Species Conservation Fund Grant Applications

Application Deadline: twenty eighth February 2025

Important Information

Please notice that purposes for work with species which aren’t threatened, purposes with clearly incorrect conservation standing and no justification, or purposes that ask for above the utmost grant dimension will NOT be thought of for funding.

You can full and submit the application on-line by clicking here. Before beginning an application, please guarantee that you’ve learn and understood the application standards (particularly referring to the species conservation standing) and have had a have a look at the Frequently Asked Questions web page on the Fund’s web site.

Special Focus on Soil Species

During 2023 and 2024, the Fund shall be trialling a course of whereby grants are awarded for the conservation of threatened soil species. To submit an application for a threatened soil species, please choose “MBZ Special Focus” below “Species Type” in part 5.1 of the application type. This is along with the standard grants awarded.

About the Fund

The Fund has been established to supply focused grants to particular person species conservation initiatives, acknowledge leaders within the subject, and elevate the significance of species within the broader conservation debate. Its focus is international, and eligibility for grants extends to all plant, animal, and fungi species conservation efforts, with out discrimination on the idea of area or chosen species. However, it is extremely aggressive, with solely round 12% of candidates receiving a grant.

Grant Details

Grants shall be awarded primarily based on their capacity to fulfill standards pre-determined by the Species Fund and are for a most of $25,000 for every mission. Once your application has been submitted, you’ll obtain an automatic e mail acknowledging receipt of your application, which may even include login particulars.

Application Timeline

There are three grant rounds per yr, and customarily purposes acquired earlier than the top of February will obtain a reply on the finish of April or early May. The subsequent submission deadline would be the final day of June, with candidates receiving a reply in September. The ultimate spherical of grants in a given yr normally has a deadline of the top of October, with candidates receiving a response in late December of the identical yr or early January of the next yr. For precise timings and particulars, please go to the Timetable web page. Please don’t depart it till the final minute to submit your application however accomplish that nicely forward of the deadline.

Competitive Process

Please notice that this can be a very aggressive course of, and sadly the overwhelming majority of candidates don’t obtain grants. The Fund has restricted quantities of cash to spend annually and receives much more purposes for good initiatives than may presumably be supported.

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