Other Funding Options

Ashden Awards

Ashden Awards for UK and International sustainable energy projects worth up to £25,000 and boost project profile

Connected Conservation Foundation

Satellites for Biodiversity Awards are for teams exploring remote sensing for biodiversity monitoring. Awards are for up to $6,000 and come with access to advanced satellite imagery.

Conservation Leadership MPhil funding

Scholarship funding available to study for an MPhil in Conservation Leadership at the University of Cambridge. Aimed at graduates with leadership potential and at least 3-5 years of experience in biodiversity conservation.

Conservation Leadership Programme

CLP of Fauna and Flora International provides conservation awards on an annual basis to support the work of early career conservationists. Grants start at $15,000 for their Future Conservationist Award and go up to $50,000 for follow up grants.

Conservation Nation

Grants for innovative, on-the-ground conservation around the world by practitioners from traditionally marginalized communities. Grants up to $2,500 for one year.

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Grants for non-governmental and private sector organizations to help protect biodiversity hotspots. CEPF provides small grants up to $20,000 and large grants from $20,000 to $150,000 in the biodiversity hotspots where CEPF currently works..

Darwin Initiative

The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps protect biodiversity, the natural environment and the local communities that live alongside it in developing countries. Darwin Initiative Main invites applications for environmental projects between £100,000 and £800,000. Capability & Capacity grants are for £50,000 to £200,000 and Innovation grants are from £10,000 to £200,000.

EDGE of Existence

The Zoological Society of London’s EDGE of Existence Fellowship programme provides funding of up to £10,000 and structured training to early-career conservation biologists to undertake an applied research or conservation project on a local EDGE species.

Finance Resource Database for Biodiversity (FIRE)

The Finance Resource Database for Biodiversity (FIRE) helps to close the financing gap for biodiversity conservation by listing over 300 funding opportunities around the world. The resources are both public and private. They include options with a conservation objective, and those with other objectives which also can be used to finance biodiversity. FIRE functions as a one-stop-shop, where a project owner can find in one place a multitude of different opportunities matching specific criteria (country, range of funding, type of entity, etc.).

Funds For NGOs

Database of grants and resources for NGOs working across environment, animal welfare and climate change issues.

Future for Nature Award

The Future for Nature Award is a prestigious international award worth €50,000 that celebrates tangible achievements made by young nature conservationists dedicated to protecting wild animal and plant species

GEF Small Grants Programme

Grants of up to $50,000 are made directly to community-based organisations and non-governmental organisations in recognition of the key role they play as a resource and constituency for environment and development concerns