Biodiversity conservation, sustainable management of tropical forests, promotion of scientific research, climate change, and strengthening climate resilience for communities These are some of the topics that have funding available in July 2025.
Discover opportunities that can boost conservation and sustainable development!
- For Women in Science. The L'Oréal-UNESCO Programme for Women in Science recognizes outstanding women in the life sciences, environmental sciences, physics, mathematics, and computer science. In addition to awarding international prizes, the program supports promising young female researchers in more than 140 countries, highlighting their significant contributions and promoting gender equality in science globally. Closing date: July 4th. Apply here.
- 2025 Local Adaptation Champions Awards. The award seeks to highlight and reward innovative, exemplary, inspiring and scalable locally led efforts that address the impacts of climate change and strengthen climate resilience in vulnerable communities, social sectors and people, especially those on the front line of this existential threat to humanity. Closing date: July 6. Apply here.
- Science & SciLifeLab Award for Young Scientists. The Science & SciLifeLab Young Scientist Award aims to boost the careers of the next generation of researchers by recognizing and rewarding scientific excellence in its early stages, offering a key financial incentive (USD 14,300,000 for the grand prize and USD 14,100,000 per category) in a challenging global context. It seeks to retain research talent, strengthen the scientific community—an essential driver of economic development—and disseminate groundbreaking findings through publications in Science and digital platforms, thereby ensuring visibility and continuity in fields critical for the future.. Closing date: July 15. Apply here.
- RELX Environmental Challenge. To recognize and support innovative projects that offer practical and sustainable solutions to guarantee access to clean water and sanitation, addressing specific needs and generating positive impacts in complementary areas such as health, education, and human rights. The challenge seeks to reward initiatives with real-world applicability, awarding significant funding (USD 1,440,000 for first place and USD 1,440,000 for second) and facilitating access to cutting-edge scientific resources through ScienceDirect, in order to enhance the knowledge and scalability of the winning solutions. Closing date: July 27. Apply here.
- Freezailah Scholarship Fund. The ITTO offers scholarships through the Freezailah Scholarship Fund to promote human resource development and strengthen professional expertise in member countries in tropical forestry and related disciplines. The objective is to promote the sustainable management of tropical forests, the efficient use and processing of tropical timber, and improved economic information on the international trade in tropical timber. Closing date: July 28. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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. Apply here.
