50+ Calls for Applications: Addressing Climate Change, Energy & Environmental Issues

[April 2025]

Are you looking for ways to make a positive impact on the environment? We’ve got some great news for you! Check out this listing of the latest grant opportunities available for addressing environmental challenges.

Applications open for Environmental Grants Program 2025
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
Applications are now open for the Environmental Grants Program…[more]

Call for Nominations: Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Deadline: 2-May-25
The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (the Tyler Prize) is the world’s longest running and most prestigious annual environmental award…[more]

Call for Changemakers: IUCN World Conservation Congress
Deadline: 27 April 2025
Applications are now open for the IUCN World Conservation Congress Changemakers to bring together young innovators and visionary leaders who are developing and implementing cutting-edge solutions to biodiversity, climate, and sustainable development challenges in their communities…[more]

AI for Good launches Impact Awards Programme 2025
Deadline: 15-May-25
AI for Good has launched the Impact Awards Programme to celebrate exceptional achievements in the field of AI, recognizing innovative, sustainable, and impactful AI solutions that contribute to global progress…[more]

Nominations open for Champions of the Earth Award
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The United Nations Environment Programme is thrilled to invite nominations for its Champions of the Earth Award to honour individuals and organizations whose actions have a transformative impact on the environment…[more]

Entries Open: Biophilia Award in Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences (7th Edition)
Deadline: 30 May 2025
The BBVA Foundation is seeking nominations for its Biophilia Award in Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences to recognize contributions from the humanities, communication and social sciences, informed by or compatible with environmental science knowledge, that have helped shape the perspectives, conceptual frameworks and values of society with regard to the environment…[more]

Request for Proposals: Enduring Impacts – Archaeology of Sustainability
Deadline: 1 July 2025
The Enduring Impacts Request for Proposals focuses on the study of archaeological and related interdisciplinary data for the purposes of increasing the understanding of human-environmental interactions over time and to ultimately contribute to mitigating contemporary environmental crises…[more]

Apply Now: Audi Environmental Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: 5 May 2025
The Audi Environmental Foundation is collaborating with One Young World to offer scholarships to seven inspiring young leaders to attend this year’s One Young World Summit 2025 in Munich, Germany…[more]

SLINGSHOT 2025 – Deep Tech Startup Pitching Competition
Deadline: 11 July 2025
Applications are now open for SLINGSHOT 2025 – Deep Tech Startup Pitching Competition…[more]

Call for Nominations: UIAA Mountain Protection Award
Deadline: 15 May 2025
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation is thrilled to seek nominations for its Mountain Protection Award to promote and support projects that seek to protect mountain ecosystems and engage climbers and mountaineers in a direct and positive way…[more]

Call for Nominations: Volvo Environment Prize
Deadline: 20 January 2026
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the Volvo Environment Prize…[more]

Call for Submissions: Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge is a global virtual competition that empowers students aged 13-18 to become changemakers by using design thinking to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems…[more]

Nominations open for Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
Deadline: 30 June 2025
The BBVA Foundation is thrilled to invite nominations for its Frontiers of Knowledge Awards to honor fundamental disciplinary or interdisciplinary advances across a broad expanse of the knowledge map of the 21st century…[more]

Open Call: SustainE Young Researchers Award
Deadline: 25 August 2025
The SustainE is seeking applications for the Young Researchers Award to recognize and reward scholars for their outstanding research abilities in the area of sustainability by young scholars…[more]

Applications open for Africa Impact Seed Fund
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Pulitzer Center is requesting applications for its Africa Impact Seed Fund to support a range of education activities that can enrich the perspectives and knowledge on the socio-ecological challenges, solutions, and innovation about issues of rainforest, oceans, climate and labor crisis impact to the university/school community, specifically students and educators…[more]

Funding available to protect Environment, improve Food Production and promote Public Health
Deadline: 15 June 2025
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation is seeking applications to protect the environment, improve food production, and promote public health in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East…[more]

SSbD Bio-based solutions to replace Hazardous Conventional Chemicals for Textiles Production
Deadline: 18 September 2025
The European Commission is requesting proposals for SSbD bio-based solutions to replace hazardous conventional chemicals for textiles production…[more]

CFPs: Sustainable Macroalgae systems for Innovative, Added-value Applications Cultivation and Optimised Production Systems
Deadline: 18 September 2025
The European Commission is requesting proposals for Sustainable macroalgae systems for innovative, added-value applications cultivation and optimised production systems…[more]

European Solidarity Corps: Volunteering in Support of Humanitarian Aid Operations
Deadline: 24 April 2025
The European Commission has announced its Volunteering in Support of Humanitarian Aid Operations under its European Solidarity Corps initiative…[more]

Request for Proposals: Valorisation of Untapped Forest Biomass
Deadline: 18 September 2025
The European Commission is inviting proposals for the Valorisation of Untapped Forest Biomass topic…[more]

Call for Entries: UN Tourism – Best Tourism Villages Initiative
Deadline: 19 May 2025
The United Nations World Tourism Organization is seeking applications for its prestigious Best Tourism Villages Initiative committed to advancing rural tourism as a catalyst for sustainable development and inclusion, while celebrating the rich tapestry of cultural and natural heritage, community values, and sustainable practices that make the destinations unique…[more]

Apply Now: Young Professionals Programme
Deadline: 22 April 2025
The World Trade Organization has launched the application process for the next edition of its Young Professionals Programme, a one-year opportunity for early-career professionals from developing economies to gain hands-on experience of trade issues at the WTO Secretariat…[more]

CFPs: European Agricultural Methods and Food Products, and Quality Schemes
Deadline: 23-Apr-25
This is a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of Information provision and promotion measures concerning European agricultural products (AGRIP Programme) implemented in the internal market and in third countries through multi programmes…[more]

European Commission’s Union Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Welfare Program
Deadline: 23-Apr-25
The European Commission (EC) is pleased to announce the Union Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Welfare Program…[more]

Call for Proposals: Support for Simple Programmes
Deadline: 23-Apr-25
The European Commission is inviting applications to enhance the competitiveness and consumption of Union agri-food products, raise their profile and increase their market share in the targeted countries…[more]

CFPs: Changing Climate Changing Lives Film Festival Grant Program
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Changing Climate Changing Lives Film Festival is inviting grant proposals to identify and nurture new talents who present exciting ideas on a film about climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation, and sustainability…[more]

CFPs: Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
Deadline: 24-Apr-25
Norad is seeking proposals for the Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative to contribute to achieving NICFI’s main objective; reduced and reversed loss of tropical forests contributes to a stable climate, protects biodiversity and enhances sustainable development…[more]

Nominations open for Nordic Council Environment Prize 2025
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The nomination process for the Nordic Council Environment Prize is open, allowing the general public to put forward names…[more]

Call for Proposals: Canada Fund for Local Initiatives Program
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The High Commission of Canada in Australia is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) Program…[more]

Applications open for National BOOST Grant Program 2025
Deadline: 12-May-25
The Agence Française de Développement is accepting applications for the National BOOST – (Balkans for Optimizing Opportunities, Sustainability and Transformation of Civil Society) Program…[more]

NOFO: Public Diplomacy Small Grant Program 2025
Deadline: 15-Jun-2025
The U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu is seeking applications for its Public Diplomacy Small Grant Program…[more]

CFPs: Strengthening the Civil Society Organisations in Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
Deadline: 20-May-25
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals to strengthen the Civil Society Organisations in Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe…[more]

CFPs: Democracy and Human Rights Program in Philippines
Deadline: 22-May-25
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals for the Democracy and Human Rights Program to support and strengthen civil society organisations and community-based organisations working on critical democracy and human rights issues in the Philippines…[more]

Acorn Foundation’s Funding Program in New Zealand
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
Submissions are now open for the Acorn Foundation’s Funding Program…[more]

Call for Proposals: Enhancing Human Rights Initiatives in the Kyrgyz Republic
Deadline: 3-Jun-25
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals to enhance Human Rights Initiatives in the Kyrgyz Republic…[more]

Call for Nominations: Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award – Australia
Deadline: 1 June 2025
The Australian Academy of Science is excited to seek nominations for its Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award to assist PhD students or early career researchers with their research…[more]

Applications open for Ideas Academy Programme (Ireland)
Deadline: 28 April 2025
Do you have a strong insight into a social or environmental problem? Do you have an idea or a solution for that problem? Are you ambitious, entrepreneurial, and passionate about social change? If yes, apply for the Ideas Academy Programme…[more]

United Kingdom: The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Grant Programme 2025
Deadline: 3-Jun-25
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust is seeking applications to fund United Kingdom Registered Charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement…[more]

CFAs: Community Support Grants Program in Australia
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The Ararat Rural City Council is accepting applications for the Community Support Grants Program to provide funding to clubs, organisations and community groups for the provision of programs, projects, activities, and events that deliver outcomes for the benefit of Ararat Rural City…[more]

Submissions open for Research Grants (New Zealand)
Deadline: 30 June 2025
The Asia New Zealand Foundation has launched its Research Grants to support contemporary and forward-thinking postgraduate and academic research projects or programmes relating to Asia…[more]

Communities Climate Adaptation Facility Grants Program in Fiji
Deadline: 6 June 2025
The Communities Climate Adaptation Facility (C-CAF) is a global initiative spearheaded by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM) to address the pressing needs of local communities at the frontline of the climate crisis…[more]

CFAs: Japanese Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Project (Malaysia)
Deadline: 30-May-25
The Embassy of Japan in Malaysia is now accepting applications for the Japanese Grant Assistance Grass-Roots Human Security Project (GGP)…[more]

CFPs: Enhancing CSOs’ Contribution to Governance and Development Processes in Thailand
Deadline: 15-May-25
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals to strengthen civil society organisations (CSOs) as independent development actors to contribute to governance and development process in Thailand, with a view to contribute to the attainment of sustainable development goals (SDGs)…[more]

Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (Jamaica)
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The High Commission of Canada in Jamaica is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) to support small-scale, high-impact projects in developing countries, which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement…[more]

iCS announces Nature & Climate AI Challenge in Brazil
Deadline: 22-Apr-25
The Institute for Climate and Society (iCS) announces the Nature & Climate AI Challenge to encourage the development of new uses for digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, conserve biodiversity and promote greater resilience in ecosystems…[more]

Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Grant Programme in New Zealand
Deadline: 25-Apr-25
The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Grant Programme aims to provide contestable community grants to local communities…[more]

J.M.K. Innovation Prize – United States
Deadline: 25-Apr-25
Nominations are now open for the J.M.K. Innovation Prize to identify and support bold problem-solvers leading transformative, early-stage projects in the fields of heritage conservation, the environment, and social justice…[more]

Entries open for SG Eco Fund (Singapore)
Deadline: 30-Apr-2025
The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment is seeking applications for the Singapore Eco Fund to support projects that advance environmental sustainability and involve the community…[more]