Other Funding Options

Rolex Awards for Enterprise

Support individuals with new or existing ground-breaking projects that expand knowledge, preserve the environment or improve life on the planet. Prize worth up to 100,000 Swiss francs.

Terra Viva Grants

Directory of funding opportunities.

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

Provides targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognise leaders in the field and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. Its focus is global, and they award up to $25,000 per project.

The Rufford Foundation

First grants are up to £7,000 for early-stage conservationists who are either studying or recently graduated. They offer a staged funding process with the fourth completion grant worth up to £18,000.

The SEED Initiative

Support for sustainable development projects.

Thousand Currents

Partnerships and funding for grassroots groups led by women, youth, and local people in the Global South.

WILDLABS Awards

Supporting accessible, affordable and effective innovation for nature. Grants are for $10,000, $30,000 or $60,000 for users and makers of technologies for nature.

WWF Education for Nature

The WWF Education for Nature programme offers Russell E. Train Fellowships to support individuals pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in conservation.

Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations

Funds conservation projects for wild animal species, subspecies and populations that are globally threatened or data deficient and are lesser known. Initial grants for €6,000.