Finance Resources (FIRE) for Biodiversity

🌍 Call for Applications: The Waterbird Society 🌍 The Waterbird Society is providing grants for research in the science and conservation of waterbirds. 🔎 About The Waterbird Society: Established in 1976, The Waterbird Society is an international, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster the study, evidence-based management, and conservation of the world’s aquatic birds. ☑️ Eligibility Criteria: - Grants are open globally to any student, professional, or amateur. Financial and education status of applicants are not considerations. - Projects on Ciconiiforms should apply for the Kushlan Research Award of up to $7,000. - Projects on terns and gulls should apply for the Nisbet Research Award of up to $5,000. - Projects on other waterbird species should apply for the Waterbird Society Research Award of up to $5,000. - All proposals must be in English. 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/gYc6RfsQ ⏳ The deadline for applications is 1 February 2024. 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://fire.biofin.org/ #biodiversity #conservation #nature #grants #climate #birds #water

🌍 Call for Applications: IKI 🌍 The International Climate Initiative (IKI) is accepting applications for Small and Medium Grants. 🔎 About International Climate Initiative (IKI): Established by the German Government in 2008, the International Climate Initiative promotes climate action and biodiversity conservation in the Global South. ☑️ Eligibility Criteria: - The project must implement climate and biodiversity action. - The project must be in ODA eligible countries. - The project must run for 1-3 years for small grants and 2-3 years for medium grants. - Requested grant size can be from €60,000 to €200,000 for small grants and €300,000 to €800,000 for medium grants. 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/d3qfbwtx ⏳ The deadlines for applications are as follows: - Small Grants: 15 January 2025 - Medium Grants: 14 January 2025 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://fire.biofin.org/ #biodiversity #conservation #opportunityalert #climateaction #nature #grants

🌍 Call for Applications: Fonseca Species Conservation Fund (Re:wild) 🌍 The Fonseca Species Conservation Fund is providing grants to support conservation efforts for five threatened species groups — amphibians, freshwater fish, primates, small mammals, tortoises and freshwater turtles — in urgent need of intervention and conservation action. 🔎 About Fonseca Species Conservation Fund: The Fonseca Species Conservation Fund (FSCF) was established in 2024 by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Re:wild to honor the passion of the late Gustavo Fonseca, long-standing GEF director of programs, for species conservation and building capacity of the next generation of conservationists. ☑️ Eligibility Criteria: - Applicants must be early career conservationists 35 years of age and younger. - The project must be in GEF-recipient countries in the Asia-Pacific region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Korea DPR, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic Of Korea, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tokelau, Viet Nam, Vanuatu). - Requested grant size can be up to $25,000. - All proposed activities must be completed by or before 30 September 2026. 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/gQgnXdQP) ⏳ The deadline for applications is 15 December 2024. 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://fire.biofin.org/ #conservation #asiapacific #opportunityalert #climate #nature #grants

🌍 Call for Applications: Caribbean Biodiversity Fund 🌍 The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), through its Ecosystem-based Adaptation Facility (EbA Facility), is seeking applications for projects that utilize Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approaches to assist in climate change adaptation efforts within the marine and coastal zones of the insular Caribbean. 🔎 About Caribbean Biodiversity Fund: Established in 2012, the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) is a regional umbrella environmental fund that implements innovative solutions and consolidates regional conservation impacts in the Caribbean through a range of financial instruments. ☑️ Eligibility Criteria: - The project must have a convincing Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) focus. - The project must target coastal and marine ecosystems (Ridge-to-reef projects are welcome). - Requested grant size must be between USD 400,000 to 3,000,000 - The maximum project duration is 48 months. - The EbA Facility accepts concept notes in English, French and Spanish. 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/gZn_w27m) ⏳ The deadline for applications is 17 December 2024. 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://fire.biofin.org/ #climatechange #blueeconomy #caribbean #biodiversity #conservation #opportunityalert #wildlife

🌍 Call for Applications: Fonseca Leadership Program: WWF 🌍 WWF Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program is pleased to launch the competitive Fonseca Leadership Program supported by the Global Environment Facility. The program is designed to scale local and regional conservation leadership in Latin America by providing funding support to the current and next generation of researchers and practitioners to pursue graduate-level studies (master’s and PhD). 🔎 About WWF Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program: Established in 1994 to honor the late Russell E. Train, founder, president, and chairman of the board of WWF, the Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN) has been providing financial support to conservation leaders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to gain the skills and knowledge they need to address the conservation challenges in their home countries. ☑️ Eligibility Criteria: - You must be a citizen and legal permanent resident of an eligible country. - You must preferably have at least two years of conservation-related work or research experience. - You must be enrolled in or admitted to a master’s or PhD program in-country, across the region, or internationally. - You must plan to begin your studies no later than January 2026. - You must contact EFN if you are a WWF or GEF employee, consultant, or previous EFN grant recipient to determine eligibility. - You must submit all required documents by the application deadline December 18, 2024 by 11:59 PM US Eastern Time). 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/gMAx6vsw ⏳ The deadline for applications is 18 December 2024. 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://fire.biofin.org/

🌍 Call for Applications: WomenStrong International🌍 WomenStrong International is actively seeking potential grantees that identify as local women-led organizations working in urban and peri-urban areas on climate and/or environmental justice-related issues and taking a gender-responsive approach. 🔎 About WomenStrong International: Established in 2014, WomenStrong International has partnered with grassroots women-led organizations dedicated to improving the lives of the girls and women they serve. The organisation believes that local women leaders are best equipped and positioned to serve their communities. WomenStrong International works in solidarity with their partners around the world who are enabling the girls and women in their communities to live healthy, fulfilled, and empowered lives. ☑️ Eligibility Criteria: - The organization has a focus on climate and/or environmental justice-related issues. - Women hold the majority of leadership positions at the organization. - The organization has a local governing body of women and representatives of the communities and populations it serves. - The organization operates in urban and/or peri-urban areas. - The organization is registered in its country of operation as a nonprofit (or local equivalent). - The organization is funded by more than one donor. - The organization incorporates gender responsive values to its core work on climate and climate/environmental justice. - The organization is willing to share commonalities and to explore solutions and challenges through peer exchange and organizational strengthening support. - The organization is willing to provide opportunities for its representatives to learn and participate in WomenStrong’s Learning Lab and events. - The organization has an annual budget of under US$600,000. 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/guVg2ani ⏳ The deadline for applications is 30 November 2024. 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://fire.biofin.org #WomenEmpowerment #ClimateJustice #WomenandClimate #OpportunityAlert

🌍 Call for Applications: Wildlife Acoustics🌍 Wildlife Acoustics is accepting applications for a grant program to support the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation. This quarterly grant program provides scientists with bioacoustics research tools to further their study of bats, birds, amphibians, and other vocal wildlife. 🔎 About Wildlife Acoustics, Inc.: Wildlife Acoustics creates wildlife acoustic monitoring tools, designed to help scientists make impactful discoveries that expand our understanding of this biologically diverse planet. ☑️ Eligibility Criteria: -The project must begin within one year of the award. -Grant recipients must be associated with a charitable, educational, NGOs, or other tax-exempt organization. Consideration will be given to projects that make significant and novel use of wildlife vocalization recordings for data collection and/or analysis. -The application provides adequate information to facilitate project evaluation, including detailed expected outcomes and the need for bioacoustics data to support those outcomes. -All sections of the application must be completed in English. 💰 Funding Size: Wildlife Acoustics may award up to $12,000 worth of eligible products to selected grant recipients worldwide every quarter. Individual applicants may request products and software licenses totaling up to $4,000 quarterly. Wildlife Acoustics will highlight grant recipients and their projects on their website and social media platforms. 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/gQP23cBp ⏳ The deadline for applications is 15 November 2024. 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://lnkd.in/dcizm-zS #conservation #biodiversity #wildlife #grants #opportunityalert

🌍 Call for Applications: European Outdoor Conservation Association 🌍 European Outdoor Conservation Association is accepting funding applications for biodiversity conservation projects!! 🔎 About European Outdoor Conservation Association: The EOCA European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) is a charity organisation, set up in 2006 by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) to enable companies from the outdoor sector to work collectively together. EOCA, with its members, supports and funds a growing number of much needed grassroots conservation, protection and regeneration projects around the world, protecting the wild places and wildlife everyone cares so much about. ☑️ Eligibility Criteria: - Conservation projects of up to two years in duration in any country around the world except North America (US and Canada – where the Conservation Alliance provides funding for conservation efforts from the North American outdoor industry). - Project applications must protect a threatened species or habitat. - Projects must have a link to outdoor enthusiasts (hikers, bikers, kayakers, climbers, bird watchers or explorers etc.) - Projects must involve hands-on practical conservation work. - All applications must be written in English. 💰 Funding Size: The maximum grant ask must be less than €30,000. 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/dHFUZBFG ⏳ The deadline for applications is 29 November 2024. 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://lnkd.in/dcizm-zS #biodiversity #conservation #opportunityalert #outdoors #climate

🌍 Call for Proposals: Biodiversa+ is calling for transnational research projects on “Biodiversity and Transformative Change”. 🔎 About Biodiversa+: Biodiversa+ is the European co-funded biodiversity partnership supporting excellent research on biodiversity with an impact for policy and society. It was jointly developed by BiodivERsA and the European Commission (DG Research & Innovation and DG Environment) and was officially launched on 1 October 2021. ✅ Eligibility Criteria: To be eligible, research consortia must: ✔ include eligible research partners from at least 3 different countries financially participating in the call, ✔ seek support from at least 3 different Funding Organisations, ✔ involve partners from at least 2 different EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries. 💰 Funding Size: The aim of the call is to fund medium size projects (with a total budget of typically 1.2-1.5M€ on average; but note that this constitutes an indication rather than a formal limit). 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/e7FHtW5H ⏳ The deadline for applications is Friday 8 November 2024, 15:00 CET (local time in Brussels). 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://lnkd.in/dcizm-zS #BiodivTransform #Biodiversity #Research #TransformativeChange #CallForProposals

🌍 Call for Applications: 1 Million Youth Actions Challenge 🌍 1 Million Youth Actions Challenge (1MYAC) is accepting grant applications for youth-led projects!! 🔎 About 1MYAC: The 1 Million Youth Actions Challenge (1MYAC) aims to encourage youth aged 10 to 30 years old to take concrete actions for a more sustainable future. The objective is to reach 1.000.000 youth actions. ☑️ Eligibility Criteria: -The applicant must have completed at least one 1MYAC Standard Action prior to the submission of the project; -To be applicable for this call, the applicant create a profile, commit to an action, prove and verify it on the 1MYAC Platform before the 28th of October 2024: https://lnkd.in/g4isvS7p -The project must be entirely youth-led (10 to 30 years old) and must include youth across all project cycle; -The project must address at least one of the four SDGs addressed by 1MYAC; -The project must be submitted either in German, Spanish, French, or English; -The project can be a new or ongoing project. 💰 Funding Size: The maximum grant ask must be less than $CAD 5,000. 📝 How to Apply: Use the following link to apply: https://lnkd.in/gxit-Ugr ⏳ The deadline for applications is 5 November 2024. 🔎 Find this opportunity and more on our website: https://lnkd.in/g-aR8CFp #grants #opportunityalert #youth #youthaction #climateaction #climatechange