[July 2023]
We have compiled a list of the various funding opportunities to Conserve Biodiversity for a Sustainable Future.
Open Call: Integrating Climate Change & Biodiversity into the Forest Management of the Future
Deadline: 23-Sep-23
Does your work contribute towards the healthy, resilient and productive forests? Velux Stiftung’s call for proposals on innovative, sustainable and integrative forest management may be just what you’re looking for…[more]
Agropolis Fondation launches Call for International Mobility
Deadline: 8-Sep-23
The Agropolis Foundation has launched an appeal to fund international mobility to support three types of mobility…[more]
2023 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge seeks Open-data Innovations for Biodiversity
Deadline: 22-Aug-23
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has launched the 2023 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge to recognize innovations that leverage biodiversity data and tools from the GBIF network to advance open science…[more]
Apply Now for Seed to Carbon Forest Accelerator Program
Deadline: 31-Jul-23
Applicants are now encouraged to apply for the Seed to Carbon Forest Accelerator Program to provide early-stage forestry teams with project financing, as well as two years of training and technical support to scale their operations…[more]
Youth Innovation Challenge 2023: Saving Our Seas
Deadline: 19-Jul-23
Do you have an innovative idea about how to protect marine life? Or tackle marine debris? Or help coastal communities adapt to the effects of climate change? GEEP is excited to announce its 2023 Youth Innovation Challenge: Saving Our Seas…[more]
Golf Environment Awards 2023 – Apply Now!
Deadline: 25-Aug-23
If you think your golf club is providing a positive contribution to the environment, then why not enter the awards? Apply now for the Golf Environment Awards (GEAs) 2023…[more]
Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development
Deadline: 31-Aug-2023
Nominations are now open for the 13th Cycle of the “Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development” to recognize excellence and support urban best practices to improve the living environment…[more]
2024 EO Climate Crisis Photography Competition
Deadline: 26-Apr-24
Earth.Org’s Nature and Wildlife Photo Competition 2024 is now open for submissions, where you will have opportunity showcase your work to the world, and win one of three cash prizes…[more]
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (9th Edition) for Startups
Deadline: 22-Sep-23
Have a deep tech startup or project that uses advanced technology to answer a societal, environmental or industrial challenge? Start your application to the 9th Edition of the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge…[more]
Call for Startups: 2023 THRIVE Global Impact Challenge
Deadline: 28-Jul-23
Applications are now open for the THRIVE Global Impact Challenge, a global search for the most innovative startups who are advancing a more sustainable future for agriculture…[more]
Third Call for Proposals: The Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund
Deadline: 31-Aug-23
Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications for the Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund to support Civil Society Organizations engaged in the conservation of Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN) or Critically Endangered (CR) Freshwater Decapods, Freshwater Fishes, Freshwater Odonates and Freshwater Molluscs to safeguard their habitats, address the threats they face, and promote the well-being of both the species themselves and the communities dependent on freshwater ecosystems…[more]
Submit Applications for The Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate Grant Programme
Deadline: 20-Jul-23
Applications are now open for The Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate Grant Programme to unlock the potential of nature to deliver climate solutions and improve livelihoods…[more]
Darwin Initiative: Innovation and Capability & Capacity Grant
Deadline: 23-Oct-23
The Darwin Initiative is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Innovation and Capability & Capacity Grants…[more]
Call for Applications: Darwin Initiative Extra Grant Program
Deadline: 18-Sep-23
The Darwin Initiative Extra invites projects that are on a clear scaling pathway: building on good evidence from smaller projects to demonstrating the potential to scale further by completion and delivering strong results for biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction…[more]
Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program
Deadline: 10-Aug-23
Mongabay has established the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program to provide opportunities for journalists from biodiversity hotspots in tropical countries to report on critical environmental issues, gaining valuable training, experience, and credibility that will help them advance their careers in journalism and communications…[more]
Manomet Small Grants for Conservation of Neotropical Shorebirds
Deadline: 15-Aug-23
Manomet is launching a small grants program for conservation action and research that have measurable benefits for populations and species of shorebird restricted to the Neotropics with an emphasis on Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) sites which could qualify for WHSRN status…[more]
Darwin Plus Fellowship Program (Round 12)
Deadline: 2-Oct-23
Submissions are now being accepted for the Round 12 of the Darwin Plus Fellowship Program to build capacity in the UKOTs through training opportunities for OT nationals or those with a close relationship to a UKOT…[more]
Call for Applications: CRP’s International Conferences 2024
Deadline: 10-Sep-23
Applications are invited from research scientists working in agriculture, forestry or fisheries for funding towards a conference (or workshop, symposium, etc) to take place in a member country of the Co-operative Research Programme…[more]
Up to $40,000 available for UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Rapid Response Facility is pleased to announce an open call for applications to provide funding for conservation emergencies in UNESCO natural World Heritage sites…[more]
Call for Applications: CRP’s Research Fellowships Program 2024
Deadline: 10-Sep-23
Applications are invited from research scientists working in agriculture, forestry or fisheries and who would like to conduct research projects abroad, in another member country of the Co-operative Research Programme…[more]
Call for Proposals: Nature & Biodiversity and Circular Economy & Quality of Life
Deadline: 7-Sep-23
The European Commission (EC) is accepting proposals for Nature & Biodiversity and Circular Economy & Quality of Life under Programme for Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)…[more]
Grants for Protection, Maintenance & Restoration of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Deadline: 6-Sep-23
The European Commission (EC) is excited to announce an open call for the protection, maintenance and restoration of the Union’s natural capital in its marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems…[more]
Call for Proposals: Evidence on Women’s Collective Action in Agri-Food Systems
Deadline: 2-Aug-23
Apply for a grant to support a research project aimed at generating evidence on women’s collective action in agri-food systems, namely processes, outcomes and learning from MENA and South Asia…[more]
Call for Proposals to enhance European Taxonomy
Deadline: 30-Sep-23
The TETTRIs Consortium is pleased to announce a call for proposals to fund initiatives under Third-Party Projects (3PP)…[more]
2023 #EyesOnEarth Contest to promote Forest Preservation
Deadline: 21-Jul-23
The EU Neighbours South has launched the #EyesOnEarth contest as part of its 2023 environment-focused campaign to highlight the importance of environmental preservation and promote sustainable business models in the Southern Neighbourhood…[more]
Open Call for Researcher Networks in Forestry
Deadline: 31-Aug-23
The Nordic Forest Research (SNS) and the Forest Bioeconomy Network (ForBioeconomy) have announced a joint research network call to promote collaboration and strengthen forest research related to bioeconomy in the Nordic region by networking activities…[more]
Request for Proposals: 100K CLIMA Grant Competition
Deadline: 31-Jul-23
Partners of the Americas (POA) and the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State (WHA/DOS) invites higher education institutions (HEIs) from the United States and Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay to create partnerships to submit proposals for consideration in this grant competition offered by the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, Alliance for Climate Action (100K CLIMA)…[more]
WE4F’s Open Call for Innovations: A Grand Challenge to positively impact Food Security, Gender, and Poverty Reduction
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
Water and Energy for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development (WE4F) Call for Innovations is now open to address barriers to enable the production of more food with efficient and sustainable usage of water and energy along the value chain from farming to end-users, and to impact food security, gender, and poverty reduction in an environmentally sustainable way…[more]
Blue Action Fund: Call for Proposals Focusing on the Asia-Pacific Region
Deadline: 8-Sep-23
Blue Action Fund is pleased to announce a new open Call for Proposals focusing on the ‘Asia-Pacific’ region…[more]
CEPF giving Large Grants to address the Conservation of Biodiversity
Deadline: 1-Aug-23
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is releasing a call for Letters of Inquiry (LoIs) for organizations that address the conservation of biodiversity in light of climate change in the Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot…[more]
5th Call for Letters of Inquiry: Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot Small and Large Grants
Deadline: 24-Jul-23
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), as regional implementation team (RIT) for the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot, are inviting letters of inquiry (LOIs) from non-governmental organizations, community groups, private enterprises, universities and other civil society organizations active in the eligible geographic areas in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines…[more]
2023 Species Survival Fund Programme – UK
Deadline: 24-Jul-23
Are you an individual or organisation based in England? Do you have a nature recovery project planned, costed and ready to start? Do you require a grant from £250,000 up to £3million? Can you complete your project within two years? If you answered yes to these questions, then the Species Survival Fund is for you…[more]
Columbia Basin Trust: Small-scale Ecosystem Grants Program (Canada)
Deadline: 23-Nov-23
Do you have a small-scale project, that can be completed in two years or less, that helps improve ecological health and native biodiversity in the Basin? Small-scale Ecosystem grants are available to enhance a terrestrial and/or aquatic ecosystem, such as wetlands, fish habitat, forests or grasslands…[more]
India: VAIshwik BHArtiya Vaigyanik Fellowship (Ist Call)
Deadline: 31-Jul-23
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, has announced the VAIshwik BHArtiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Fellowship for Indian diaspora…[more]
Call for Cameroonian Civil society Organizations looking for Micro-project Funding
Deadline: 30-Jul-23
You are a Cameroonian civil society organization, committed to ecological transition throughout the territory, and you are looking for funding for a micro-project that you are carrying out? As part of the co-constructed project entitled “Cameroonian civil society at the heart of ecological transition”, the French Embassy and the Conseil pour le suivi des recommandations du Nouveau sommet Afrique-France (Conseil-NSAF) are launching a call for proposals (CFP) on ecological transition…[more]
Veolia’s Sustainability Fund in the UK
Deadline: 29-Sep-23
If you have a project idea that enhances biodiversity, promotes sustainable waste behaviours (reduce, reuse and/or recycle), protects or preserves resources and the environment or uses recycled, reused or reclaimed materials – then Veolia wants to hear from you…[more]
Applications Open for The Habitat Foundation Grants Programme – Malaysia
Deadline: 31-Jul-23
The Habitat Foundation is now calling for applications for its THF Grants Programme…[more]
Design Exchange Partnerships: Design the Green Transition (Round 2) – UK
Deadline: 14-Sep-23
UK research organisations are now eligible to apply for the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding to develop design-led solutions to address specific challenges facing biodiversity in the UK…[more]
Quixwood Moor Wind Farm Fund in the UK
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The County Durham Community Foundation is pleased to launch the Quixwood Moor Wind Farm Fund to provide funding for capital items, improvements to community buildings, biodiversity and habitat conservation projects, energy conservation and revenue for community based or led projects in the area of the Quixwood Wind Farm…[more]
