Grants &amp; funding — page 3

📍 InternationalPaidMedium

Panthera Small Cat Action Fund

Panthera

Supports in-situ conservation and research on the world's 31 small wild cat species, prioritizing field activities, equipment, and local salaries.

#grant#wildlife#conservation

Apply → panthera.org

📍 Africa (continental and islands)PaidMedium

African Bird Club Conservation Award

African Bird Club

Funds surveys, research, education projects, and expeditions on African birds and habitats, running since 1996.

#grant#ornithology#africa

Apply → africanbirdclub.org

📍 International, priority developing countriesPaidEasy

IDEA WILD Equipment Grant

IDEA WILD

Provides field equipment such as cameras, GPS units, mist nets, and binoculars rather than cash, for biodiversity conservation research and education projects.

#grant#equipment#conservation

Apply → ideawild.org

Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation / Re:wild

Primate Action Fund

Catalytic small grants for the conservation of endangered nonhuman primates and their habitats across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

📍 Africa, Asia, Latin AmericaPaidMedium

#grant#primates#conservation

Apply → globalwildlife.org

Bat Conservation International

Bat Conservation International Student Research Scholarship

Funds master's and PhD bat research addressing human-caused environmental change, human-bat conflict, or the ecology of vulnerable bat species.

📍 InternationalPaidMedium

#grant#bat-conservation#wildlife

Apply → batcon.org

📍 InternationalPaidMedium

Save Our Seas Foundation Small Grant

Save Our Seas Foundation

Funds short twelve- to eighteen-month projects on sharks, rays, skates, sawfishes, and chimaeras.

#grant#marine-biology#sharks

Apply → saveourseas.com

Society for Marine Mammalogy

Society for Marine Mammalogy Small Grants in Aid of Research

Funds direct field and research costs for marine mammal science projects worldwide, with preference to first-time recipients and early-career researchers.

📍 InternationalPaidEasy

#grant#marine-mammals#conservation

Apply → marinemammalscience.org

American Museum of Natural History

Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund Grant

Small short-term awards for graduate research on avian evolutionary biology, including specimen-based and expeditionary bird research.

📍 United States/InternationalPaidEasy

#grant#ornithology#museum-research

Apply → amnh.org

Wilson Ornithological Society

Wilson Ornithological Society Research Grant

Four award programs funding avian research worldwide, from behavioral ecology to conservation.

📍 International (US-based society)PaidEasy

#grant#ornithology#conservation

Apply → wilsonsociety.org

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)

Roger Conant Grants in Herpetology

Annual grants for herpetological field research, education, and conservation across seven categories.

📍 United States/InternationalPaidEasy

#grant#herpetology#conservation

Apply → ssarherps.org

Partners of the Americas / U.S. Department of State

100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund

A grant program funding partnerships between universities in the US and Latin America to expand student exchange and study-abroad opportunities across the hemisphere.

📍 United States and Latin AmericaPaidMedium

#exchange#south-america#usa

Apply → 100kstrongamericas.org

📍 Africa (all countries)PaidHard

Africa's Business Heroes Prize Competition

Jack Ma Foundation

A pan-African entrepreneurship competition recognizing outstanding African founders across sectors, with a substantial cash prize pool and mentorship from global business leaders.

#competition#africa#entrepreneurship

Apply → africabusinessheroes.org

📍 Any location (remote writing period)PaidMedium

Miles Morland Writing Scholarship

Miles Morland Foundation

A six-month scholarship supporting African writers to complete a book-length work of fiction or non-fiction, with a stipend covering living costs during the writing period.

#grant#africa#writing

Apply → morlandwritingscholarship.com

📍 Africa (all 54 countries)PaidMedium

Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme

Tony Elumelu Foundation

A pan-African entrepreneurship program providing seed capital, mentorship, and business training to early-stage African founders across every sector and all 54 countries.

#accelerator#africa#entrepreneurship

Apply → tonyelumelufoundation.org

Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University

Ashton Award for Student Research

A research grant supporting undergraduate and graduate student fieldwork on Asian tropical forest biology, tenable at field sites across Asia.

📍 Asia (fieldwork-based)PaidHard

#grant#research#ecology

Apply → arboretum.harvard.edu

📍 Global (regional heats)PaidMedium

Visa Everywhere Initiative

Visa

A global startup competition supporting founders building innovative payment and commerce technologies, with cash prizes and mentorship from Visa's innovation team.

#competition#fintech#startup

Apply → visaeverywhereinitiative.com

📍 Asia-Pacific regionPaidMedium

Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge

UNDP / Citi Foundation

A regional startup idea challenge for young people building solutions to social problems such as education access, care work, and disability inclusion, with seed funding for finalists.

#competition#social-enterprise#youth

Apply → youthcolab.org

📍 Global (regional finalists)PaidMedium

We Empower UN SDG Challenge

UN Women

A challenge recognizing women-led businesses that advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals through their core commercial operations, with a cash grant opportunity for finalists.

#challenge#women-entrepreneurs#sdgs

Apply → weempowerprogram.org

General

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholars Award

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

A substantial multi-year research award funding scholars and institutions studying the causes, manifestations, and control of violence.

📍 Global (remote application)PaidHard

#grant#research#social-science

Apply → hfg.org

International Women's Media Foundation

International Women's Media Foundation Fund for Women Journalists

A grant supporting women journalists' reporting projects or professional development, particularly those covering underreported stories of global importance.

📍 Global (remote application)PaidMedium

#grant#journalism#women

Apply → iwmf.org

Future for Nature Foundation

Future for Nature Award

An annual award honoring young conservationists worldwide for concrete, measurable contributions to protecting endangered species and ecosystems, with substantial follow-on funding.

📍 Global (ceremony in the Netherlands)PaidHard

#award#conservation#wildlife

Apply → futurefornature.org

United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP Young Champions of the Earth

UNEP's flagship award for environmental entrepreneurship, recognizing young innovators whose ventures address pressing ecological challenges with seed funding and mentorship.

📍 Global (regional finalists)PaidHard

#award#environment#entrepreneurship

Apply → unep.org

📍 Global (remote cohort)PaidMedium

Biomimicry Institute Ray of Hope Accelerator

Biomimicry Institute

A six-month accelerator for early-stage startups building nature-inspired solutions to environmental challenges, pairing founders with biomimicry experts and seed funding.

#accelerator#climate#biomimicry

Apply → rayofhope.bio

📍 Global (online application)PaidMedium

D-Prize

A competition funding entrepreneurs to distribute proven poverty interventions — like clean water, basic health products, or educational materials — into new communities.

#grant#poverty#social-enterprise

Apply → dprize.org

📍 Global (online application)PaidMedium

MIT Solve Global Challenges

MIT Solve

An open innovation platform that runs annual challenges (health, climate, economic prosperity, learning) and connects selected Solver teams with funding, mentorship, and MIT's network.

#competition#social-impact#funding

Apply → solve.mit.edu