Deadline: 9 January 2019
The National Geographic Society is accepting proposals for its program entitled “Reducing Marine Plastic Pollution” to measurably reduce plastic pollution before it reaches the ocean.
National Geographic Society seeks conservationists, educators, researchers, storytellers, and technologists who develop or pilot solutions that actively stop or reduce the stream of pollution into waterways, including by effecting behavior change in key stakeholders.
Preference will be given to applicants who are residents or citizens of the country where the work will be conducted and to projects with higher potential for scaling and impact.
Priorities
Priority will be given to projects that aim to do one or more of the following:
- Develop innovative solutions to reduce the flow of plastic into waterways
- Create and implement innovative strategies that engage stakeholders to dramatically reduce plastic use and/or input into watersheds
- Focus on filling key gaps in geography (e.g., Africa) or knowledge that would enable reducing the flow of plastic from their sources into the ocean, or focus on known hot spots that contribute most to the marine plastic pollution problem (e.g., coastal cities in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; watersheds of the Yangtze, Indus, Yellow, Hai, Nile, Ganges, Pearl, Amur, Niger, and Mekong rivers)
Funding Information
- Typical proposals should request less than $30,000; however, applicants may request up to $100,000. Successful applicants may use awarded funds over one or two years.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.nationalgeographic.org/grants/grant-opportunities/reducing-marine-plastic-pollution/