October 2018 Here is a list of open funding grant opportunities in the area of agriculture, food, and nutrition you can apply this month. Submit Applications for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation GCE Round 22! Deadline: 14 November 2018 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting proposals for the 22nd Round of the Grand Challenges Exploration on the topic of “New Approaches for Strategic Prioritization of Agricultural Development Policies”. The Foundation seeks new … [Read more...]
UNHCR Call for Proposals: Youth Initiative Fund 2019
Deadline: 3 December 2018 Applicants are invited to submit proposals for the “Youth Initiative Fund” 2019 which was initiated by the Division of International Protection in Geneva to support community based protection projects imagined, designed and led by young people. Since 2014, the YIF has supported more than 100 youth led projects globally that have addressed protection challenges including sexual and gender-based violence, peaceful coexistence, child protection and psychosocial … [Read more...]
Filmmakers Without Borders: Inviting Applicants for Filmmaking Grants Programme
Deadline: 1 January 2019 Filmmakers Without Borders is seeking applications for its Filmmaking Grants which support independent filmmakers around the world via grants and other funding initiatives. Supported projects include narrative films, documentary films, and new media projects that align with themes of social justice, empowerment, and cultural exchange. Filmmakers Without Borders (FWB) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that is dedicated to empowering the next generation of digital … [Read more...]
Maypole Fund: Seeking Applications from Women to Proactively Challenge Patriarchy
Deadline: 30 January 2019 The Maypole Fund is seeking applications from women only with an aim to resource imaginative, non-violent activities by feminist anti-militarist women whether individual women or women only groups to proactively challenge patriarchy. The Maypole Fund is seeking applications from women only for projects and activities for any of the following: anti-militarism; action against the arms trade; action against nuclear weapons and weapons systems; creating … [Read more...]
Climate Justice Resilience Fund: Making Grants for Social Justice Approaches
Deadline: 21 December 2018 The Climate Justice Resilience Fund is seeking applications to make grants for community-led, social justice approaches to climate change adaptation and resilience-building. CJRF gives grants to women, youth, and indigenous peoples to create and share their own solutions for resilience. For its initial grantmaking, the CJRF will focus on three regions where climate change is already affecting landscapes and livelihoods: East Africa, the Bay of Bengal, and the … [Read more...]
Minor Foundation for Major Challenges: Inviting Applications from all over the World
Deadline: 16 November 2018 The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges (MFMC) is inviting applications from all over the world to fund communication projects which mitigate anthropogenic climate change. MFMC shall support the development of innovative communication strategies that engage people, and that facilitate the transition necessary to prevent dangerous climate changes. Program Goals Promote efforts to protect the natural environment, primarily through the support of national and … [Read more...]
National Geographic Society: Request for Proposals on ‘Making the Case for Nature’
Deadline: 9 January 2019 National Geographic Society is seeking proposals from around the world to advance the field of science communication by determining effective ways to market nature and inspire action. One of the greatest challenges in addressing wildlife issues is that simply communicating the science is often insufficient to inspire action. How might visual artists, photographers, and videographers more effectively create and use images or video to overcome apathy towards species? The … [Read more...]
National Geographic Society RFPs: Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction
Deadline: 9 January 2019 National Geographic Society is inviting proposals from around the world that will support on the ground priorities of IUCN SSC Species Conservation Plans (e.g. Action Plans, Conservation Strategies, Population and Habitat Viability Assessments) as well as conservation actions that are endorsed by the relevant IUCN SSC Species Specialist Group. In partnership with the IUCN SSC, the goal of this request for funding is to halt further biodiversity decline by implementing … [Read more...]
Rainforest Trust SAVES Challenge: Providing Funding to Species Protection Projects
Deadline: 1 November 2018 The Rainforest Trust is partnering with local conservation organizations to create new protected areas and expand existing ones for Critically Endangered and Endangered species under the SAVES Challenge. As part of the SAVES Challenge, the Trust is committed to directing $100 million toward creating new protected areas to save the world’s most endangered species. Through the SAVES Challenge, Rainforest Trust has the capacity to match, dollar for dollar, projects that … [Read more...]
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund: Addressing the Needs of Species Conservation Initiatives
Deadline: 31 October 2018 Applicants are invited to apply for the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund that has been established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. Its focus is global and eligibility for grants will extend to all plant, animal and fungi species conservation efforts, without discrimination on the basis of region or selected … [Read more...]
BiodivERsA: Supporting Transnational Research Projects
Deadline: 16 November 2018 BiodivERsA has announced the launch of its 2018-2019 Call on the theme “”Biodiversity and its Impact on Animal, Human and Plant Health”. This call aims at supporting transnational research projects jointly addressing issues at the nexus of biodiversity and animal, human and/ or plant health across the different relevant spatial, and temporal scales in an effort to support evidence-based decision-making. Projects addressing only biodiversity issues or only health … [Read more...]
Safari Club International Foundation: Seeking Applications for Large Grants Program
Deadline: 31 October 2018 Safari Club International Foundation is seeking applications for its large grants to contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources or the advancement of constructive wildlife research. Conservation projects are evaluated for their relationship to sustainable use of wildlife, and their ability to work toward maintaining healthy ecosystems and providing quality habitat for all wildlife species. The mission of SCI Foundation is to fund and direct wildlife … [Read more...]
Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust: Grants to Individuals Undertaking Nature Conservation Projects
Deadline: 31 October 2018 The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust is currently inviting applicants for its 2018 grant program for individuals undertaking nature conservation projects. Projects may involve practical habitat or species management, research, training, education, awareness raising or campaigning. The Trust will be accepting applications for work benefitting conservation work in coastal environments. The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust is a registered education, scientific and … [Read more...]
Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Product Grant: Supporting Efforts in Conservation and Environmental Stewardship
Deadline: 15 November 2018 Wildlife Acoustics is currently inviting applicants for its Scientific Product Grant to support efforts in conservation and environmental stewardship. The programme enables those involved in animal biology, research and conservation to do their best work easily and quickly. Wildlife Acoustics, Inc., a privately held Massachusetts corporation, is the leading provider of bioacoustics monitoring technology for scientists, researchers, and government agencies worldwide. … [Read more...]
Threatened Species Grants Program: Inviting CSOs Engaged in Conservation
Deadline: 11 November 2018 IUCN’s SOS – Save Our Species is accepting proposals for “Threatened Species Grants” to enable and support CSOs engaged in the conservation of selected threatened species to carry out sustainable survival measures at local level to protect the species, their habitat and to improve the livelihoods of the people who depend on them. This call is issuing for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to submit proposals targeting the conservation of any of the ten species … [Read more...]
National Geographic’s Conservation Technologies Grant: New Methods of Monitoring Ecosystem Health
Deadline: 9 January 2019 National Geographic is seeking proposals from around the world that will advance breakthrough technologies to scale National Geographic’s efforts to explore, visualize, understand, and ultimately protect the planet. The goal of this RFP is to create novel tools and technologies to monitor ecosystem health. In the same way that human health is monitored in real time (e.g., thermometer, MRI, blood pressure), environmental diagnostic monitoring techniques are needed to … [Read more...]
Top Open Grant Opportunities on ‘Environment and Wildlife Conservation Projects’- October 2018
Take a look at some of the top grant opportunities open during the month of October 2018 in the areas of Environment and Wildlife Conservation. Submit Applications for Weeden Foundation Grant Programs to Protect Biodiversity! Deadline: 1 February 2019 The Weeden Foundation is accepting applications from organizations for its various funding programs in order to protect biodiversity. The Foundation works to protect old-growth forests, expand habitats for endangered species on public and … [Read more...]
British Council: #Ideas Change Lives Challenge
Deadline: 23 November 2018 Do you have a great digital idea that has the potential to create a better world? If yes, then enter for the #Ideas Change Lives challenge. British Council is seeking applications for its #Ideas Change Lives Challenge. The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. British Council are looking for organisations, groups, or talented individuals, to work with us on creating hyper-innovative digital … [Read more...]
Applications Open for Tandem Europe Program!
Deadline: 15 November 2018 Do you as an individual, organisation, local administration or creative enterprise engage in innovative cultural work or community based activities that tackle social challenges? If yes, then apply for the Tandem Europe program! Tandem Europe is a cross-border collaboration program that aims at social change through cultural innovation activities. For new edition of Tandem Europe, they are look for applicants who work across a variety of urban or rural areas and … [Read more...]
Civitates: RFPs on “Improving the Digital Informative Ecosystem”
Deadline: 30 November 2018 Civitates is seeking proposals to improve the digital information ecosystem. Civitates wants to encourage European civil societies to build on knowledge and work across a range of initiatives that can help identify and advocate for targeted responses to specific problems of the current and future digital environment. It aims to empower and enable civil society to address the way in which democracy is impacted by the fundamental changes in the way information of … [Read more...]
