Other Funding Options

Ashden Awards

Ashden Awards for UK and International sustainable energy projects worth up to £20,000 and boost in 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

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. Their focus is on helping foster conservation solutions that serve the needs of both nature and people and in terrestrial, marine, or freshwater ecosystems that support a wide range of biodiversity. Grants up to $10,000 for one to two years.

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)

Grants for non-governmental and private sector organisations to help protect biodiversity hotspots. CEPF provides small grants up to $20,000 and large grants from $20,000 to $150,000.

Darwin Initiative

The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps protect biodiversity, the natural environment and local communities that live alongside it in developing countries. The Darwin Initiative Main invites applications for environmental projects between £100,000 and £600,000. Capability & Capacity grants are for £50,000 to £200,000 and Innovation grants are from £10,000 to £200,000.

Dierenpark Amersfoort Wildlife Fund

Supports nature conservation and species preservation projects with grants ranging from €1,000 to 5,000.

Disney Conservation Fund

Provides financial support for the study of wildlife, the protection of habitats and community conservation and education by supporting conservation organisations focused on long-term positive impacts.

EDGE of Existence Fellowship programme

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)

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.

Funds For NGOs

Grants and resources for sustainability projects.