Call for Proposals: The Commonwealth Blue Charter Incubator Round II  (£50,000 in funding)

Application Deadline:  11 December 2026, 23:59 GMT (UTC+0)  

Applications are actually open for the Commonwealth Blue Charter Incubator Round II. The Commonwealth Blue Charter Incubator offers grants of as much as £50,000 to help country-led tasks that assist Commonwealth international locations deal with urgent ocean challenges whereas advancing nationwide priorities. 

Launched on the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in June 2022, the Incubator helps nationally owned ocean motion whereas encouraging partnerships between governments and NGOs, tutorial and analysis establishments, neighborhood organisations and the personal sector. 

All 56 Commonwealth member international locations are eligible to apply by a standard application and evaluation course of. While devoted funding is obtainable for tasks in South Asia, Pacific SIDS and the Caribbean, international locations exterior these areas are equally welcome to apply and will likely be thought-about for funding by the Incubator. 

Requirements

• The lead applicant have to be a legally established nationwide or sub-national authorities entity, corresponding to a ministry, division, company or different public physique with formal authorities standing. 
• Non-governmental, technical and implementation partnerships are strongly inspired.
• All 56 Commonwealth Member Countries   
• Each nation might submit as much as 2 undertaking functions per funding spherical.  
  

Eligible Funded Projects

Eligible tasks might embrace, however aren’t restricted to:

• Pilot, demonstration and proof-of-concept tasks
• Feasibility research and technical or financial assessments
• Technical coaching, capability constructing and institutional strengthening
• Projects that strengthen entry to finance or develop investment-ready undertaking pipelines
• Research, assessments, research and information assortment
• Policy, technique, planning and regulatory growth
• Development, testing or implementation of sensible instruments, applied sciences and approaches
• Implementation of present nationwide ocean insurance policies, methods or motion plans
• Community engagement, stakeholder participation and consciousness actions
• Replication, adaptation, scale-up or enchancment of present initiatives
• Other actions that instantly contribute to the targets of the Apia Commonwealth Ocean
  Declaration.

Priority areas  

Projects ought to contribute to the implementation of the Apia Commonwealth Ocean Declaration. Proposals might handle a number of of the next areas:  

• Reduce marine air pollution  
  Prevent and scale back air pollution from land- and sea-based sources.  
• Restore marine ecosystems  
  Protect and restore mangroves, coral reefs, seagrasses and different coastal and marine ecosystems.  
• Advance a sustainable blue economic system  
  Develop inclusive, climate-resilient and investable blue economic system approaches.  
• Strengthen sustainable fisheries  
  Improve fisheries governance, administration, worth chains and livelihoods.  
• Address the ocean–local weather nexus  
  Support adaptation, mitigation, resilience, blue carbon and ocean-climate motion.  

Project Financing

• Applicants should request between £20,000 and £50,000 in GBP. A grant can’t be divided into smaller grants per recipient to bypass the £50,000 ceiling.
• Co-funding accounts for 10% of the entire application rating. Therefore, tasks that current cofunding will rating increased towards this criterion. Co-funding means money or in-kind assets from exterior the Incubator grant that instantly help undertaking supply. It might come from the lead
  authorities, undertaking companions, donors or different funders.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Commonwealth Blue Charter Incubator Round II