invertebrates).
Ineligible Funding
- General items not considered eligible:
- Projects based in non-developing countries (except New Zealand)
- Projects not aligned with the geographic or taxonomic focus of the current round of grants (if applicable)
- Pure research (i.e. research projects must demonstrate applied benefit to conservation and/or target an identified conservation need)
- The applicant’s attendance at a conference, seminar, workshop or meeting
- Specific examples of items not eligible within an application:
- Thesis production costs
- Retrospective costs
- Prize money
- Entertainment costs
- Social or networking functions
- Fundraising or general income-growth purposes
- Debt servicing or financial costs
- Office equipment (unless an essential element in completing field work)
- Internships and volunteer programmes (unless benefiting an identified conservation need.)
Eligibility Criteria
- Auckland Zoo invites applications for its small projects from New Zealand or any developing country.
For more information, visit https://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/get-involved/conservation-fund