Research to drive conservation initiatives, community development, academic leadership and influence, pollution mitigation, accelerator programs and species conservation. are some of the topics that have funding available in October 2025.
Discover opportunities that can boost conservation and sustainable development!
- Earthshot Fellowship. The Earthshot Prize seeks to identify and support individuals, communities, companies and organizations that are developing innovative, high-impact solutions to the world's greatest environmental challenges. Its focus is on five key areas: protecting and restoring nature, cleaning the air, revitalizing the oceans, building a world without waste, and fixing the climate. The goal is to drive projects with the potential to scale and generate significant positive change by 2030. Closing date: October 16. Apply here.
- Turtle Conservation Fund. The Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) is a coalition of strategic and funding partnerships comprised of leading organizations and individuals dedicated to turtle conservation, with the goal of ensuring the long-term survival of land and freshwater turtles. The TCF provides grants to fund direct research and conservation costs for turtle projects and programs. Closing date: December 1st. Apply here.
- World Sustainability Award. The World Sustainability Award (WSA) recognizes individuals who have made groundbreaking contributions to sustainability research. Presented by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, the award acknowledges academic excellence and transformative impact across diverse disciplines. Closing date: December 15th. Apply here.
- Prince Talal International Prize. The Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development aims to recognize and promote innovative and successful projects that contribute to sustainable development and investment in people, disseminating their experiences to strengthen international cooperation and address factors that limit progress in developing countries, especially those affecting women, children, and vulnerable groups, such as poverty, social exclusion, education, and health. The theme of this year's Prize is "Clean and Affordable Energy," in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the purpose of promoting initiatives that foster universal access to sustainable, secure, and environmentally friendly energy sources. Closing date: January 30, 2026. Apply here.
- Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund 2025. The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is an innovative philanthropic organization that provides small grants to direct-action, field-based species conservation projects for the world's most threatened species. The Fund was established to provide targeted grants for individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field of species conservation, and elevate the importance of species within the broader conservation debate. Closing date: No deadline. Apply here.
- The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation. The Foundation for Conservation, Food, and Health is an organization whose primary mission is to protect the environment, ensure food security, and improve public health in developing regions of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. To achieve this purpose, the Foundation specializes in funding innovative projects that offer practical solutions to local challenges, strengthen human capital, and develop institutional capacities in three strategic areas: ecosystem conservation, sustainable agriculture, and public health systems. As part of its intervention model, the Foundation prioritizes supporting pioneering initiatives through seed funding for applied research, demonstration projects, and training programs, with a particular focus on proposals located in areas with limited access to financial resources. Its ultimate goal is to serve as a catalyst for these projects to achieve sustainability and scale their impact with the support of other investors. Closing date: No deadline. Apply here.
- Reece Foundation Grant. Support local initiatives that help communities in Australia and abroad access clean water, sanitation, or food security through irrigation. Closing date: No deadline. Apply here.
- Community Development Grant. The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) funds grassroots support efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean to improve the living conditions of the disadvantaged and excluded, enhance their decision-making and self-governance capacity, and develop partnerships with the public sector, businesses, and civil society. The IAF seeks the following in the projects it funds: (1) innovative solutions to development problems; (2) diverse community voices in project development and implementation; (3) substantial beneficiary participation in: identifying the problem addressed, the chosen approach to solving it, project design, and the management and evaluation of activities; (4) partnerships with local government, the business community, and other civil society organizations; and (5) evidence of increased beneficiary self-governance capacity.. Closing date: No deadline. Apply here.
- Grants from Rapid Response Facility (RRF). The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) provides emergency support to natural World Heritage sites in times of crisis. The RRF is a partnership between the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Fauna & Flora International (FFI). RRF grants are available for natural UNESCO World Heritage sites. The RRF only funds actions at a site facing an 'emergency' threat to its biodiversity. They do not fund ongoing problems, even if they require urgent action. Closing date: No deadline. Apply here.
- Grant program from OFID. Its areas of focus are: (1) energy; (2) agriculture; (3) water and sanitation; (4) health; and (5) education. OFID has several funding schemes, including loans to the public sector (the main pillar of OFID's operations), support for the private sector, and grant funding. Its grant program focuses on: (1) technical assistance; (2) support for the Palestinian people; (3) energy poverty; (4) the HIV/AIDS program; (5) research and related intellectual activities; and (6) emergency relief. Closing date: No deadline. Apply here.
- Rufford Grants Program. This grant program offers funding for nature conservation projects in the developing world. There are five consecutive funding schemes: the Rufford Small Grant, the 2nd Rufford Small Grant, the Booster Grant, the 2nd Booster Grant, and the Completion Grant. The primary requirement is that the work must be pragmatic in nature and have a substantial and lasting impact on the issue at hand (conservation). A significant human element is often present in a successful proposal, with community education and engagement being crucial. The Foundation has a broad scope of interest. In addition to the conservation of animals in their natural habitats, it also seeks to support conservation work focused on threatened habitats and other organisms such as plants, fungi, and insects. Closing date: No deadline. Apply here.
