Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) 2025 Call for Proposals: Africa (€90,000 total grant) – YOA

Deadline: November 3, 2025

GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—seeks idea notes from eligible organizations in sub-Saharan Africa for venture funding via the Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme.

Funded by the European Union via the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), the BID programme seeks to strengthen the capability of establishments and international locations to mobilize biodiversity knowledge, making it brazenly obtainable to tell choice-making and to help the data wants of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Selected tasks ought to handle vital gaps in biodiversity knowledge by mobilizing knowledge, selling its application in analysis and policymaking, and constructing sustainable networks and communities of follow dedicated to sharing open knowledge on biodiversity.

Objectives of the Call for Proposals

Concept notes ought to describe tasks that help biodiversity knowledge mobilization by:

• Making current sources of biodiversity knowledge accessible via GBIF to handle data gaps and meet regional data wants
• Enhancing institutional, nationwide and regional capability for managing and utilizing biodiversity data
• Supporting the application of biodiversity knowledge in help of analysis and choice-making
• Developing and strengthening sustainable institutional, nationwide, and regional partnerships for biodiversity knowledge sharing and reuse

Grant

Two forms of grants can be found:

• Institutional-level biodiversity knowledge mobilization grants
  • Purpose: Strengthen institutional capability and mobilize coverage-related biodiversity knowledge
  • Funding: Up to €30,000
  • Implementation Period: 24 months
• Multi-institutional biodiversity knowledge mobilization grants
  • Purpose: Build or strengthen collaborations between establishments to mobilize knowledge for analysis and coverage addressing nationwide or regional priorities
  • Funding: Up to €60,000
  • Implementation Period: 24 months

Eligibility

To apply, candidates should:

• Be authorized entities (e.g. analysis establishments, universities, museums, non-governmental organizations or authorities businesses) registered in eligible sub-Saharan Africa international locations. Organizations with a authorized presence in an eligible nation (e.g. a department or regional workplace), however headquartered in a non-eligible nation, will probably be thought of eligible offered they submit their application via their native entity.
• Propose tasks aligned with the aims of the BID name for proposals.
• Ensure all proposed actions usually are not for revenue.
• Ensure that each one knowledge mobilized is printed beneath a CC0 1.0 waiver or CC BY 4.0 licence.

Evaluation Criteria

Two impartial reviewers will evaluation and rating idea notes and full proposals based mostly on:

• Relevance: Alignment with aims of the BID name for proposals and regional wants recognized within the report of the BID engagement assembly and regional session for Africa and/or related sources clearly recognized by the applicant.
• Impact: Contribution to regional or nationwide biodiversity knowledge priorities
• Sustainability: Potential to ship lengthy-time period advantages for biodiversity. Institutions which have beforehand acquired BID programme help ought to reveal how their proposed actions construct upon previous achievements to maintain and improve their influence.
• Cost-effectiveness: Number of beneficiaries/companions included within the proposal, environment friendly use of assets, together with co-funding. Co-funding contributions under 25% of the total price range will probably be thought to be poor worth for cash.
• Collaboration: Inclusion of various venture companions and promotion of finest practices.
• Response to suggestions (at full proposal stage solely): Response to suggestions shared by the choice panel following the idea be aware stage.

Application

Step 1: Submission of idea notes

• Submit idea notes in English via the GBIF Grants Portal by 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1). Note that the creation of a brand new account within the GBIF Grants Portal can take as much as three working days.
• GBIF Secretariat workers will display screen purposes for eligibility, relevance and alignment with aims of the BID name for proposals.
• Eligible and in-scope purposes will bear two impartial evaluations and scoring, adopted by an knowledgeable panel’s number of a shortlist of candidates invited to submit a full proposal.

Step 2: Submission of full proposals

• The GBIF Secretariat will invite shortlisted candidates to submit full proposals in Q1 2026.
• Full proposals should embrace detailed venture plans, budgets and letters of support. In addition, purposes led by a authorized entity and/or involving companions from international locations or organizations that already take part in GBIF should embrace a statement of endorsement from the GBIF Head of Delegation or node supervisor.
• Proposals will bear two impartial evaluations and scoring, adopted by closing choice by an knowledgeable panel.
• Projects not chosen for funding could also be positioned on a reserve checklist for future consideration throughout the BID programme.

Step 3: Project implementation

• Projects chosen for funding are anticipated to begin on 03 July 2026 and can run for a most of 24 months.
• Selected tasks will probably be required to ship one consultant to an information mobilization capability enhancement workshop and procure a expertise certification. This workshop is anticipated to happen throughout Q3 or This autumn 2026, and the price of participation will probably be met individually from GBIF/BID funds (candidates want NOT embrace this within the venture price range).

For extra data, go to BID Call for Proposals.